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History
We opened our doors when Florida International University did—in 1972. The graduate school was named formally in 2001 as the Chapman Graduate School of Business and the undergraduate school was named officially in 2004 as the Landon Undergraduate School of Business.
Location
The College of Business Administration, Florida International University, is headquartered at University Park, 11200 S.W. 8th Street, Ryder Business Building, Miami, Florida 33199-0001. Phone: 305-348-2751, TDD via FRS 1-800-955-8771.
Faculty
Our faculty of 100+ scholars and business leaders, representing 38 nationalities, includes internationally known experts in international business, information technology strategy, operations research, knowledge management, e-business, entrepreneurship, real estate, international banking and trade, consumer marketing, customer relationship management, global marketing, and corporate responsibility. They offer a wealth of research and teaching experience and practical business savvy.
Alumni
A fifth of our more than 25,000 alumni own their own businesses. Some 70 percent work in Florida, in organizations that collectively represent a major part of the state's economy, and a large number work for international or multinational firms.
Landon Undergraduate School
 Employment
Approximately 84 percent of our undergraduate students work full or part time while attending school.
Top 20 Internship Providers
Undergraduate students
American Express Company
Berkowitz Dick Pollack & Brant Certified. Public Accountants & Consultants, LLP
Cordis/Johnson & Johnson
Cushman and Wakefield, Inc.
Deloitte
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
International Creative Management
International Restaurant Management Group
Merrill Lynch
Miami Heat
Miami Rescue Mission
Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra, LLP and Grant Thornton, LLP
Northwestern Mutual
Republic Federal Bank
Ryder System, Inc.
Smith Barney
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Target
Walgreen Company
Walt Disney Company
Top 20 Employers
Undergraduate Students
ARC Group
Bank of America
BDO Seidman
Burger King Corporation
Citibank
Commerce Bank, N.A.
Continental Flowers
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Deloitte
Florida Department of Revenue – General Tax Administration
KPMG
Macy’s Florida
Marriott International
Northwestern Mutual
Norwegian Cruise Line
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Regions Financial
Target
Titan America LLC
U.S. Century Bank
Undergraduate Program Rankings
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U.S. News & World Report’s “America's Best Colleges” (2006 and 2007) ranks our undergraduate international business programs 7th best in the nation.
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In BusinessWeek’s second annual ranking of undergraduate business programs (March, 19, 2007), our business school was ranked #80—in the top 20 percent among AACSB International-accredited business schools and in the top 5 percent among the 1,400 undergraduate business programs in the United States. We ranked third best among Florida’s public university business schools, and among the “Business Specialties,” categories, we ranked # 8 in the country in the area of “Operations Management.”
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Hispanic Business (since 1998) and Hispanic Trends (since 2003) have placed us among the top 25 business schools for Hispanics and most recently in the top 10.
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AméricaEconomía ranks us among the top international business schools in the world for Latin American business students.
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Florida International University ranks #1 in the United States in granting baccalaureate degrees to Hispanic—Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education (2007).
Degrees
Bachelor of Accounting
Bachelor of Business Administration (seven choices of major, several minors, and special tracks)
Value-added Programs
BBA Online, BBA+ Weekend and BBA+ Sunrise, International Business Honors
Chapman Graduate School
Florida International University ranks #2 in the U.S. in awarding master’s degrees and #16 in awarding doctoral degrees to Hispanics—Hispanic Outlook on Higher Education (2007).
 Top 20 Internship Providers
Graduate Students
Atlantic International Group
Auto Bank Acceptance Corp.
Bank of America
Bank Boston
Batanga
Burger King
Caterpillar Americas
Citigroup
Kroll Miami
La Comunidad
ModusLink Corp.
NBA
Novartis
Ocean Bank
Page One Media
Sol Meliá Group/The Sol Group Corp.
Telemundo
The Collection
Time Warner - Cartoon Network
Transnational Foods
Top 25 Employers
MBA Students
American Express
Bank of America
Bayview Financial
B/E Aerospace
Brightstar Corp.
Burger King Corporation
Commercebank
Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.
