This week the British-based Financial Times ranked the McDonough School of Business’ MBA program 19th in the nation and 38th in the world.
“I don’t look at any one ranking as being absolutely critical,” MSB Dean George Daly said. “But the truth is we’ve gone up on all of them over the last couple of years.”
This is the third consecutive year the school has risn in the rankings, a result of its recruiting several elite faculty members and gaining increasing financial independence from the University.
The MSB will continue to focus on drawing professors from other institutions; according to Daly, this recruitment is the MSB’s “single greatest need.”
Several other changes are planned as well, including a new MBA curriculum that will put a “renewed focus on the global aspect of business,” according to Asscociate Professor of Finance Rohan Williamson. MBA students will work on consulting projects abroad at the end of their time in the program.
—Crystal Chung
