Queen's School of Business
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Former name
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Queen's School of Business |
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| Type | Business school |
| Established | 1919 |
| Affiliation | Queen's University |
| Dean | David Saunders |
| Undergraduates | 1409 |
| Postgraduates | 541 |
| Location | Kingston, Ontario, Canada |
| Colours | Blue and gold |
| Website | smith |
The Stephen J.R. Smith School of Business or the Smith School of Business (formerly the Queen's School of Business) is one of Canada's most prestigious business schools 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. This donation nearly doubled the school's already significant endowment from $54 million to $104 million. As of 2015, this will result in Smith being an extremely close second in total endowment amongst all Canadian Business Schools, next to only the Rotman School of Management. Two thirds of the donation will be channelled towards attracting world class professors and faculty, while the remaining third will form a pool of scholarships and bursaries designed to attract the top students from around the world.
The school is fully accredited by the AACSB (United States) and the EFMD (EQUIS) (Europe).
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.
The Queen's Commerce program is one of North America's leading undergraduate business programs. The Queen's Bachelor of Commerce is consistently regarded as the most prestigious undergraduate business degree in Canada.
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.
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