Canon
Capital One
Caterpillar, Inc.
Dept. of Homeland Security
Florida Power & Light Company
IBM Corporation
Inktel Direct
John Hancock
Motorola
Novartis
NSK Latin America/AXA
Procter & Gamble
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Royal Caribbean International
Sony Ericsson
Terremark Worldwide, Inc.
United Capital Asset Management
Graduate Program Rankings
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U.S. News & World Report’s “America's Best Graduate Schools” (2008) lists our Chapman School among the top 25 business schools in the United States for excellence in international business.
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BusinessWeek (2002, 2004, 2006) ranks us among the top 68 graduate business schools in the U.S. and in the top 25 among public business schools.
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Hispanic Business (since 1998) and Hispanic Trends (since 2003) have placed us among the top 25 business schools for Hispanics and most recently in the top 10.
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AméricaEconomía ranks us among the top international business schools in the world for Latin Américan business students.
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Our college is among the top international business schools included in Latin Trade's first-ever MBA ratings (October, 2006).
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Financial Times (2006 and 2007) ranks our Executive MBA program in its list of the Top 85 Executive MBA programs in the world. Our program was ranked higher than those at the University of Florida and the University of Miami, making it the highest-ranked Executive MBA program in Florida.
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Hispanic Trends (September/October, 2006) has ranked our Executive MBA program # 8 in its list of the best Executive MBA programs for Hispanics.
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Florida International University ranks #1 in the United States in awarding master’s degrees and #19 in awards doctoral degrees to Hispanics—Hispanic Outlook on Higher Education (2007).
Degrees
Master of Business Administration
International MBA, Evening MBA, Executive MBA, Downtown MBA, Professional MBA, MBA for Public Managers, and International Executive MBA-Jamaica.
Specialty Master's Degrees
Master of Accounting (MACC), Master of International Business (MIB), Master of Science in Finance (MSF), Master of Science in Management Information Systems (MSMIS), Master of Science in Human Resource Management (MSHRM), Master of Science in International Real Estate, and Executive Master of Science in Taxation (EMST). International Dual Degree Program: MBA+MIB. Joint degrees: (MBA-JD); Finance (MBA-MSF); Information Systems (MBA-MSMIS), and Latin American and Caribbean studies (MBA-MALACS).
Doctor of Philosophy
Our doctoral students earn their PhD with a concentration in one of the following areas: accounting, finance, management information systems or international management.
Executive and Professional Education
For working professionals, we offer a range of executive and professional education (non-degree) programs in accounting and finance, corporate strategy, general management, human resource management, leadership, marketing, professional development, project management, sales and negotiation, and real estate—to cite only a few. Seminars, customized programs, and programs in Spanish also are available.
Instructional Delivery
We offer instruction on site in traditional or web-assisted formats. We also offer fully online courses and programs, and courses that blend on site and online teaching in various ways.
Centers and Institutes
We have five centers that focus research, teaching and service around specialized interests:
Campuses
We're based in University Park in southwest Miami adjacent to the intersection of Florida's storied Tamiami Trail (S.W. 8th Street) and the Florida Turnpike. We also offer programs in the waterfront Biscayne Bay Campus in North Miami, our Broward-FIU Pembroke Pines Center in southwest Broward County, and at our Downtown Center in Miami.
Our Miami location lets students enjoy the international, urban, and ethnic richness of the area's diverse culture. It also places us in a major center of technology, finance and international commerce, travel and tourism, international banking and real estate, and a growing cable television and entertainment industry.
Executive Dean
Our executive dean is Joyce J. Elam, PhD, who also is James L. Knight Professor of Management Information Systems. Her publications on the strategic uses of information technology, the management of information services, and the use of information technology to support decision-making have appeared in such journals as Decision Sciences, Decision Support Systems, Information Systems Research, Operations Research and MISQ. She previously was associate professor at the University of Texas and assistant professor at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Elam received both her PhD in operations research (1977) and her BA in mathematics (1970) from the University of Texas and was a Marvin Bower Fellow at the Harvard Business School in 1987-88.
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