Put your skills to work, tackle tough business challenges

Prepare for the next stage of your career through the Innovation Field Project. The MBA experiential learning project will pair you with a corporate sponsor to act as a consultant and identify critical business challenges and new opportunities. Full-time MBA students will provide recommendations and new ways to develop the company, all while gaining real-world experience to transfer directly back to your workplace.

Partner with leading corporations including Siemens Energy, American Express, Anheuser-Busch, and Land O’Lakes, Inc. to develop strong leadership skills and experience presenting recommendations within a team setting. Our students have worked in sectors like Cybersecurity Management, Health Technology, Business Continuity, Sustainability, Health Equity and Management, Operational Efficiency Strategy, and more.

Use data to solve complex business challenges in your MBA innovation project

Use rigorous data analytic methods and creative problem-solving techniques learned in the first year of the full-time MBA to evaluate a complex business issue for the Innovation Field Project. Harness the power of rigorous data analytics to provide innovative and insightful business solutions. Translate analytic findings and present innovative, data-driven, and actionable recommendations to the project sponsor. And develop strong leadership skills such as setting and working towards a shared goal, building a high-functioning team culture, and managing conflict.

Full-time MBA students work in teams, along with a faculty advisor, to solve a complex business challenge. Travel across the U.S. for three to five days to engage directly with your project sponsors and stakeholders.

Gain real-world experience with leading corporations

Project topics

Students work on projects in sectors such as technology, retail, banking, or manufacturing. A business problem might relate to product, service, operations, or strategy development. Projects might also encompass large-scale thematic issues facing contemporary organizations, such as an ethical dilemma facing leaders.

Full-time MBA students in the Health, Technology, and Innovation pathway will partner with organizations in the health industry. Organizations may include pharmaceutical firms, biotechnology firms, physician practices, hospitals, or public health organizations.

Course structure

Students visit project sponsors on-site to apply the tools and frameworks learned during the first year full-time MBA courses to a business challenge or opportunity at a partner organization.

Before traveling on-site, students work with the business to review the project scope, set goals, conduct research, and collect data. Students meet with the business and faculty advisors at least once a week to discuss their findings and receive feedback in individual team meetings. Faculty advisors from different disciplines counsel and challenge students on their approach and process.

Connect with Carey Business School

Get involved with Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Carey Business School graduates spend a brief time at school as students, but they are alumni for life.

As a graduate, you are part of a Carey alumni network of more than 26,000 business leaders, entrepreneurs, and innovators. Carey Business School offers numerous opportunities for lifelong involvement – with your classmates, your friends, and your alma mater. Take advantage of everything the Carey Business School alumni network has to offer.

• Update your alumni profile to ensure you will receive the latest news and invitations to alumni events in your local area.
• Bookmark the Carey Business School website to stay updated on all news and events.

Stay connected with Carey

Follow us on social media.

• Facebook JHUCarey
• Twitter @JHUCarey
• Youtube JHUCareyBusiness
• LinkedIn Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School
• Instagram jhucarey

Connect with your classmates online or in person

• Add Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School to your education section on your LinkedIn profile.
• Plan or participate in an alumni event.

Open configuration options

As a Johns Hopkins Carey Business School graduate, you are part of a lifelong community. Find out the benefits of staying connected from alumnus Hao Yu.

Join an alumni club

The Carey Business School is growing its regional club presence to encourage connections among alumni in their own communities. There are currently alumni clubs in:

• Beijing
• The Greater New York City Area
• The Mid-Atlantic
• The San Francisco Bay Area
• Shanghai
• South Korea
• Boston
• Chicago
• Denver
• Los Angeles

All alumni within the region are automatically members of the club.

Learn more about our regional alumni groups.

If you live in an area where a club exists:

• Attend a local event.
• Connect with the club leadership to learn how to become a volunteer leader.
• Follow your local club on social media.
• Provide updated contact information.

If you are interested in starting a club in your area, contact the Carey Business School Office of Development and Alumni Relations

Learn more about our alumni networks

Admissions

• Meet with prospective students for informational interviews.
• Host a Carey information session at your place of work.
• Participate on alumni panels for admitted students.
• Connect with an admitted student and share your Carey experience.
• Host an accepted student reception or a summer send-off party.

Contact our admissions team for more information.

Career development

• Post a job or internship with your organization to Handshake.
• Host an Employer Information Session on campus in Baltimore or Washington, D.C.
• Participate as a guest speaker at one or more speaking engagements, Coffee Chats, or student organization speaking opportunities held throughout the year.
• Serve as an industry panelist and impart career advice to Carey students in a collaborative and engaging format.
• Host Carey Business School students on an Employer Trek at your organization.
• Interact with student organizations by participating in or hosting formal speaking engagements.
• Build a rapport between your organization’s human resources or corporate recruiting office and the Carey Business School Career Development Office.

Contact us, and we will work with you to create a customized experience to engage with talent from Carey.

Executive Education and training

• Attend or send employees to Carey Business School’s innovative Executive Education development courses.
• Assist with the development and delivery of the school’s cutting-edge business content in its Executive Education program.
• Enhance and grow your organization’s team through a customized executive development program.
• Support the growth of Carey Business School’s Executive Education Office by providing brand awareness within your organization and peer group.

For more information, visit our Executive Education webpage or contact our team directly.

Support the annual fund for the Carey Business School

• Make a yearly gift to provide critical support to our students, faculty, and mission.
• Become a member of the Carey Business School Giving Society.
• Include Carey Business School in your long-term financial and estate planning and be part of the Legacy Society.

Learn more about giving to the Carey Business School.

Join the Johns Hopkins University Alumni Network

The Johns Hopkins worldwide alumni network, with more than 222,000 alumni, possesses an unmatched wealth of talent and opportunity.

Get involved with the Johns Hopkins Alumni Association and attend events, participate in social and academic enrichment activities, and connect with fellow alumni.

• Participate in an affinity group and connect with alumni with common interests and shared experiences.
• Visit campus for Homecoming, Alumni Weekend, or anytime to relive the Johns Hopkins experience.

Tutoring: Student Success Center

The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School’s Student Success Center provides quality in-person, online, and drop-in tutoring to help students improve writing and quantitative skills. Visit the Student Success Center website for more information, hours, and resources. For all tutoring inquiries, please email carey.tutoring@jhu.edu.

Advising

Advising may be done in person, by phone, or by email. If you are unsure who your academic advisor is, you may contact by program below:

• MS Business Analytics and Risk Management
• MS Finance
• Full-time MS Health Care Management
• MS Information Systems
• MS Marketing 
• MS Real Estate and Infrastructure
• Full-time MBA
• Flexible MBA

Library Resources

Library Centers for the Carey Business School are located at the Columbia Center, Harbor East, Homewood (main campus), Montgomery County Campus, and at the Krieger Arts and Sciences Washington, D.C. location. Librarians are available for individual help or group information sessions. Our librarians are instrumental in helping students with the selection of credible sources, designing successful searches, and providing directions on how to best use our 70+ business databases.

Student Disability Services

The Carey Business School is committed to making all academic programs, support services, and facilities accessible to persons with disabilities.  For more information or to request accommodations, visit the Student Disability Services page or contact Student Disability Support Services.