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A top-ranked business education

Prepare for a rewarding career with a forward-thinking business education

Join some of UW’s most ambitious students at one of the nation’s top business schools. Choose one of eight specialized majors or design your own area of study.
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Foster by the Numbers

$77k+

Average starting salary

30+

Student organizations

$1.2M

in scholarships awarded

 

Program Highlights

Foster’s undergraduate program, ranked #1 in the Northwest, will prepare you for a successful and rewarding career with a rigorous, exciting, and well-rounded business education. Combining practice, theory, and many experiential opportunities, you will grow professionally and personally in a supportive community of faculty and students.

As a Foster undergraduate student, you will:

  • Prepare for your professional career with individualized career coaching, hands-on internship opportunities, and networking activities with industry professionals
  • Put theory into practice through a wide array of experiential opportunities, including our required capstone case competition
  • Specialize your degree through programs such as the Certificate of International Studies in Business and the Sales Certificate or impact the Seattle community through the Consulting and Business Development Program

Undergraduate Diversity Services

Foster is committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse student body by creating a culture of respect which values diversity, equity and inclusion. The Undergraduate Diversity Services (UDS) Office mission is to serve as a holistic resource for students from backgrounds historically underrepresented in the greater business community. UDS is focused on building resource programs and intentional community that focuses on academic and early career readiness for students preparing for or within the Foster community.

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Julie Mai, a Sophomore studying Marketing and Information Systems, is a Global Business Center Study Abroad Scholarship Recipient and studied abroad through Business Argentina during Winter Quarter 2024.Read More

Carnival Celebration

Global retail expansion was the focus of the 2024 UW Global Business Case Competition. This week-long intensive experiential learning event challenged 11 undergraduate student teams from across the globe to recommend global expansion strategies for both Tim Hortons and Costco Wholesale.Read More

Global Business Case Competition

Silke Van Caeneghem, a Junior studying Finance, Information Systems, and CISB, is a Global Business Center Study Abroad Scholarship Recipient and studied abroad through a Foster Exchange & Direct Enroll at Kobe University in Kobe, Japan.Read More

Reconnecting Across Continents

Vatthana Huot, a Junior studying Accounting and Information Systems, is a Global Business Center Study Abroad Scholarship Recipient and studied abroad through Business London during Spring Break 2024.Read More

Business London Spring Break

 

World-Class Faculty

Apurva Jain

Apurva Jain,
Associate Professor of Operations Management

Professor Jain researches and teaches supply-chain variability and costs. He is a prolific contributor to academic journals, and consults for Motorola.

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Christina Nichols

Christina Nichols,
Associate Teaching Professor of Accounting

Professor Nichols is the Faculty Coordinator for the Business Minor and Business Badge programs, and often coaches students for case competitions.

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Tod Bergstrom

Tod Bergstrom, Assistant Teaching Professor of Management and Organization

Professor Bergstrom was awarded the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and named “Outstanding Faculty” by The Panhellenic Association and the Interfraternal Council.

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Oliver Rutz

Oliver Rutz,
Professor of Marketing

Professor Rutz teaches Customer Analytics. He is an expert in the fields of database marketing and e-commerce, and winner of the O’Dell Award awarded by the American Marketing Association.

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Faculty Research

 

Next Steps

Applying to Foster

For all applicants including:

  • Current, Returning, or Former UW Seattle Students
  • Transfer Students
  • UW Bothell & UW Tacoma Students

Standard Admission

For incoming freshman applicants including:

  • High School Students (incoming freshmen to UW Seattle)
  • Running Start Students

Freshman Direct

 

Learn more about life as a Foster student

Learn more about life as a Foster student

High School Applicants who meet all Standard Admission eligibility requirements can apply for both Freshman Direct and Standard Admission