The Stuart School of Business (often just Stuart or Stuart School) is an academic unit of the
Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Tracing its history to 1890, the present name was adopted upon the merger of the Armour Institute and Lewis Institute in 1940. The university has prog ...
, a private Ph.D.-granting
technological university
An institute of technology (also referred to as: technological university, technical university, university of technology, technological educational institute, technical college, polytechnic university or just polytechnic) is an institution of te ...
.
Stuart offers
bachelor's,
master's
A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice. ,
doctoral, and non-degree programs, as well as graduate certificate programs. In addition to the
MBA
A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...
and
MPA
MPA or mPa may refer to:
Academia
Academic degrees
* Master of Performing Arts
* Master of Professional Accountancy
* Master of Public Administration
* Master of Public Affairs
Schools
* Mesa Preparatory Academy
* Morgan Park Academy
* Mou ...
, Stuart offers
Master of Science
A Master of Science ( la, Magisterii Scientiae; abbreviated MS, M.S., MSc, M.Sc., SM, S.M., ScM or Sc.M.) is a master's degree in the field of science awarded by universities in many countries or a person holding such a degree. In contrast to ...
programs in Marketing Analytics, Sustainability Management, and Finance. Stuart also offers dual degrees with
Chicago-Kent College of Law
Chicago-Kent College of Law is the law school affiliated with the Illinois Institute of Technology. It is the second oldest law school in the state of Illinois. It is ranked 91st among U.S. law schools, and its trial advocacy program is ranked in ...
,
Institute of Design and the College of Science. Stuart also offers a Doctoral program in Management Science with concentrations in Finance and Operations.
Stuart's Master of Science in Finance program is taught by a team of 12 full-time faculty and a number of adjunct faculty drawn from the local financial services industry. One of the largest specialized finance programs in the United States, Stuart's M.S. Finance program had 300 enrolled students in Fall 2013. Students can specialize in concentrations including: alternative investments, corporate finance, entrepreneurial finance, financial econometrics, financial engineering, financial markets, financial programming, high frequency trading, investment management, risk management, and trading. These concentrations provide students with focused knowledge in their preferred career area. Stuart also provides a variety of extra- and co-curricular activities for students, including: Stuart Investments, CFA Competition, CME Trading Competition, and participation in professional societies. M.S. Finance was ranked 6th in the United States and 33rd globally overall in the 2015 ''Financial Times'' survey of M.S. Finance programs. Professor
John F. O. Bilson is the director of the M.S. Finance program.
The graduate program in Public Administration encompasses the disciplines of political science and sociology, with special emphases in the fields of urban government and community affairs, policy analysis, organization and management of work, public finance, public safety, and nonprofit management. Illinois Tech has offered educational programs in public administration since the 1940s with Herbert A. Simon's groundbreaking, interdisciplinary work, and has awarded the Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.) degree, the most widely recognized professional credential, since the mid-1960s.
Stuart is located in the Bronzeville neighborhood of
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
, image_map =
, map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago
, coordinates =
, coordinates_footnotes =
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name ...
,
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...
, United States.
Historical timelines
* 1969 Year of foundation of the Stuart School of Business.
* 1971 Year Full-time MBA program was founded.
* 1980 Year Part-time MBA program was founded.
* 1999 Stuart achieved accreditation from AACSB, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
* 2005 Knapp Entrepreneurship Center founded.
* 2007 Center for Strategic Competitiveness (CSC) established.
* 2007 Year of foundation of Center for the Management of Medical Technology.
Accreditation
Stuart is accredited by the
AACSB
The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, also known as AACSB International, is an American professional organization. It was founded as the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business in 1916 to provide accreditation to ...
, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. As part of the Illinois Institute of Technology, Stuart is also accredited by the
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
The North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA), also known as the North Central Association, was a membership organization, consisting of colleges, universities, and schools in 19 U.S. states engaged in educational accreditation. It w ...
.
Awards
A team of five students from the Stuart School of Business won the 2012
CFA Institute Research Challenge
The CFA Institute Research Challenge is an annual global competition in equity research hosted by the CFA Institute started in 2007. The competition provides university students with hands-on training and mentoring in financial analysis. Students a ...
’s Americas Regional final, defeating teams from 45 universities to advance to the global final. The team presented investment research and recommendations for Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: ZBRA), which has an extensive portfolio of bar code, receipt, card and kiosk supplies, RFID printers, and real-time location solutions. The team's work was based on interactions with Zebra's senior executives, investment thesis and risks analysis, financial modeling, valuation, comparable benchmarking, and scenario creation. The global final included three other teams from Thailand, Sweden, and the United States, with Illinois Tech's team representing the CFA Society of Chicago.
Departments and research centers
* Center for Strategic Competitiveness (CSC)
* Center for Financial Markets (CFM)
*
Center for Sustainable Enterprise The Center for Sustainable Enterprise (CSE) is one of four academic and research centers at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) Stuart School of Business (SSB) in the city of Chicago. The CSE has created a platform to convene the many discip ...
(CSE)
* Illinois Tech Leadership Academy
* Interprofessional Projects Program (IPRO)
Academic programs
Programs Offered
* Masters in Business Administration (MBA)
* Master of Public Administration (MPA)
* Masters of Science
** Sustainability Management
** Finance
** Marketing Analytics
* Professional Masters
* Mathematical Finance
* Master of Technological Entrepreneurship (MTE)
* PhD in Management Science
** Finance
** Operations
* Dual Degrees
** MBA / MS (2 Years)
**
JD/MBA
** MBA / MPA
** MDes / MBA (2 - 3 Years)
** MBA / MSF
** MS / JD
** MPA / JD
** MPA / BS (Political Science)
* Bachelor of Science
* Certificates programs
* Public Administration Certificates
Noteworthy alumni
*
John Calamos
John P. Calamos, Sr. (born 1940) is a Greek-American businessman who founded Calamos Asset Management, which manages $35 billion in assets on behalf of institutions and individual investors, in 1977. A veteran of the Vietnam War, he served as a Uni ...
('65 MBA), Billionaire money manager
*
Carl S. Spetzler ('63 BS ChE, '65 MBA, '68 PhD) CEO Strategic Decisions Group.
References
External links
IIT Stuart School of Business official site
{{authority control
Illinois Institute of Technology
1969 establishments in Illinois
Business schools in Illinois
Educational institutions established in 1969