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.

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. The donation is the largest gift ever made to a Canadian business school.[2]

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

Undergraduate

The Queen's Commerce program is an undergraduate business program in Canada.[3]

The program offers students a multitude of extracurricular options to develop their skills in the fields of Consulting, Accounting, Marketing and Finance. These include student-run security portfolios, consulting firms, and dozens of conferences.

The Queen's Commerce undergraduate business program also provides its students with an international exchange option for their third year of study. The Smith School of Business is partnered with over 95 prestigious business schools in over 35 countries such as Bocconi University in Italy and HEC Paris in France, and the majority of students participate in the exchange.

Queen's allows students to pursue an Arts and Science degree concurrently with their Bachelor degree Commerce to graduate with two degrees in their four years.

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, 2008 and 2014.[4] Environics ranked the Queen's Full-time MBA program number one in Canada in 2006 in their Report on Executive Education in Canada.[5] In the 2012 QS Global 200 Business Schools Report[6] the school was indexed as the 3rd best business school in Canada and the 16th best business school in North America.[7]

Executive MBA

The Queen's Executive MBA program has been ranked as the best program in Canada for Executive MBAs by BusinessWeek[8] and Environics.[5] 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.[9]

Location

Almost all business classes are held in Goodes Hall, which sits at the northwest 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 ft² to a total of 188,000 ft². The expansion includes several new state-of-the-art classrooms and student breakout rooms, as well as 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 mainly hosts Queen's executive development programs.[10]

Rankings

The Stephen J.R. Smith School of Business has received significant recognition in the past years. The school was also found to have the most number of graduates employed as Chief Executive Officers (or equivalent) in a Fortune Global 500, out of any university in Canada, and 38th globally.[11]

2012 Bloomberg Businessweek: Full-Time MBA International Ranking placed 4th in the world[12]

2014 Bloomberg Businessweek: Full-Time MBA International Ranking placed 1st in the world [13]

2014 Canadian Business placed 1st in Canada Overall[14]

2015 Canadian Business placed 2nd in Canada Overall [15]

2015 Bloomberg Business Week placed 2nd in Canada Overall[16]

Financial Times Rankings:

2016 Global MBA Ranking placed 1st in Canada for Salary Increase [17]

2016 Global MBA Ranking placed 1st in Canada for Value for Money [18]

2015 Global MBA Ranking placed 86th in the world[19]

2014 EMBA Cornell University: Johnson/Queen's Smith School of Business ranked 47th[20]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "Queen's University Visual Identity Guide" (PDF). Queen's University. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
  2. ↑ http://www.queensu.ca/gazette/media/news-release-queen-s-university-names-stephen-j-r-smith-school-business-recognition-historic
  3. ↑ https://smith.queensu.ca/about/school_history.php
  4. ↑ Archived June 3, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  5. 1 2 "layout" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-06-10.
  6. ↑ "QS Global 200 Business Schools Report 2012, North America".
  7. ↑ "QS Global 200 Business School Report 2012".
  8. ↑ "(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.
  9. ↑ "Queen's School of Business - Executive MBA - National Program" (PDF). Business.queensu.ca. 2010-04-26. Retrieved 2010-06-10.
  10. ↑ "(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.
  11. ↑ "International Professional Ranking of Higher Education Institutions" (PDF). MINES ParisTech. 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  12. ↑ http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/rankings/international
  13. ↑ hhttp://www.bloomberg.com/news/photo-essays/2014-11-11/best-international-business-schools-2014
  14. ↑ http://www.canadianbusiness.com/schools/queens-mba/
  15. ↑ http://www.canadianbusiness.com/lists-and-rankings/best-mba-programs/2016-reputation-ranking/image/10/
  16. ↑ http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2015-best-business-schools/
  17. ↑ http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/global-mba-ranking-2016
  18. ↑ http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/global-mba-ranking-2016
  19. ↑ http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/queens-school-of-business/global-mba-ranking-2015
  20. ↑ http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/cornell-university-johnsonqueens-school-of-business/executive-mba-ranking-2014#executive-mba-ranking-2014
  21. ↑ http://www.queensu.ca/alumnireview/rocket-man/
  22. ↑ Gordon Nixon
  23. ↑ John Stackhouse - The Globe and Mail

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