Miami Business School

Established in 1929, the Miami Business School (MBS) is part of the University of Miami, located in Coral Gables, Florida.

The 1940s saw a period of expansion in terms of undergraduate courses and its MBA programme began in 1948. It was accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) in 1957 and now has over 2,300 undergraduates and 900 graduates.

MBS offers a bachelor of business arts and a bachelor of arts in business administration with majors in accounting, business technology, economics, entrepreneurship, finance, health sector management and policy, human resource management, management international finance and marketing, legal studies, management, marketing and real estate.

Many MBS undergraduates study abroad and can apply for financial aid and scholarships. Partner institutions stretch from South America to Europe and on to India, China and South Africa.

Graduate courses on offer include: Full-Time MBA, Executive MBA, Professional MBA and Masters Programs in accounting, accounting-accelerated, business analytics, finance, health administration, international business, leadership, real estate – accelerated MBA, taxation, application information, tuition information and media management (with the School of Communication).

The MBA programmes has various options that emphasise the international approach of the MBS. Opportunities include: the Global Learning Opportunities in Business Education (GLOBE) which takes graduate business students to China, Brazil and other destinations, and the Global Business Consulting programme that gives students the opportunity to travel abroad and work on real projects for real companies.

MBS also offers two PhDs, one in business and one in economics.

Research Centres and Institutes include the Center for Health Sector Management and Policy, the Center for International Business Education and Research, Deloitte Institute for Research & Practice in Analytics, the Leadership Institute and The 'Canes Behavioral Laboratory, a state-of-the-art research facility designed for advanced, technology-driven marketing research.

Accredited by the AACSB International (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) and SACS (Southern Association of Colleges and Schools), MBS has been placed 26th in the US for its Executive MBA programme by The Economist and 49th in the US for its MBA by the same publication in 2015 and 2017 respectively.

Notable alumni include: Ralph Alvarez, president and COO of McDonald's; Lyor Cohen, vice chairman of Warner Music Group and CEO of Recorded Music, Americas and the UK; Pedro Fabregas, vice president of American Airlines, president and CEO of Envoy Air and former president and CEO of Executive Airlines; Bernie Kosar, former NFL quarterback, Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys and Miami Dolphins; Porfirio Lobo Sosa, President of Honduras; Rohan Marley, owner of Tuff Gong clothing line and son of late reggae musician Bob Marley and Martin Zweig, investment advisor and author of Winning on Wall Street.