Boston University School of Management
The Rafik B. Hariri Building
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| Type | Private |
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| Established | 1913 |
| Dean | Kenneth Freeman |
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Academic staff
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255 |
| Undergraduates | 1,748 |
| Postgraduates | 881 |
| Location | Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | Questrom Website |
The Questrom School of Business (formerly, the Boston University School of Management) is the business school at Boston University in Boston, MA, USA. Founded in 1913 as the College of Business Administration, the school offers undergraduate and graduate programs.
The BU Questrom School of Business offers a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA), Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree (full- and part-time programs), a Master of Science (MS) in Mathematical Finance, a Master of Science in Management Studies (MSMS), executive education programs, and two Ph.D. programs. Both the undergraduate and graduate programs offer dual degree options with other schools and colleges at Boston University.
BU Questrom has a career center dedicated to leading students to success. It helps students with internships, resumes, interviews and many more career related assistance.
Questrom has some 250 full-time faculty and some 200 part-time faculty, teaching fellows, and active research assistants.
October 13, 1913, Boston University business began classes for students in the College of Business Administration. The first three courses were English, Spanish, and Advertising. The Spanish course was taught by Dean Everett Lord. The third course (Advertising) was taught by Charles E. Ballatty.
In March 2015, the name was changed from the School of Management to the current, Questrom School of Business. It was named for alumnus Allen Questrom, a former CEO of many department stores, who with his wife Kelli, donated $50 million to Boston University.
The business school is housed in the Rafik B. Hariri Building, located at 595 Commonwealth Avenue. The building opened in October 1996 and contains over 40 classrooms, a 375-seat lecture hall, five computer labs, and the Frederick S. Pardee Management Library. The building offers wireless Internet access throughout as well as 4,000 wired dataports. A Breadwinners Deli and a wired Starbucks are located on the second floor of the building. The Hariri Building also contains 19 team rooms available only for undergraduate School of Management and Graduate School of Management students to hold team meetings. Room reservations are made online.
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