FORDHAM GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

The Gabelli School of Business is the graduate business school of Fordham University, the Jesuit University of New York. Fordham University's involvement in business started early in the 20th century with the founding of the School of Business in 1920. The Gabelli School of Business has been an AACSB-accredited business school for over 50 years, is a partner with the CFA Institute. As of March 2015, it incorporated the former Fordham Graduate School of Business. The Gabelli School of Business w... as established in 1920 in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan, and is now located on Fordham's Rose Hill campus in the Bronx as well as on the Lincoln Center campus in Manhattan. Fordham established itself as a provider of graduate business education in 1969, with the launch of its first master's degree programs at the Lincoln Center campus. For more than 40 years, the undergraduate and graduate business schools were separate entities, until the University administration made the decision in 2014 to begin a yearlong process of unifying them with a single identity and one dean. The Graduate School of Business opened in 1969 as part of the redevelopment of Lincoln Center. The Graduate School of Business was part of a consortium offering an MBA at Peking University in Beijing China from 1998-2008 and was replaced by Vlerick University. This program, known as BiMBA (Beijing international MBA), was listed by Forbes Magazine as one of the most valuable Chinese programs. Bloomberg Best Undergraduate Business Schools ranking (2016): #27 Undergraduate Business Program. Bloomberg Best Business Schools ranking (2015): #72 MBA Full-Time Program, and #64 MBA Part-time Program. Businessweek undergraduate ranking (2014): #38 Businessweek undergraduate subject area rankings (2013): International business #7, Marketing #11, Corporate strategy #16, Finance #17, Sustainability #22 and Entrepreneurship #25. In the 2012 Financial Times EMBA Rankings, the Fordham EMBA program was ranked 72nd in the world. The program saw significant gains in the percentage of women in the faculty and cohort, the professional experience and objectives achieved by the cohort and the average alumni salary after graduation. In the 2012 Bloomberg Businessweek EMBA Rankings, the Fordham EMBA Program was ranked 39th in the US. In the 2011 Financial Times EMBA Rankings, the Fordham EMBA program was ranked equal 67th in the world. In 2010, CEO Magazine has ranked Fordham in the Top Tier (Top 25) for the Executive MBA (EMBA) program in the North America. In 2008, The Wall Street Journal ranked Fordham Executive MBA in Top 30. In 2009, BusinessWeek ranks Fordham MBA 5th in the Northeast & 55th nationally. The school was ranked 27th in both the 2006 and 2007 rankings of regional schools conducted by The Wall Street Journal / Harris Interactive, based on its annual survey of corporate recruiters. Research centers at Fordham Business School include: Center for Communications Center for Digital Transformation Center for Humanistic Management Center for Positive Marketing Center for Research in Contemporary Finance Consortium for Trustworthy Organizations Frank J. Petrilli Center for Research in International Finance Fordham University Pricing Center Gabelli Center for Global Security Analysis Global Healthcare Innovation Management CenterMore