Rutgers Business School (RBS) is the graduate and undergraduate business school tied to the Newark and New Brunswick campuses of Rutgers University. It was founded in 1929.

Rutgers Business School offers bachelor, masters, and Ph.D. degrees. It offers MBA degrees with Finance, Supply Chain Management, Pharmaceutical Management, Marketing, and Management science and Information systems specializations. The Rutgers Business School also offers a 14-month MBA in Public Accounting and a masters degree in Quantitative Finance(MQF).

MBA Program

Rutgers Business School offers a two year full time MBA program and a part time MBA program. Both programs require students to complete 60 credits of study to receive a degree. In both programs, a student must complete a set of required core business courses, a 12 credit specialization, and a team consulting project.^[1]

According to the Rutgers Business School website, the class is diverse. Thirty five percent of the class is female and over 40 countries are represented.^[2]

Rankings

Rutgers Business School's Undergraduate-New Brunswick program is ranked 50th in BusinessWeek's 2008 Undergraduate Business School rankings. ^[3]

Rutgers Business School-Newark and New Brunswick is ranked 39th in the Wall Street Journal's Regional Ranking of Top Business Schools.^[4]

U.S. News & World Report?s 2009 ?America's Top Business Schools? rankings report places Rutgers Business School?Newark and New Brunswick at #59 nationwide,^[5]

List of programs

• BS in Business - Newark
• BS in Business - New Brunswick

Masters

• MBA full- and part-time, including dual degrees
• MBA in Pharmaceutical Management
• Executive MBA
• International Executive MBA
• Professional Accounting MBA
• Master of Accountancy in Financial Accounting
• Master of Accountancy in Taxation
• Master of Accountancy in Governmental Accounting
• Master of Quantitative Finance

Ph.D.

• Accounting
• Accounting Information Systems
• Finance
• Information Technology
• International Business
• Management Science
• Organization Management
• Supply Chain Management

Research Centers

• Blanche & Irwin Lerner Center for Pharmaceutical Management Studies
  • Dr. Mahmud Hassan, Director
• Center for Governmental Accounting Education & Research
  • Dr. Robert H. Werner, Director
  • Dr. Yaw M. Mensah, Research Director
• Center for Nonprofit and Philanthropic Leadership
  • James Abruzzo and Alex Plinio, Co-Directors
• Center for Research in Regulated Industries
  • Dr. Michael A. Crew, Director
• Center for Supply Chain Management
  • Dr. Lei Lei, Director
• East Asian Business Center
  • Dr. John Cantwell, Director
• Prudential Business Ethics Center
  • Raymond L. Bramucci, Director
  • Dr. Peter R. Gillett, Academic Director
• Rutgers Accounting Research Center
  • Dr. Miklos Vasarhelyi, Director
• Technology Management Research Center
  • Dr. George F. Farris, Director
• Whitcomb Center for Research in Financial Services
  • Drs. Ivan E. Brick and Michael S. Long, Co-Directors

Notable Alumni

• Orville E. Beal, President of The Prudential Insurance Company of America
• Robert J. Boutillier, Vice Chairman of KPMG Peat Marwick
• Robert Campbell, Vice Chairman of Johnson & Johnson
• Frank Cassidy, President of PSEG Power
• Mei Wei Cheng, Chairman and CEO of Ford Motor (China)
• Gary Cohen, President of BD Medical
• William Freeman, former President of Verizon
• Mary Jo Green, SVP & Treasurer of Sony (America)
• Irwin Lerner, Chairman, President and CEO of Hoffmann-La Roche
• Soichi Matsuno, Chairman and CEO of Eisai
• Rosemary McFadden, President and CEO of New York Mercantile Exchange
• William Rasmussen, Founder of ESPN
• Thomas Renyi, Chairman and CEO of The Bank of New York
• John Ruffle, Vice Chairman and Director of J.P. Morgan
• Bernard Zients, former President of Gimbels New York

References

1. ↑ Rutgers Business School: Rutgers MBA Curriculum
2. ↑ Rutgers Business School: Student Profile
3. ↑ Undergrad - BSchools
4. ↑ Rutgers Business School News Accessed 12 November 2006.
5. ↑ Rutgers Business School News

See also

• List of United States business school rankings
• List of business schools in the United States