Rutgers Business School-Newark and New Brunswick (RBS) is an integral part of one of the nation's oldest, largest, and most distinguished institutions of higher learning: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
Founded in 1929, RBS has been accredited since 1941 by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International), a distinction that represents the hallmark of excellence in management education. Today, RBS is educating more than 7,000 undergraduate and graduate students per academic year and growing at two locations in New Jersey: Rutgers University–Newark and Rutgers University–New Brunswick
(Livingston campus) as well as satellite locations in Jersey City, Madison, and
Singapore.
RBS students and faculty access a strong network of corporate partnerships and more than 33,000 RBS alumni. Through a multidisciplinary approach with other Rutgers schools and departments, they also tap into a network of over 380,000 Rutgers University alumni.
Steeped in academic excellence, with a distinguished faculty, RBS is highly ranked by the Financial Times, U.S. News & World Report, BusinessWeek, and the Wall Street Journal.
#1 MBA employment among the Big 10 Schools - U.S. News &
World Report, 2016
#1 Public Business School in the Tri-State Area (NY, NJ, CT)
- U.S. News & World Report, 2016
#1 most women students (45.9%) among the Big 10 B-schools -
U.S. News & World Report, 2016
#3 MBA employment nationwide - U.S. News & World Report,
2016
#3 Best for Vets nationally, Graduate degrees -
MilitaryTimes, 2016
#5 Undergraduate Supply Chain Management program in North
America - Gartner, 2016
#7 Graduate Supply Chain Management program in North America
- Gartner, 2016
#7 Undergraduate Accounting program nationwide - College
Choice, 2016
#9 Undergraduate Program Return On Investment nationwide -
Fortune, 2015
Excellence, Diversity, Access
Excellence: Talented students, outstanding and demanding faculty, prestigious research university.
Diversity: Diverse student body, diverse faculty, and a wide array of programs in diverse locations.
Access: Education that prepares students of every background to make positive contributions to the economy of New Jersey and the world.
Excellence. Rutgers Business School-Newark and New Brunswick offers Rutgers-quality business education, delivered by a world-class faculty operating across two campuses: Rutgers-Newark and Rutgers-New Brunswick.
Diversity. Benefiting from its location in New Jersey, Rutgers has long been a national leader in enrolling students of all ethnicities, nationalities, faiths, and social backgrounds and in attracting outstanding minority and foreign-born scholars to its faculty.
Access. RBS's academic programs provide students from New Jersey and around the world access to a first-rate business education. Our partnerships with scientific and technological disciplines at Rutgers give our students access to new skills businesses need in the information economy. Our partnerships with leading corporations provide our graduates access to opportunities in the global economy.
Ranked #1 in Diversity, Again: In 2016, U.S. News & World Report ranked Rutgers-Newark Campus #1 in diversity, for the 16th straight year. Successful companies recognize diversity as a key ingredient to innovation, and repeatedly leverage our wealth of diversity through research projects and other forms of collaboration with our academic research centers, MBA Team Consulting, internships, and hiring RBS graduates.
Degree Programs
RBS offers an undergraduate program, a traditional full-time M.B.A. program, a part-time M.B.A. program, an executive M.B.A., an international executive M.B.A., and an M.B.A. in professional accounting. Other graduate degree options include the master of information Technology, master of quantitative finance, master of financial analysis, as well as master of accountancy degrees in financial accounting, governmental accounting and taxation. In addition, a Ph.D. in management is offered.
Multidisciplinary dual-degree and joint-degree programs are also available, enabling students to combine an M.B.A. degree with a science, business, or liberal arts degree. The Future Leaders M.B.A. program is designed specifically for undergraduates who are interested in an accelerated M.B.A. program. This joint-degree program in science, engineering, and business is designed to open up doors to leadership jobs and careers. During the first three years, students follow the typical undergraduate degree track. In the fourth year, they begin taking courses toward the M.B.A., completing both the B.S. or B.A. and the M.B.A. course of study in as little as five-and-a-half to six years.
RBS also has long-standing dual-degree programs on the master's level. Master-level dual-degree programs include a J.D./M.B.A. and a J.D./professional accounting M.B.A., offered in conjunction with the Rutgers Law School in Newark. An M.P.P. (public policy)/M.B.A. and an M.C.R.P. (city and regional planning)/M.B.A. are offered in conjunction with the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. Other joint degree programs include the M.P.H. (public health)/M.B.A. through the School of Public Health, an M.S. in biomedical sciences/M.B.A. and an M.D./M.B.A. through the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and a Pharm.D./M.B.A. offered with the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy.
See the Academic Program Requirements chapter of this catalog.
Nondegree Programs
Nondegree programs include the post-M.B.A. certificate, the certificate in government financial management, a pharmaceutical management certificate, and the supply chain management certificate. RBS also offers a variety of mini-M.B.A. certificates through the Center for Management Development.
Business Outreach and Academic Research Centers
Representative of its strong corporate partnerships, RBS is home to numerous outreach and academic research centers, including the Blanche and Irwin Lerner Center for Pharmaceutical Management Studies; the Center for Governmental Accounting Education and Research; the Center for Management Development; the Center for Nonprofit and Philanthropic Leadership; the Center for Research in Regulated Industries; East Asian Business Center; New Jersey Small Business Development Center; Prudential Business Ethics Center; Rutgers Accounting Research Center; the Center for Supply Chain Management; Rutgers University Technical Assistance Program; the Technology Management Research Center; the Whitcomb Center for Research in Financial Services; and the Center for Urban Entrepreneurship and Economic Development, among many others.
