Smeal College of Business

Infobox_University
name = Smeal College of Business


established = 1953
type = Public
dean = James Thomas
city = University Park
state = Pennsylvania
country = USA
undergrad =
postgrad =
postgrad_label = MBA
staff=
campus = Suburban
website= [http://www.smeal.psu.edu/ www.smeal.psu.edu]
endowment=

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 an MBA Program, an Executive MBA Program, and a Master of Manufacturing Management. 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, Insurance and Real Estate, Management and Organization, Marketing, Supply Chain and Information Systems). [website]

Since its inception in 1953, more than 65,000 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.

Rankings

Facilities
*Princeton Review
**1st Overall

Undergraduate Program
*U.S. News & World Report 2007
**18th Overall
**10th Among Public Universities
**20th (Finance)
**12th (Management)
**20th (Management Information Systems)
**19th (Marketing)
**17th (Production / Operations Management)
**12th (Real Estate)
**5th (Supply Chain Management Logistics)

*BusinessWeek
**32nd Overall
**12th Among Public Universities

MBA Program
*BusinessWeek
**Top 50 Overall
*Economist Intelligence Unit
**48th Internationally
**25th Among U.S. Schools
*Forbes
**23rd Overall
**8th Among Public Universities
*Financial Times
**42nd Internationally
**25th Among U.S. Schools
*U.S. News & World Report
**34th Overall
**18th Among Public Universities
**8th (Supply Chain Management)
*Wall Street Journal / Harris Interactive
**23rd Among "Regional" Providers

Executive Education
*BusinessWeek
**8th Among Custom Program Providers
*Economist Intelligence Unit
**10th Among Open-Enrollment Program Providers
*Financial Times
**32nd Among Custom Program ProvidersFaculty / Research / Academics
*Supply Chain Management Review
**1st Internationally in Supply Chain Education
*Journal of Real Estate Practice and Education
**2nd for Editorial Board Representation
*Academy of Management Journal
**24th Overall for Research Productivity
**17th (Accounting)
**15th (Finance)
**16th (Insurance & Real Estate)
**19th (Management)
**17th (Marketing)
*"Business Research in Eight Disciplines"
**20th (Accounting)
**19th (Marketing)
**23rd (Organizational Behavior)
**3rd (Strategy)

Research

*Center for Supply Chain Research http://www.smeal.psu.edu/cscr/index.html
*Institute for the Study of Business Markets http://www.smeal.psu.edu/isbm/index.html
*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

ee also

*List of United States business school rankings
*List of business schools in the United States
*Data Resources Program (DRP)

References

External links

* [http://www.smeal.psu.edu Smeal College of Business]
* [http://www.psu.edu Penn State University]