The Olin Business School includes the 80,000 sq ft (7,400 m2) Simon Hall, whose 1986 construction was largely funded by a gift from John E. Simon; Knight and Bauer Halls, whose 2014 construction was largely funded by gifts from Charles F. And Joanne Knight and George and Carol Bauer; and the Charles F. Knight Executive Education and Conference Center, all on the Danforth Campus.

[15] Students begin with an orientation in St. Louis before spending time in Washington, DC learning about the intersection of business and policy.

They then spend time in two international locations; in 2022 the immersion included Barcelona, consulting with local wineries, then Paris, and lastly Santiago, Chile where student teams evaluated production capacity and bottlenecks at three firms.

[16] The MBA curriculum requires completion of 67 credit hours, nearly two-thirds of which are elective courses selected by the student.

The fall semester of year one focuses on critical thinking, leadership, career strategy, and the major functional areas of business.

A DBA in finance also is offered for individuals pursuing applied research in corporations, banks, government and consulting.

[27] MBA students can choose to study one semester at Manchester Business School in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology in Hong Kong; Otto Beisheim Graduate School of Management at WHU-Koblenz in Koblenz, Germany; École Management de Lyon (EM Lyon) in Lyon, Paris Dauphine University, France; the Institute for Advanced Studies in Administration (IESA) in Caracas, Venezuela; ESADE (Escuela Superior De Administracion Y Direccion De Empresas) in Barcelona, Spain; Bocconi University in Milan, Italy or the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and Indian Institute of Management Calcutta in India.

[28] The Kopolow Business Library offers Dow Jones Interactive, Lexis/Nexis, InfoTrac, and ABI, as well as databases provided by Moody's, Standard & Poor's, Hoover's, and Disclosure.