Saunders College of Business (or SCB) (formerly known as The E. Philip Saunders College of Business) is one of nine colleges at Rochester Institute of Technology and is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB). As of fall semester 2016, Saunders College of Business encompasses nearly 11% of RIT's enrollment, home to more than 1,800 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in programs across RIT Global Campuses in Rochester, New York, Croatia, Dubai, Kosovo, and China.
Saunders College works in partnership with RIT's entrepreneurial Venture Creations incubator and Albert J. Simone Center for Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship to integrate business education with RIT's technical and creative programs. Saunders College offers undergraduate (BS), Masters (MS), Masters of Business Administration (MBA), and Executive MBA (EMBA) programs.
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History
The college dates back to 1910 with the establishment of the food administration and home economics departments at RIT. In 1952, RIT acquired the McKechnie-Lunger School of Commerce in Rochester, which was renamed after E. Philip Saunders in 2006. The college's dean is Jacqueline R. Mozrall.
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Undergraduate programs
- Accounting
- Business Administration*
- Digital Business*
- Entrepreneurship*
- Finance
- International Business
- Management
- Management Information Systems
- Marketing
- New Media Marketing
- Supply Chain Management*
- Business Exploration
* Business minors only
Graduate programs
Masters in Business Administration (MBA)
- MBA - Accelerated 4+1 (one-year option for business undergraduate students)
- MBA - Fast Track (one-year option for non-business undergraduates students)
- MBA - Full Time
- MBA - Part Time
- MBA - Accounting
Executive Education
- Executive MBA, on campus (EMBA)
- Executive MBA, online (OLEMBA)
Master of Science (MS)
- Accounting
- Computational Finance
- Entrepreneurship and Innovative Ventures
- Finance
- Management - Global Management and Supply Chain Management
- Management - Product and Service Development
- Management - Leadership
Research facilities
Center for Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship
The Albert J. Simone Center for Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship was established in 2007. It was named for Albert J. Simone, 8th president of RIT, in recognition of his contribution to academics and strong support of local business.
Center for Urban Entrepreneurship
The Center for Urban Entrepreneurship (CUE) is located in the downtown business district at 40 Franklin Street (the historic Rochester Savings Bank).
Technology Management Center
The Technology Management Center focuses on three primary areas: information technology management, new product development, and science and technology policy. The center does basic and applied research and develops new teaching material in the area of Technology Innovation.
Institute for Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
The Institute for Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility supports research and teaching at Saunders and focuses on the interdependent relationship between business and society.
Rankings
Undergraduate programs
U.S. News & World Report #77 in the 2017 rankings of top undergraduate business programs.
Graduate programs
U.S. News & World Report #85 in the 2017 MBA rankings and #6 in employment.
Poets & Quants #96 in the 2016 U.S. MBA program rankings
Online graduate programs
Princeton Review #7 in 2017 top 25 online MBA programs
U.S. News & World Report #31 in 2017 online MBA rankings
Notable alumni
- Donald N. Boyce (1967) - retired Chairman of the Board, IDEX Corporation
- Charles S. Brown, Jr. (1979) - Chief Administrative Officer and Senior Vice President, Eastman Kodak Company
- William A. Buckingham (1964) - retired Executive Vice President of M&T Bank
- Daniel Carp (1973) - former Chairman and CEO of the Eastman Kodak Company
- Tom Curley (1977) - President and CEO, Associated Press
- Richard P. Dararaksmey - Senior Manager, Internal Audit, Morgan Stanley
- Brian H. Hall (1978) - former President and CEO, Thomson Legal & Regulatory
- Jeffrey K. Harris (1975) - Vice President and Managing Director for Situational Awareness Systems, Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems and Solutions
- Roger W. Kober (1984) - retired Chairman and CEO, Rochester Gas & Electric Corporation
- Robert J. Kohler, Jr. (1959) - retired Executive Vice President and General Manager, TRW Avionics & Surveillance Group
- Kevin Lesnewski - Vice President of Marketing for Patheon
- Michael P. Morley (1969) - retired Chief Administrative Officer and Executive Vice President, Eastman Kodak Company
- Mike Rundle - co-founder, 9rules Network
- Linda Stutsman (1994) - Chief Information Security Officer, Xerox
- Kevin Surace (1985) - CEO of Appvance; 2009 Inc. Magazine Entrepreneur of the Year; CNBC Innovator of the Decade
- Frederick T. Tucker (1963) - former Executive Vice President and Deputy to the CEO, Motorola
- Chester N. Watson (1974) - General Auditor, General Motors
- Brian Wells (1980) - Chief Technology Officer, University of Pennsylvania Health System in Philadelphia
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