Stephen J.R. Smith School of Business

Stephen J.R Smith School of Business
Former name
 Queen's School of Business
Type Business school
Established 1919 (1919)
Affiliation Queen's University
Dean David Saunders
Undergraduates 1409
Postgraduates 541
Location Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Colours Blue and gold[1]
         
Website business.queensu.ca

The Stephen J.R Smith School of Business or the Smith School of Business (formerly the Queen's School of Business) is a business school located at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. The school offers undergraduate and graduate programs as a part of Queen's University, but is managed separately with its own dean and budget. The school of business became its own faculty in 1963 with its first dean, Lawrence Macpherson. The current dean at the Smith School of Business is Dr. David Saunders.

The school is fully accredited by the AACSB (United States) and the EFMD (EQUIS) (Europe).

Naming


On October 1, 2015, the Queen's School of Business was renamed The Stephen J.R. Smith School of Business in recognition of a $50-million donation from Stephen J.R Smith. Smith, a graduate of the Queen's University's Faculty of Engineering.

Programs

Graduate

Full-time MBA

The Queen's Full-time MBA program (previously Queen's MBA for Science and Technology) was ranked as the number one full-time MBA program in Canada and number one outside of the U.S. by bi-annual ranking of Business Week in 2004, 2006 and 2008.[2] Environics ranked the Queen's Full-time MBA program number one in Canada in 2006 in their Report on Executive Education in Canada.[3] In the 2012 QS Global 200 Business Schools Report[4] the school was indexed as the 3rd best business school in Canada and the 16th best business school in North America.[5]

Executive MBA

The Queen's Executive MBA program has been ranked as the best program in Canada for Executive MBAs by BusinessWeek[6] and Environics.[3] The program is 16 months in length and the admission decision is dependent on the applicants management experience, references, previous academic experience, QMAT (or GMAT) scores and a personal interview. The average Queen's Executive MBA student has an age of 35 years, but may be up to 50 years old, and boasts a minimum of 13 years working experience.[7]

Location

Almost all business classes are held in Goodes Hall, which sits at the upper-west corner of Queen's University campus. The building is named in honour of the family of Mel Goodes, a Commerce ‘57 alumnus and former Chairman & CEO of Warner-Lambert worldwide.

September 2012 marked the completion of a significant expansion of Goodes Hall, increasing the size of the facility by 75,000 feet to a total of 188,000 square feet. The expansion includes several new state-of-the-art classrooms, student breakout rooms, 51 additional faculty offices and many enhanced features for students.

The Smith School of Business opened its first foreign campus in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, at the DIFC on May 25, 2007. Classes started in October 2007. The campus will mainly host Queen's executive development programs.[8]

Rankings

QS Global 200 Business School Report 2012[9] Queen's Full-Time MBA:

  1. 3rd in Canada
  2. 16th in North America

2012 Bloomberg Businessweek: Full-Time MBA International Ranking placed 4th in the world[10]

Financial Times Rankings:

2015 Global MBA Ranking placed 86th in the world[11]

2014 EMBA Cornell University: Johnson/Queen's Smith School of Business ranked 47th[12]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "Queen's University Visual Identity Guide" (PDF). Queen's University. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
  2. ↑ Archived June 3, 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  3. 1 2 "layout" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-06-10.
  4. ↑ "QS Global 200 Business Schools Report 2012, North America".
  5. ↑ "QS Global 200 Business School Report 2012".
  6. ↑ "(Press Release) Queen's School of Business - Media and News - 2006 News - QUEEN’S MBA REPEATS #1 BUSINESSWEEK RANKING". Business.queensu.ca. Retrieved 2010-06-10.
  7. ↑ "Queen's School of Business - Executive MBA - National Program" (PDF). Business.queensu.ca. 2010-04-26. Retrieved 2010-06-10.
  8. ↑ "(Press Release) Queen's School of Business - Media and News - 2007 News - Queen's School of Business Opens Dubai Campus". Business.queensu.ca. Retrieved 2010-06-10.
  9. ↑ "QS Global 200 Business School Report 2012-North America".
  10. ↑ http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/rankings/international
  11. ↑ http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/queens-school-of-business/global-mba-ranking-2015
  12. ↑ http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/cornell-university-johnsonqueens-school-of-business/executive-mba-ranking-2014#executive-mba-ranking-2014
  13. ↑ http://www.queensu.ca/alumnireview/rocket-man/
  14. ↑ Gordon Nixon
  15. ↑ John Stackhouse - The Globe and Mail

External links

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