MBA

Spangler Hall

Spangler Center

Spangler Center enhances the out-of-class experience for MBA students and is the heart of campus life. Students and partners gather here to enjoy a meal or snack, meet with learning teams, catch up, unwind, and even sit by the fire.

Baker Library |
Bloomberg Center

Baker Library | Bloomberg Center

Baker Library | Bloomberg Center boasts a vast collection of business resources to meet the research needs of HBS faculty, students, and staff, as well as the larger HBS and Harvard communities. Access is provided to the entire Harvard library system, the largest private library in the world.

The Center is named after New York banker George F. Baker, and contains more than half a million volumes and 7,000 periodicals covering a wide spectrum of management subjects. It serves as the private research facility that supports the educational and research needs of the Harvard Business School community.

Shad Hall

Shad Hall

HBS has a fitness center located right on campus, for the use of its community. Shad Hall has everything you need to get a great workout.

A state-of-the-art health club, Shad Hall—the private fitness center for the HBS community—boasts an indoor elevated walking/jogging track; three basketball courts; racquetball and squash courts; four outdoor tennis courts and three gymnasium courts; table-tennis tables; two aerobics studios with classes ranging from spinning to yoga to kickboxing; a 4,000 square-foot fitness equipment area; and men's and women's locker rooms complete with whirlpool, steam, and sauna rooms.

Shad also has a team of personal trainers and a staff of professionals who offer counseling on nutrition, fitness, and stress management, and even ballroom dance lessons.

HBS students have access to all Harvard University athletic facilities, including nearby Blodgett Pool and Bright Hockey Center.

Class of 1959 Chapel

Class of 1959 Chapel

The Chapel offers HBS community members a place for quiet reflection amidst their busy days.

An architecturally dramatic building designed by architect Moshe Safdie and completed in 1992, the Chapel is a soothing sanctuary that holds non-denominational services, celebrations, and concerts. Identified by its cylindrical main building and adjacent glass pyramid with tiered garden, the Chapel also houses an intricately designed pond and is a popular spot for students seeking a moment of solitude and quiet. Throughout the year, free music concerts are performed here for the HBS community.