About Us

The Boston University School of Management will mark its 100th anniversary in September 2013. Our proud history includes being one of the very first to admit women, and the establishment of an MBA in 1925. It was an early founder of research institutes and one of the nation’s very first to institute specific curriculum addressing nonprofit and health care management. We created the Center for Team Learning and the first MS-MBA, a high tech dual-degree that recruiters praised. We taught entrepreneurial studies before it had a formal name. We pioneered the move from the operations- and financially-based management models of the past into the network-centric curriculum of contemporary times.

But we see our centennial as a reason not to look back, but to look forward and continue to break ground. In a world that is increasingly smaller, we are continually evolving our curriculum to look at the emerging needs of the next few decades.

Today, leaders need to be able to anticipate change, harness it, and make it work for their organizations. They need to be nimble and aware; open and proactive. They need to find ways to add value to their organizations, their communities, and the world.

The Next Century of Leadership

The next century will witness the School of Management graduates leading in the areas of digital technology, health sector management, and energy and the environment. We’re infusing more discussions of ethics and social responsibility throughout the curriculum. We’re adding more internationally-based cases and options for international experiences.

With an undergraduate or graduate degree from the BU School of Management, you’ll have training that is both deep and broad, forward-looking, and highly desired by recruiters.

Graduates of every program here stand out as builders and leaders. They rise rapidly in their careers. And they develop the staying power needed in an era when technological advancement drives innovation and competitive advantage—in every department of every organization, in all sectors.