McCombs School of Business
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| Established: | 1922 |
| Type: | Public Business school |
| Dean: | George W. Gau |
| Faculty: | 183 full-time equivalent[1] |
| Students: | 6,188 |
| Undergraduates: | 4,442 |
| Postgraduates: | 1,646 |
| Doctoral students: | 100 |
| Location: | Austin, Texas, USA |
| Campus: | Urban |
| Former names: | University of Texas College of Business Administration |
| Website: | www.mccombs.utexas.edu |
The McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin is one of the most renowned business schools in the world. Founded in 1922, the school educates more than 6,000 students each year, adding to its 80,000 member alumni base.[2] Its mission is "to educate the business leaders of tomorrow while creating knowledge that has critical significance for industry and society...[and] to become the best public business school in the nation."[3]
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[edit] History
The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) was founded in 1883, and the university's College of Business Administration was established a few decades later in 1912.[4] With its first Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree offered in 1916,[citation needed] the school quickly grew, establishing a Master of Professional Accounting program in 1948 and offering its first executive education programs in 1955.
Effects of the 1990s technology boom and dot-com bubble were palpable in Austin, leaving the nickname "Silicon Hills" on the city. One McCombs School program that has capitalized on this is the MOOT CORP, which is now the oldest operating inter-business school new-venture competition in the world. Begun in 1984, it has been dubbed the "Super Bowl of world business plan competitions."[5] Also opportunistic was the creation of the school's first Management Information Systems degree in 1990. The MBA Investment Fund, LLC. was also founded in 1994, becoming the first legally constituted investment fund run by MBA students and proving quite successful, with a 17.5 percent annual return to date.[6] Additionally, in 1995 the college became the first to require students have an e-mail address.[citation needed]
On May 11, 2000, businessman Red McCombs announced a $50 million donation to UT Austin. In his honor, the College of Business Administration and the Graduate School of Business were merged under the newly created Red McCombs School of Business.[7]
[edit] Awards and distinctions
Current rankings for McCombs School of Business programs:
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BBA MBA Executive MBA Part-time MBA Ph.D. Business Research Accounting |
[edit] Departments, programs and specializationsGraduate Undergraduate |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ News & Information from the McCombs School of Business - The University of Texas at Austin
- ^ News & Information from the McCombs School of Business - The University of Texas at Austin
- ^ History and Tradition - About the McCombs School of Business - The University of Texas at Austin
- ^ History and Tradition - About the McCombs School of Business - The University of Texas at Austin
- ^ Moot Corp Competition - McCombs School of Business - The University of Texas at Austin
- ^ History and Tradition - About the McCombs School of Business - The University of Texas at Austin
- ^ History and Tradition - About the McCombs School of Business - The University of Texas at Austin
- ^ Business School Rankings and Profiles: EMBA, Executive Education, MBA, Part-time MBA, Distance MBA
- ^ Search - Business - Best Graduate Schools - Education - US News and World Report
- ^ Business School Rankings and Profiles: EMBA, Executive Education, MBA, Part-time MBA, Distance MBA
- ^ FT.com / Business Education / EMBA rankings
- ^ Business School Rankings and Profiles: EMBA, Executive Education, MBA, Part-time MBA, Distance MBA
- ^ Mays Business School :: Management Research Productivity Rankings
- ^ TABLE 1
- ^ North American Rankings - Top 100 Ranking - SOM @ UT Dallas
- ^ PAR_10-30-2006.indd
