E. Claiborne Robins School of Business
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| Type | Private |
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| Established | 1949 |
| Dean | Nancy Bagranoff |
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Academic staff
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73 |
| Undergraduates | 626 |
| Postgraduates | 148 |
| Location | Richmond, Virginia, USA |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Website | business.richmond.edu |
Coordinates: 37°44′44.2″N 77°32′10.3″W / 37.745611°N 77.536194°W
The E. Claiborne Robins School of Business is a part of the University of Richmond and was established in 1949. It offers undergraduate, graduate and executive education programs, and was named after alumnus E. Claiborne Robins in 1979. Robins, the grandson of Albert Hartley Robins, founder of the A.H. Robins pharmaceutical company, was a major University of Richmond benefactor, with he and his family donating in excess of $175 million to the university.
The school enrolls over 600 undergraduate students and approximately 150 full and part-time MBA students, and is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
On December 17, 2008 it was announced to the university community that Dean Jorge Haddock will be leaving the university to become the next Dean of the School of Management at George Mason University effective July 1, 2009. He was replaced by Nancy Bagranoff, former dean of the college of business at Old Dominion University
BusinessWeek ranked the E. Claiborne Robins School of Business as the 12th best undergraduate program overall and tied for 4th in academic quality in the nation in 2011, tied with UNC and Carnegie Mellon.BusinessWeek also ranked the school as having the 14th best part-time MBA program in the nation in 2007, and the 7th best accounting program in 2013.
All University of Richmond undergraduate students enter as members of the School of Arts & Sciences. After completion of the first year, students may join the Robins School of Business and declare a major in business administration, accounting, or economics. Students who declare Business Administration must also declare at least one concentration in either Finance, Accounting, Marketing, Management, International Business, or Economics.
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