History of Harvard Business School

History of Harvard Business School

Founded in 1908, HBS started with 59 students. Once innovated the case method of research and teaching in 1920, HBS increased class sizes, which reached 500 students during the decade. In 1926, the school moved from the Cambridge side of the Charles River to its present location in Allston (part of Boston), hence the custom of faculty and students referring to the rest of Harvard University as "across the river." Women were first admitted to a master's two years in the regular program of Business Administration (MBA) with the class of 1965.