The Virginia Commonwealth University

Virginia Commonwealth University

Virginia Commonwealth University is a public university located in Richmond, Virginia. It comprises two campuses in the Downtown Richmond area, the product of a merger between the Richmond Professional Institute and the Medical College of Virginia in 1968...

 School of Business is located in Richmond, Virginia

Richmond, Virginia

Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. It is an independent city and not part of any county. Richmond is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Greater Richmond area...

, home to one of the twelve Federal Reserve Banks. Because the school is located in downtown Richmond, Virginia, many students are able to receive internships and other opportunities within the city. Richmond, Virginia

Richmond, Virginia

Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. It is an independent city and not part of any county. Richmond is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Greater Richmond area...

includes the third highest concentration of U.S. Fortune 1000 headquarters and is ranked as one of the nation’s 10 best places for business and careers.

Snead Hall

Snead Hall opened for use to the School of Business in January 2008. Along with traditional classroom and faculty offices, the 145,000 square-foot, four-story facility includes a capital markets center and trading room, central atrium with a student commons and cafe, Business and Engineering Career Center, Center for Corporate Education, auditorium, collaborative learning rooms, tiered case study classrooms and team-building breakout rooms.

History

The development of the School of Business dates from 1946-47 when the veterans began to enroll in such large numbers. Prior to that time there had been a few courses in secretarial study, and in 1941 a full-time teacher had been added to the faculty. Post-war years brought greater demands. In 1949,
for example, of the 582 veterans enrolled, about half applied for admission to the School of Business.

Departments

• Accounting
• Economics
• Finance, Insurance & Real Estate
• Information Systems
• Management
• Marketing

Rankings

• 51st - Part Time MBA Program
• 97th - Best Undergraduate Business Program
• VCU MBA is included in the Princeton Review's "The Best 294 Business Schools: 2012 Edition." Schools selected for inclusion in the book were determined to be the country’s best institutions for earning an MBA
• The Virginia Commonwealth University School of Business ranks in the top five percent of business schools worldwide due to its AACSB International-accredited status.
• Virginia Commonwealth University was the first business school in the nation to gain accreditation for our undergraduate program in information systems by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET, Inc., the recognized accreditor of college and university programs in applied science, computing, engineering, and technology.

Magazine

Business & Main is the VCU School of Business's magazine that is published twice a year. This publication covers important business topics in the community and worldwide including community business interviews, scholarly research findings, VCU news, business events and professional development articles.