The Robert H. Smith School of Business is an internationally recognized leader in management education and research for the digital economy. One of 14 colleges and schools at the University of Maryland, College Park, the Smith School offers undergraduate, full-time and part-time MBA, Executive MBA, PhD, and executive education programs, as well as services to the corporate community.

The Smith School is named for alumnus Robert H. Smith - president of the Charles E. Smith Companies, in recognition of his $15-million gift to the school's endowment in 1998.

Smith Stats:

• 125 full-time and 50 part-time faculty members
• 2,950 undergraduates majoring in business
• 225 full-time and 970 part-time MBA students
• 100 Ph.D. students
• 230 Executive and EMBA students worldwide
• 45,000 Smith School alumni worldwide.

Approximate numbers, Fall 2006

Fast Facts:

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• Every student admitted to the PhD program receives full financial support in the form of a graduate assistantship or fellowship.
• Smith is the only school in the Baltimore-Washington, D.C., area with top-ranked undergraduate and graduate business programs.
• Smith has a biweekly segment on Maryland Public Television's Business Connection program called "Smith Business Close-Up. "
• The school was named the Robert H. Smith School of Business in 1998 in recognition of a $15 million endowment gift from Robert H. Smith ('50), co-chairman and co-chief executive officer of the Charles E. Smith Companies.
• Before joining the Smith School in 1997, Dean Howard Frank directed the Information Technology Office of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
• Van Munching Hall is the home of the Smith School of Business. A 103,300 square foot expansion project was completed in September 2002. A $20-million north wing expansion is underway, slated to add 38,000 s.f. and be finished in late 2007.

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The Robert H. Smith School of Business is accredited by AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, the premier accrediting agency for bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs in business administration and accounting.