The Richard J. Heckmann International Center for Entrepreneurial Management at the UCR Palm Desert Graduate Center is home to a learning environment unlike any other in the world. Students learn at a modern facility in one of California’s most storied locations – a home to the world’s top business and entrepreneurial leaders and playground to the stars of entertainment and sports – the Palm Springs area.
In collaboration with world-class academic faculty, successful entrepreneurs and executives and industry partners, MBA students experience rigorous academic classes from eminent scholars and teachers. Through UCR Palm Desert’s unique “Executives in Residence” program, students are linked with committed mentors - successful former CEOs, entrepreneurs and corporate executives have built and/or managed significant successful businesses, large and small.
The world-class research and teaching faculty of the A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management are educated at the leading institutions of higher education in the U.S. and the world. They are top in their fields in such areas as Intellectual Property Management, Entrepreneurship, Accounting, Marketing and E-commerce.
An MBA from UCR’s A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management may be earned at Palm Desert with a minimal number of classes taught in Riverside over the course of the two-year program. Small class sizes, convenient class times and accessible professors are the hallmarks of the UCR Palm Desert MBA Program.
Dr. Donald S. Siegel
Professor and Associate Dean
A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management
UCR Palm Desert Graduate Center
75-080 Frank Sinatra Drive
Palm Desert, CA 92211
Phone: 760-834-0593
E-mail: donalds@ucr.edu
palmdesert.ucr.edu