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The University of Texas at Dallas School of Management

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

The School of Management at The University of Texas at Dallas has set its sights on becoming one of the nation's leading public business schools.

The largest and fastest-growing of UTD's schools, the School of Management has seen enrollments double over the last nine years. In all, the school registered 4,484 students in fall 2004, nearly a third of UTD's total student population. Doctoral enrollments in the school have nearly doubled in seven years.

As it is experiencing rapid growth, the school is also beginning to gain national prominence.  During the last year, U.S. News and World Report ranked UTD's Cohort MBA program among the top 62 fulltime MBA programs in the nation and among the top 35 at public colleges and universities.  Additionally, Financial Times ranked the UTD Executive MBA program 61st in the world and 34th in the U.S.

Many of the school's full time faculty of 90, which includes 23 full professors, are internationally renowned in their fields.  The school's operations management and information systems faculty garnered national attention in a study published in the January 2003 issue of the prestigious journal, ORMS Today, which places them sixth worldwide in research productivity from 1996 to 2002.

The University of Texas at Dallas School of ManagementSchool administrators see such successes as proof that efforts are working to build a research-focused, high quality scholastic environment that offers students courses and skill sets in line with the hiring needs of local employers.  In fact, the school often partners with the business community to determine the direction of faculty research, an increasingly important component of the school, and to decide on relevant courses.

The school's academic disciplines include Accounting and Information Management, Finance, Marketing, Information Systems and Operations Management, and Organizations, Strategy, and International Management.  The School's Executive Education and Professional Development programs pay particular attention to the continuing education needs of practicing executives and others already in the work force.

In addition to building a top quality faculty, The School of Management has responded quickly on several fronts not just to keep pace with, but to improve in advance of, its rapid growth.  As a mark of recognition for the quality of its programs, the school has earned accreditation from AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. The school also has completed of a 204,000-square-foot building, a state-of-the-art facility to give students and faculty a new home under one roof on campus.

The University of Texas at Dallas School of ManagementClasses are designed to equip students with timeless business skills and proficiencies while emphasizing the mastery of managerial concepts, tools and innovations that are born of the newest technologies. The school has been a leader in Internet-based distance learning and in offering flexible alternatives for students to pursue their educational objectives. Certificate, online, part-time, short-course and weekend options are built into many programs.

The school recently has added finance and information systems as undergraduate majors. At the master's degree level, it has instituted new concentrations in e-commerce, information technology consulting and telecom management. In alliance with The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, the school offers a medical management MBA program for physicians.

The UTD School of Management offers:

Undergraduate degrees in:

  • Accounting and Information Management (B.S.)

  • Business Administration (B.S.)

Master's degrees in:

  • Accounting and Information Management (M.S.)

  • Business Administration (M.B.A.)

  • Information Technology Management (M.S.) 
  • International Management Studies (M.A.)

  • Management and Administrative Sciences (M.S.)

  • Medical Management (open only to practicing physicians) (M.S.)

Doctorate degrees in:

  • International Management Studies (Ph.D.)

  • Management Science (Ph.D.), with concentrations available in:

  • Accounting and Information Management

  • Finance

  • Information Systems

  • Marketing

  • Operations Management

Research Centers

The School's research centers work to help local and regional corporations.  The symbiotic relationship of real-world issues and intellectual pursuit brings together UTD faculty and students and the business community.  The UTD School of Management is home to 11 research centers, including:

  • Accounting Center for Excellence (ACE)

  • Center for the Analysis of Property Rights and Innovation (CAPRI)

  • Center for Information Technology and Management (CITM)

  • Center for Intelligent Supply Networks (C4ISN)

  • Center for International Accounting Development

  • Center for Practice and Research in

  • Software Management (PRISM)

  • The Morris Hite Center for Product Development and Marketing Science

  • Leadership Center at UTD

  • Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance (IECG)

  • International Center for Decision and Risk Analysis (ICDRiA)

  • The UTD Prosen Center for Business Advancement

For more information, contact:

Dee Ellington
School of Management, SM 20
University of Texas at Dallas
P.O. Box 830688
Richardson, Texas  75083-0688
Email: Delling@utdallas.edu
URL: http://som.utdallas.edu

 

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