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Smeal College of Business
Established	1953
Type	Public
Dean	James Thomas
Location	University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
Campus	Suburban
Website	www.smeal.psu.edu

The Smeal College of Business is the business school of Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1953, and is named after Mary Jean and Frank Smeal. The College offers undergraduate, graduate, doctoral degrees, including an MBA Program, an Executive MBA Program, and a Master of Manufacturing Management.

Smeal College of Business has six academic departments. (Accounting, Finance, Insurance and Real Estate, Management and Organization, Marketing, Supply Chain and Information Systems).

James B. Thomas became the school’s dean in July 2006.

Undergraduate Program

• U.S. News & World Report 2007
  • 18th Overall
  • 10th Among Public Universities
  • 20th (Finance)
  • 12th (Management)
  • 20th (Management Information Systems)
  • 19th (Marketing)
  • 17th (Production / Operations Management)
  • 12th (Real Estate)
  • 5th (Supply Chain Management Logistics)

• BusinessWeek
  • 32nd Overall
  • 12th Among Public Universities

MBA Program

• BusinessWeek
  • Top 50 Overall
• Economist Intelligence Unit
  • 48th Internationally
  • 25th Among U.S. Schools
• Forbes
  • 23rd Overall
  • 8th Among Public Universities
• Financial Times
  • 42nd Internationally
  • 25th Among U.S. Schools
• U.S. News & World Report
  • 38th Overall
  • 18th Among Public Universities
  • 8th (Supply Chain Management)
• Wall Street Journal / Harris Interactive
  • 23rd Among "Regional" Providers

Executive Education

• BusinessWeek
  • 8th Among Custom Program Providers
• Economist Intelligence Unit
  • 10th Among Open-Enrollment Program Providers
• Financial Times
  • 32nd Among Custom Program Providers

Faculty / Research / Academics

• Supply Chain Management Review
  • 1st Internationally in Supply Chain Education
• Journal of Real Estate Practice and Education
  • 2nd for Editorial Board Representation
• Academy of Management Journal
  • 24th Overall for Research Productivity
  • 17th (Accounting)
  • 15th (Finance)
  • 16th (Insurance & Real Estate)
  • 19th (Management)
  • 17th (Marketing)
• "Business Research in Eight Disciplines"
  • 20th (Accounting)
  • 19th (Marketing)
  • 23rd (Organizational Behavior)
  • 3rd (Strategy)

• Center for Supply Chain Research http://www.smeal.psu.edu/cscr/index.html
• Institute for the Study of Business Markets http://www.smeal.psu.edu/isbm/index.html
• eBusiness Research Center http://www.smeal.psu.edu/ebrc/index.html
• Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship http://www.smeal.psu.edu/fcfe/index.html
• Center for Global Business Studies http://www.smeal.psu.edu/cgbs/index.html
• Center for the Management of Technological and Organizational Change http://www.smeal.psu.edu/cmtoc/index.html

• Smeal College of Business
• Penn State University

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