Advanced Zipperman Associates (AZA)

Advanced Zipperman Associates

Are you a double major in MIS and another Eller major?
Are you interested in an exciting career in technology-related fields?
Do you want to earn $1,000 a semester during your junior and senior years?
Do you want to engage with other highly motivated and high-achieving students?

Then the Advanced Zipperman Associates Program is the one for you!

The Advanced Zipperman Associates Program is a professional skill development program focusing on careers in technology-related fields with a particular emphasis on consulting. Our mission is to foster academic achievement and to cultivate an enterprising and adaptive mindset. The program offers juniors and seniors with a double major in Management Information Systems and one other Eller major professional skill development, mentoring, and networking opportunities. Seventy-six percent of our alumni have found their calling in the consulting industry, and 99% achieved full-time employment or admission to graduate school.


Qualifications

The AZA application opens every October and March, and program participants are announced in November and April, respectively. Application instructions and the link to the form will be sent out to qualifying double majors during the semester they are accepted into Eller.

Viable candidates for the Advanced Zipperman Associates Program must meet the following criteria:

  • Professional admission to Eller with a major in MIS and one other Eller major
  • Cumulative GPA 3.5
  • Application
  • Interview

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aza report 2023-2024

The AZA program is sponsored through a generous donation by Walt Zipperman, a University of Arizona alumnus and founder of the consulting firm DAZ Systems, which was acquired by Accenture in 2018.