You’ll find that our curriculum, team-based coursework, and extracurricular opportunities are reinforced by an acclaimed Leadership Development Program (LDP) — all of which work together to establish a concrete foundation for a lifetime of career growth.

We offer you a distinctive program that gives you distinct advantages. Here are five things that set our program apart.

1. Depth and integration

We’ll put the depth, thoroughness, and specificity of our leadership development up against the very best you’ll find anywhere. We don’t treat it as a module. We integrate it into your entire experience. And because Vanderbilt empowers students to launch and run their own initiatives—from student clubs to conferences and projects with international scope—you’ll have unusually rich opportunities here to hone your leadership skills outside of the classroom.

2. Executive-level quality

The caliber of leadership development you’ll receive is typically reserved for high-level executives, and it incorporates resources and best practices applied by top organizations in developing their own leaders. For example, Vanderbilt partners with Hogan Assessments, a top leadership development organization used by Fortune 500 companies.

3. Individual tailoring

Like no other program, we individualize leadership development to fit your needs and your goals—and to help you understand and leverage your individual strengths, challenges, drivers, and capabilities.

4. Flexible design

As with so much of the Vanderbilt experience, there will be flexibility in how leadership development fits into your overall program.

5. Career-long application

Our distinctive approach to leadership isn’t just about mastering information. It’s about empowering you with tools and skills to assess your strengths, weaknesses, and effectiveness—and using this knowledge to improve yourself, not just now, but in all stages of your career.