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A Vital Resource for Students

Kilts Students Marketing is the third most popular career choice at Booth, and our alumni pursue careers as CEOs, CMOs, management consultants, general managers, product managers, and entrepreneurs. From mentoring and fellowships to student groups, the Kilts Center equips Booth students with the necessary skills to succeed at any job, in any industry, throughout their careers.

When Marketing Meets Innovation

When Shota Ido, ’19, applied to Booth, he’d already identified his next career move. In an application essay for Booth, he outlined his goal of becoming a product manager at an enterprise tech company after graduation.

Now, thanks in part to the opportunities he had as a Kilts Marketing Fellow, Shota will realize that goal. Upon graduation, he’s joining Adobe as a product manager in the tech giant’s San Jose, California-based office

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A Platform for Success

The Kilts Center is committed to helping Booth attract future marketing leaders and supporting students throughout their MBA or PhD experience.

Kilts Marketing Fellowship

Our fellowship provides select MBA students a support structure they won’t find at other top business schools—significant tuition support and a senior-level executive mentor.

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Creating Community Through Student Groups

Outside the Classroom

With more than 100 student groups focusing on marketing, analytics, consulting, and even wine, Booth has a student group for everyone. Student groups play an important role in providing students with a network they can leverage to achieve their goals.

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Kilts Doctoral Fellowship

We award a generous stipend to marketing PhD students in their fifth year of studies. Every marketing PhD student who meets the criteria receives the Kilts Doctoral Fellowship.

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By the Numbers

200+

Number of MBA and PhD scholarships recipients

500+

Number of students served each year by Kilts Center programming

2,100+

Number of students who have participated in Marketing Labs

Events That Enhance Careers

At the Kilts Center, we host a number of marketing events to enhance the careers of students, alumni, and faculty. Events such as Marketing Day Forum and the Tech PM/PMM Workshop allow students to immerse themselves in Booth’s diverse global community, create new connections, and gain new knowledge.

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Revving up Startups

The University of Chicago is home to top-ranked startup accelerator programs, such as the Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge (NVC) and the John Edwardson, ’72, Social New Venture Challenge (SNVC). The Kilts Center offers NVC and SNVC teams exclusive access to an Executive-in-Residence (EIR) at the Kilts Center. The EIR works with teams to tackle questions related to topics such as marketing strategy, customer acquisition, and channel strategy.

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Marketing Lab Courses

The Kilts Center for Marketing helps facilitate experiential-learning opportunities for students via highly collaborative marketing lab courses that give students space to apply what they learn in the classroom and put it toward real-world projects for sponsor-clients.

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Marketing Case Competition

Students form teams to create marketing and growth strategies for a real company, allowing them to build crucial management, consulting, and marketing skills.

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Contributing to Students’ Success

The senior executives and leaders of the Kilts Steering Committee provide ongoing guidance and support to the center and support a Kilts marketing fellow through mentoring.

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Connect with Kilts

Stay up to date and connect with the marketing community by following the Kilts Center on LinkedIn.

Leverage Your Social Network

Share insights from the Kilts Center with colleagues and connections who share your passion for marketing.

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Chicago Booth

A Vital Resource for Students

When Marketing Meets Innovation

A Platform for Success

Kilts Marketing Fellowship

Outside the Classroom

Kilts Doctoral Fellowship

By the Numbers

200+

500+

2,100+

Events That Enhance Careers

Revving up Startups

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Marketing Lab Courses

Marketing Case Competition

Contributing to Students’ Success

Connect with Kilts

Leverage Your Social Network

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