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The Stephen J.R. Smith School of Business or the Smith School of Business (formerly the Queen's School of Business) is a business school located at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. The school offers undergraduate and graduate programs as a part of Queen's University, but is managed separately with its own dean and budget. The school of business became its own faculty in 1963 with its first dean, Lawrence MacPherson. Dr. Teri Shearer is the current interim dean.

On October 1, 2015, the Queen's School of Business was renamed The Stephen J.R. Smith School of Business in recognition of a $50-million donation from Stephen J.R. Smith. The donation is the largest gift ever made to a Canadian business school. This donation nearly doubled the school's endowment from $54 million to $104 million. As of 2015, this will result in Smith being a close second in total endowment among all Canadian Business Schools, next to only the Rotman School of Management. Two thirds of the donation will be channeled towards attracting professors and faculty, while the remaining third will form a pool of scholarships and bursaries designed to attract students from around the world.

The school is fully accredited by the AACSB (United States) and the EFMD (EQUIS) (Europe).

Naming

On October 1, 2015, the Queen's School of Business was renamed The Stephen J.R. Smith School of Business in recognition of a $50-million donation from Stephen J.R Smith, a graduate of the Queen's University's Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science.

Programs

Undergraduate

The undergraduate program offers students extracurricular options in the fields of Consulting, Accounting, Marketing and Finance. These include student-run security portfolios, consulting firms, and dozens of conferences.

The Smith Commerce undergraduate business program also provides its students with an international exchange option for their third year of study. The Smith School of Business is partnered with over 95 business schools in over 35 countries such as Bocconi University in Italy and HEC Paris in France. Over 85% of students participate in exchange.

Queen's allows students to pursue an Arts and Science degree concurrently with their Bachelor of Commerce to graduate with two degrees in their four years.

Graduate

Full-time MBA

The Queen's Full-Time MBA program (previously Queen's MBA for Science and Technology) was ranked as the number one full-time MBA program in Canada and number one outside of the U.S. by bi-annual ranking of Business Week in 2004, 2006, and 2008. Environics ranked the Queen's Full-time MBA program number one in Canada in 2006 in their Report on Executive Education in Canada. In the 2012 QS Global 200 Business Schools Report the school was indexed as the 3rd best business school in Canada and the 16th best business school in North America.

Accelerated MBA for Business Graduates

The Queen's Full-Time Accelerated MBA for Business Graduates program is one of the best MBA programs in Canada for people with an undergraduate degree in Business. In the 2017 Financial Times ranking, Queen's MBA was ranked 50th in the world and in the 2018 The Economist ranking, Queen's MBA was ranked 88th in the world The program is 12 months in length and admission decisions are dependent on applicant progressive work experience, previous academic grades in undergraduate business degree, GMAT and personal interview.

Executive MBA

The Queen's Executive MBA program was ranked in 2006 as the best program in Canada for an Executive MBA by BusinessWeek and Environics. The program is 16 months in length and admission decisions are dependent on applicant management experience, references, previous academic experience, QMAT (or GMAT) scores and a personal interview. The average Queen's Executive MBA student has an age of 35 years, but may be up to 50 years old, and boasts a minimum of 13 years working experience.

Queen's Master of International Business

The Queen's Master of International Business is available in either a Single Degree Option or Double Degree Option.

Queen's Master of Management, Innovation & Entrepreneurship

The Queen's Master of Management, Innovation & Entrepreneurship (MMIE) program is offered in partnership with the Queen's Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science.

Queen's also offers two research intensive degrees, namely the Masters of Science in Management (MSc) and a Doctoral program in Management (Ph.D) in the areas of

• Accounting
• Analytics
• Business Economics
• Finance
• International Business
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing
• Organizational Behaviour
• Strategy

Location

Almost all business classes are held in Goodes Hall, which sits at the northwest corner of Queen's University campus. The building is named in honour of the family of Mel Goodes, a Commerce ‘57 alumnus and former Chairman & CEO of Warner–Lambert Worldwide.

September 2012 marked the completion of a significant expansion of Goodes Hall, increasing the size of the facility by 75,000 ft² to a total of 188,000 ft². The expansion includes several new classrooms and student breakout rooms, as well as 51 additional faculty offices and many enhanced features for students.

The Smith School of Business opened its first foreign campus in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, at the DIFC on May 25, 2007. Classes started in October 2007. The campus mainly hosts Queen's executive development programs.

Rankings

Queen's University ranked 1st nationally and 38th globally in highest number of graduates employed as Chief Executive Officers or equivalent in a Fortune Global 500 corporation. Each Queen's graduate in the ranking was an alumni of Stephen J.R. Smith School of Business.

Bloomberg Businessweek:

2019-2020 Best Business Schools Rankings 2nd in Canada

Financial Times:

2016 Global MBA Ranking 1st in Canada for Alumni Recommendation

2016 Global MBA Ranking 1st in Canada for Salary Increase

2016 Global MBA Ranking 1st in Canada for Value for Money

2016 Global EMBA Ranking Cornell University: Johnson/Queen's Smith School of Business 47th worldwide

Notable alumni

• Chris Viehbacher, former CEO, Sanofi, former Chairman, Genzyme
• David Radler, former President, Ravelston Corporation
• Donald J. Carty, Chairman, Porter Airlines, former CEO, AMR Corporation
• Douglas Peters, former Chief Economist, Toronto-Dominion Bank, former Secretary of State, Government of Canada
• Earle McLaughlin, former President, Royal Bank of Canada
• Gordon Nixon, former CEO, Royal Bank of Canada
• John Stackhouse, Senior Vice President, Office of the CEO, Royal Bank of Canada, former Editor-in-Chief, The Globe and Mail
• Kimbal Musk, co-founder, Zip2, Big Green
• Melvin Goodes, former CEO, Warner-Lambert
• Nik Nanos, founder, Nanos Research

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External links

• Smith School of Business Website

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• Queen's University at Kingston
• Business schools in Canada
• Educational institutions established in 1919