The
Darden School of Business is the graduate
business school associated with the
University of Virginia in
Charlottesville, Virginia. The Darden School offers
MBA, Ph.D. and Executive Education programs. The School was founded in 1955 and is named after
Colgate Whitehead Darden, Jr., a former Democratic congressman, governor of Virginia, and former president of the University of Virginia. The Darden School is well known for its commitment to the case method and its high workload in the early stages of the full-time MBA. It fosters a close community spirit, with supportive faculty and close links with local and international business. Darden is on the grounds of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, named the happiest city in America