Isenberg School of Management

Isenberg School of Management

Logo of Isenberg School of Management
Former names	School of Management (1982-1997) School of Business Administration (1947-1982)
Type	Public Business school
Established	1947 (1947)
Endowment	$31.06 million (FY 2015)
Dean	Mark Fuller
Academic staff	118
Administrative staff	65
Students	4800
Undergraduates	3400
Postgraduates	1400
Doctoral students	72
Location	Amherst, Massachusetts, United States 42°23′12″N 72°31′29″W / 42.38667°N 72.52472°W / 42.38667; -72.52472Coordinates: 42°23′12″N 72°31′29″W / 42.38667°N 72.52472°W / 42.38667; -72.52472
Campus	Urban/Suburban
Affiliations	University of Massachusetts Amherst
Website	www.isenberg.umass.edu

The Isenberg School of Management is the business school at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the flagship campus for the University of Massachusetts system, located in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. The Isenberg School is accredited by the AACSB International and ACPHA.

The school offers seven undergraduate majors along with MS, MBA and Ph.D. programs. As of the 2014-2015 academic year, there were approximately 3500 undergraduate students and 1300 graduate students enrolled in the Isenberg School of Management. Isenberg students have wide access to campus resources including over 30 student organizations in the Isenberg School itself, and many more across campus. The school also has a dedicated Chase Career Center, a career and professional development resource tailored especially for the needs of business students.

Currently, the Isenberg School nearly has 42,000 alumni in 72 countries, many of whom are involved in the school in a variety of ways.

Business courses were first offered at the Massachusetts Agricultural College in the early years of the twentieth century, expanding rapidly during the 1930s and 1940s in response to student demand. The Board of Trustees established the School of Business Administration in 1947, and within seven years, it was conferring graduate degrees, including doctorates after 1967. The school was accredited at the undergraduate level by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business in May 1958, and in March 1959, the Board of Trustees authorized the establishment of four academic departments within the school: Accounting, General Business and Finance, Management, and Marketing. In September 1967, a program leading to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration was introduced.

In 1964, the school moved to its current building in the heart of the UMass Amherst campus. In 1983, the School of Business Administration changed its name to School of Management. The Isenberg School of Management was named after Eugene Isenberg in 1998. Gene was Chairman and CEO of Nabors Industries at the time, a world leader in gas and petroleum drilling. Gene's gift with his wife, Ronnie, was the largest contribution from an individual in UMass Amherst's history. The Isenberg's gift facilitated the school's campaign to build its 42,000-square-foot Harold Alfond Management Center addition, and established several endowed chairs for the campus.