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UT Dallas School of Management

Building Academic and Institutional Reputation

Academic Reputation
The UT Dallas School of Management has become one of the world's leading research institutions, according to the UTD Top 100 Business School Research Rankings™ for 2009. This ranking reflects the school's commitment to producing research relevant for global business leaders and academics.   Ranked 17th in the U.S. and 18th globally, the UT Dallas School of Management continues to work toward the goal of being a national and worldwide leader in management research and education, providing students the most advanced educational experience available.  The annual research study ranked the Wharton School, Duke University, the Stern School at New York University, and the Universities of Chicago and Michigan as the top five U.S. research-producing business schools.  

The UT Dallas School of Management is also noted for being:

  • No. 2 in information systems research based on publications in the journals Information Systems Research, INFORMS Journal of Computing and MIS Quarterly
  • No. 4 in operations management research based on publications in the journals Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, Production and Operations Management and the Journal of Operations Management
  • No. 8 in number of publications in the journals of Management Science and Operations Research

Institutional Reputation
The UT Dallas School of Management has been recognized by numerous business periodicals including The Aspen Institute, Business Week, Financial Times and U.S. News and World Report.

  • U.S. News and World Report ranked our Full-Time MBA Program in the top 50 programs in the US and among the top 23 for public universities.
  • The Aspen Institute has ranked our Full-Time MBA program in the top 100 schools committed to educating students with a social, ethical and environmental perspective.
  • Business Week has ranked our Professional MBA Program in the second tier of top part-time MBA programs.
  • Business Week and U.S. News and World Report have repeatedly recognized our undergraduate program in the nation's top 100 programs.
  • Business Week has ranked our undergraduate business program in the top 40 public business programs in the United States.
  • Business Week has ranked our undergraduate business program 30th in student satisfaction among public institutions.
  • Financial Times has ranked our Executive MBA Program as the top program in Texas two years in a row (2007 and 2008), noting that our program is also ranked 39th in the world and 14th domestically for helping students achieve their aims. They have also ranked the research productivity of our faculty 20th in the world and 12th domestically.
  • Financial Times has recognized our Global On-Line MBA programs in their 2009 List of Distance MBA degree programs.
  • Princeton Review has designated our Full-Time (Cohort) MBA Program as one of the best programs in the United States in their 2009 Princeton Review Best Business Program Guidebook.
  • U.S. News and World Report has ranked our Full-Time MBA Program in the top 60 twice since 2005.