The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management offers a range of dual-campus opportunities that connect Ithaca-based Two-Year MBA and Johnson Cornell Tech MBA students in New York City. These experiences combine the Johnson School’s collaborative academic environment with Cornell Tech’s culture of innovation and entrepreneurship — giving students the best of both worlds and access to powerful networks, hands-on learning, and career opportunities across two dynamic campuses.
Dual-Campus Opportunities
Dual Campus Second-Year Track
Two campuses. One transformative experience.
Earn your MBA across two world-class Cornell campuses — starting in Ithaca and finishing at Cornell Tech in New York City. The Dual-Campus MBA Second-Year Track combines the close-knit community and leadership focus of the Johnson School’s Ithaca campus with the innovation, entrepreneurship, and tech immersion of Cornell Tech on Roosevelt Island.
This 21-month, STEM-designated MBA program gives you the best of both worlds. In Ithaca you’ll build a strong foundation in management and leadership, then move to New York City to apply your skills through Cornell Tech’s signature Studio curriculum — a hands-on experience where business, engineering, and design students collaborate to solve real industry challenges.
Explore the full curriculum, connect with current students, and discover how the Johnson Cornell Tech Dual-Campus MBA can transform your career.
Dual Campus Weekend Courses
Offered during the fall semester, weekend electives engage students in various tech-focused topics such as designing and building AI solutions, tech company exits, women leading in tech, and the business of gaming.
During the spring semester, two courses are offered in a three-weekend in-person series. Two weekends take place in New York City, and the third is in Ithaca, providing students from the Two-Year MBA and the Johnson Cornell Tech MBA programs an opportunity to collaborate and build connections across campuses.
Fintech Three-Weekend Course
The goal of the Fintech Three-Weekend Course is to provide hands-on learning in the emerging financial technology sector. A confluence of events and trends have set the stage for large-scale technological disruption of the financial services industry. Financial institutions are keenly embracing the digital economy, and banks have renewed their focus on technology-driven products and market innovation.
The Fintech course exposes students to startup ideas and ventures, technical concepts, and real-world case studies of technology applications in multiple areas of the financial services industry. Through our collaborative and interdisciplinary approach, students also run a project to put their coursework into practice.
Arts and Media Tech Three-Weekend Course
The Arts and Media Tech Three-Weekend Course explores how digital technology has disrupted the information, arts, and entertainment industries. It’s imperative to understand this disruption, and its strategic and cultural implications for business leaders, entrepreneurs, public institutions, and society.
Students analyze cases of organizations in publishing, news, media, and entertainment and other cultural sectors to explore and understand the economic, organizational, and strategic underpinnings of audience/market-building and retention by media and culture firms, markets, and institutions operating in the digital context. The learning from classroom concepts, tools, and methodologies are supplemented by practical insights provided by the real-world projects and guest speakers.