Smeal College of Business
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1953 |
| Dean | Charles Whiteman |
| Location |
University Park, Pennsylvania, USA 40°48′12″N 77°51′58″W / 40.80345°N 77.86612°WCoordinates: 40°48′12″N 77°51′58″W / 40.80345°N 77.86612°W |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Website | smeal.psu.edu |
| Business school rankings | |
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| Worldwide MBA | |
| Economist | 61 |
| Financial Times | 86 (tie) |
| U.S. MBA | |
| Bloomberg Businessweek | 40 |
| Forbes | 28 |
| U.S. News & World Report | 37 (Tie) |
| U.S. undergraduate | |
| Bloomberg Businessweek | 30 |
The Smeal College of Business at the Pennsylvania State University offers undergraduate, graduate, and executive education programs to more than 5,000 students. Smeal, which is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), is home to more than 150 faculty members who teach and conduct academic research on a range of business topics. The college also features a network of industry supported research centers.
The business college at Penn State was founded in 1953 with Ossian R. MacKenzie as dean. Subsequent deans of the college were Eugene J. Kelley, J.D. Hammond, Judy Olian, James B. Thomas, and currently Charles H. Whiteman. In 1990, it was named the Mary Jean and Frank P. Smeal College of Business after alumni and benefactors Mary Jean and Frank Smeal.
The Smeal College of Business is based on the Penn State University Park campus, which is adjacent to the town of State College, Pennsylvania. Smeal is headquartered in the Business Building, a 210,000 square-foot facility located near the eastern end of campus.
The building, which was dedicated in 2005, was designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects and features classroom and office space as well as video-conferencing technologies, team study and recruiter interview rooms, a restaurant, and the college’s Rogers Family Trading Room.
The Smeal College of Business offers the following degree programs:
Undergraduate: Baccalaureate major options include accounting, finance, management and organization, management information systems, marketing, risk management, and supply chain and information systems. Students can also pursue a minor in business including international business, legal environment of business, supply chain and information sciences and technology, and information systems management.
Master of Business Administration: The University Park-based residential graduate program provides students with the opportunity to specialize in a particular area of business. Areas of concentration include finance, marketing, entrepreneurship and corporate innovation, strategic leadership, and supply chain management. The Smeal MBA Program also offers several joint-degree programs in conjunction with other academic units at Penn State: JD/MBA with the Penn State Dickinson School of Law, BS/MBA with the Penn State Eberly College of Science, and MD/MBA with the Penn State College of Medicine.
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