A Complete List Of Coronavirus Measures At The Top 50 B-Schools

Coronavirus is spreading fast — and business schools are working just as fast to address the public health crisis that has claimed thousands of lives globally and dozens, so far, in the United States. Poets&Quants has compiled a list of the known measures at the top 50 U.S. B-schools, from moving in-person classes online to canceling all sanctioned international travel, including links to each school’s up-to-date statements. Find out what your school, or your target school, has done so far to mitigate the crisis. And see the links to our coverage of the coronavirus COVID-19 and its impact on graduate business education at the bottom of the page.

Last updated: Thursday, March 19 at 1:45 p.m. Pacific Time

P&Q MBA Rank School Name Timeline Notes Location
1 Stanford Graduate School of Business March 6 – Further notice All courses moved online Palo Alto, California
2 Chicago Booth School of Business March 10 – April 15 & Further notice All spring quarter classes moved online, study abroad programs canceled, events postponed till after April 15, and international and domestic travel suspended to April 15 Chicago, Illinois
3 Harvard Business School March 23 – Further notice All courses moved online, events of 25+ and travel suspended Boston, Massachusetts
4 Wharton at University of Pennsylvania March 10 – April 17 Prohibiting university travel and events of 100+, prepping for potential move to online classes; launch of new 6-week course Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
5 Northwestern Kellogg School of Management March 10 – April 15 Extending spring break by one week, moving classes online for three weeks after that, study abroad and events with 25+ canceled Evanston, Illinois
6 MIT Sloan School of Management March 16 – End of semester Classes canceled week of March 16 then moving online for the rest of semester, suspending all travel and events Boston, Massachusetts
7 Columbia Business School March 11 – Further notice Classes moved online, travel and events of 25+ canceled or restricted New York City, New York
8 UC Berkeley Haas School of Business March 10 – March 30 Classes moved online, events of 150+ canceled or postponed Berkeley, California
9 Dartmouth Tuck School of Business March 10 – April 17 Classes move online beginning March 23 for at least two weeks, events of 100+ canceled, postponed, or made virtual, travel restricted Hanover, New Hampshire
10 Yale School of Management March 10 – April 5 Classes moved online, limit travel and cancel or postpone events through April 15 New Haven, Connecticut
11 Virginia Darden School of Business March 8 – Further notice International travel limited Charlottesville, Virginia
12 Michigan Ross School of Business March 16 – April 21 Classes moved online beginning March 16 to April 21, events of 100+ canceled, postponed, or move virtually, study abroad and international travel canceled or postponed through at least April 21 Ann Arbor, Michigan
13 Cornell SC Johnson School of Management March 10 – End of semester Classes transitioning to be fully online by April 6, events of 100+ canceled or postponed, discouraging domestic, international travel Ithaca, New York
14 Duke Fuqua Business School March 10 – Further notice Classes canceled and then online beginning March 23, domestic and international travel prohibited, events of 50+ canceled for rest of semester Durham, North Carolina
15 UC Los Angeles Anderson School of Management March 11 – April 10 Classes moved online, events of 100+ canceled or postponed, travel restricted Los Angeles, California
16 New York University Stern School of Business March 9 – March 27 Classes moved online, large events discouraged, non-essential travel canceled New York City, New York
17 Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of Business March 10 – Further notice Classes moved online, events canceled, postponed, or virtual, international travel suspeneded for all campuses Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
18 UT Austin McCombs School of Business March 10 – Further notice Restricted international travel Austin, Texas
19 Southern California Marshall School of Business March 11 – March 29 Classes moved online, all campus events canceled, all university-related travel canceled Los Angeles, California
20 North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School March 11 – Further notice Domestic, international travel restricted Chapel Hill, North Carolina
21 Washington Foster School of Business March 9 – March 30 Classes moved online, travel restricted through April 3 Seattle, Washington
22 Emory Goizueta Business School March 6 – Further notice Restricted international travel Atlanta, Georgia
23 Indiana Kelley Business School March 10 – April 6 Classes moved online, international and domestic travel prohibited, no new events allowed and those scheduled are strongly recommended to cancel or postpone Bloomington, Indiana
24 Georgetown McDonough School of Business March 16 – Further notice Classes moved online, all travel suspended, events canceled, postponed, or moved virtual Washington, D.C.
