Smeal College of Business
Coordinates: 40°48′12″N 77°51′58″W / 40.80345°N 77.86612°W
| Smeal College of Business | |
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| Established | 1953 |
| Type | Public |
| Dean | James Thomas |
| Location | University Park, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Website | smeal.psu.edu |
The Smeal College of Business is the business school of Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1953, and is named after Mary Jean and Frank Smeal. The College offers undergraduate, graduate, doctoral degrees, including a Master of Business Administration (MBA) Program, an Executive MBA Program, and a Master of Accounting. The college is accredited in business and accounting by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
The Smeal College of Business has six academic departments: Accounting, Finance, Risk Management, Management and Organization, Marketing, and Supply Chain and Information Systems.[1] Smeal also offers nine undergraduate majors: Accounting, Actuarial Science, Enterprise Risk Management, Finance, Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing, Real Estate, and Supply Chain and Information Systems.[2]
Since its inception in 1953, more than 70,000 students have graduated from the college. Currently it has more than 5,500 students at all levels.
James B. Thomas became the school’s dean in July 2006[3].
| School rankings (overall) | |
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| U.S. undergraduate business | |
| Bloomberg BusinessWeek[4] | 25 |
| U.S. MBA | |
| Bloomberg BusinessWeek[5] | NR |
| U.S. News & World Report[6] | 40 |
| Worldwide MBA | |
| Economist[7] | 58 |
| Financial Times[8] | 63 |
Contents |
[edit] Research
- Center for Supply Chain Research http://www.smeal.psu.edu/cscr/index.html
- Institute for the Study of Business Markets http://isbm.smeal.psu.edu
- Data Resources Program (DRP) http://drp.smeal.psu.edu/
- eBusiness Research Center http://www.smeal.psu.edu/ebrc/index.html
- Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship http://www.smeal.psu.edu/fcfe/index.html
- Center for Global Business Studies http://www.smeal.psu.edu/cgbs/index.html
- Center for the Management of Technological and Organizational Change http://www.smeal.psu.edu/cmtoc/index.html
[edit] Prominent Alumni
Patricia A. Woertz, CEO of Archer Daniels Midland
[edit] See also
- List of United States business school rankings
- List of business schools in the United States
- Princeton Review of Smeal College
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.smeal.psu.edu/depts
- ^ http://www.smeal.psu.edu/uge/majors
- ^ http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/latest-news/jul06/artsfest.html
- ^ "Business School Rankings and Profiles: Undergraduate". Bloomberg BusinessWeek. 2010. http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/rankings/. Retrieved 2011-1-19.
- ^ "Business School Rankings and Profiles: MBA". Bloomberg BusinessWeek. 2010. http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/rankings/. Retrieved 2011-1-19.
- ^ "Best Business Schools". U.S. News & World Report. 2011. http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools/mba-rankings. Retrieved 2011-1-19.
- ^ "Which MBA". The Economist. 2011. http://www.economist.com/whichmba/full-time-mba-ranking. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
- ^ "Global MBA Rankings". Financial Times. 2012. http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/global-mba-rankings-2012. Retrieved 2012-2-14.