25 Rice Jones Graduate School of Management March 9 – 23 Classes canceled and potentially moved online, all events and international travel prohibited through April 30 Houston, Texas
26 Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business March 9 – Further notice International travel limited Atlanta, Georgia
27 Notre Dame Mendoza School of Business March 23 – April 13 Classes moved online, university-imbursed travel is prohibited, events encouraged to cancel or postpone Notre Dame, Indiana
28 Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management March 9 – March 30 Classes canceled then moved online, international travel and events suspended through April 30 Nashville, Tennessee
29 Washington University in St. Louis Olin Business School March 9 – April 30 International and domestic travel suspended St. Louis, Missouri
30 Brigham Young Marriott School of Business March 9 – Further notice International travel limited Provo, Utah
31 Pennsylvania State Smeal College of Business March 16 – April 3 Classes moved online, events with 10+ attendees postponed, canceled, or held virtually, domestic and international travel suspended State College, Pennsylvania
32 University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management March 16 – April 30 Classes canceled March 16-17 and then move online March 18 to at least April 1, International and domestic travel suspended Minneapolis, Minnesota
33 Michigan State Broad College of Business March 11 – April 20 Classes moved online, domestic and international travel suspended, large events postponed East Lansing, Michigan
34 Arizona State W. P. Carey School of Business March 6 – Further notice International travel limited Tempe, Arizona
35 Wisconsin School of Business March 23 – April 10 Classes moved online, university-imbursed travel is prohibited, events larger than 50+ also canceled Madison, Wisconsin
36 Ohio State Fisher College of Business March 9 – March 30 Classes moved online, no new events scheduled, international travel suspended, and domestic travel limited till April 20 Columbus, Ohio
37 University of Rochester Simon Business School March 16 – Further notice Classes moved online, all student activities are virtual, and international and domestic travel are suspended Rochester, New York
38 UC Irvine Merage School of Business March 11 – Further notice Classes moved online Irvine, California
39 Pittsburgh Katz Graduate School of Business March 16 Spring break extended one week, classes move online March 23, all spring study abroad canceled Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
40 Southern Methodist Cox School of Business March 10 Study abroad, other university-sanctioned international travel is canceled until further notice Dallas, Texas
41 Florida Hough Graduate School of Business March 16 – Further notice Classes moved online, students and faculty advised not to travel Gainesville, Florida
42 Boston University Questrom School of Business March 16 – April 13 Classes moved online, all events and travel suspended Boston, Massachusetts
43 Maryland Smith School of Business March 23 – April 10 Classes canceled and then moved online, all university travel suspended, events are strongly discouraged College Park, Maryland
44 Texas-Dallas Jindal School of Management March 10 International travel limited Richardson, Texas
45 Texas A&M Mays College of Business March 10 – March 18 Classes canceled till March 18 then resume as normal College Station, Texas
46 Georgia Terry College of Business March 16 – March 29 Classes canceled Athens, Georgia
47 UC Davis Graduate School of Business March 12 – March 31 Final exams moved online, events of 150+ canceled or postponed, international travel restrictions Davis, California
48 Purdue Krannert School of Management March 16 – May 2 Classes moved online, domesting and international travel suspended, events of 50+ canceled or postponed West Lafayette, Indiana
49 Tennessee-Knoxville Haslam College of Business March 10 All domestic and international travel restricted Knoxville, Tennessee
50 Fordham Gabelli School of Business March 9 – March 20 Classes moved online, all campus events canceled, all university-related travel canceled New York City, New York

CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE FROM P&Q:

HARVARD JOINS GROWING LIST OF SCHOOLS GOING ONLINE

CORONAVIRUS: HAAS, STANFORD, OTHER TOP SCHOOLS MOVE ONLINE

VIRUS CAUSES WIDESPREAD TRAVEL CANCELLATIONS FOR MBAS

CORONAVIRUS WREAKS HAVOC ON B-SCHOOLS GLOBALLY 

B-SCHOOLS BEGIN CANCELING TRIPS TO CHINA

CHINA CANCELS GMAT AND GRE TESTING FOR FEBRUARY

B-SCHOOLS FEAR DRAMATIC FALL IN INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS DUE TO CORONAVIRUS

CORONAVIRUS SCARE FOR TUCK AFTER STUDENTS ATTEND EVENT WITH INFECTED PATIENT

THREE STUDENTS AT SPAIN’S IE BUSINESS SCHOOL TEST POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS

MIT PROF: STOP CORONAVIRUS BY WASHING HANDS — AT THE AIRPORT

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