University of Texas at Dallas: Jindal

Naveen Jindal School of Management (JSOM) is part of the University of Texas at Dallas and was opened in 1975. Originally named the School of Management it was retitled in 2011 to honour alumnus Naveen Jindal who donated $15 million to the school.

The school offers a wide range of courses at undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate levels.

For its bachelor of science degrees, there are nine programmes in total. They include accounting; business administration; finance; global business; healthcare management; human resource management; information technology and systems marketing; and supply chain management.

Master of science programmes include: accounting; business analytics; energy management; finance; financial engineering and risk management; healthcare leadership and management; information technology and management; innovation and entrepreneurship; international management studies; management science; marketing; supply chain management; systems engineering and management. There are also MS/MBA (engineering), double MS/MBA or MS/MS and executive MS courses.

Meanwhile, Naveen Jindal’s MBA can be undertaken as either a full-time cohort, professional evening cohort, professional flex, professional online and executive MBA.

JSOM’s doctorates are the international management studies and management science courses. Also in its academic arsenal are executive education MBA and MS courses over leadership, management and healthcare, plus graduate and professional certificates.

Among its various centres and institutes, there is behavioral operations and economics; analysis of property rights and innovation; finance strategy innovation; global business; healthcare leadership and management; information technology and management; intelligent supply networks; internal auditing excellence; professional sales; international accounting development: oil and gas; International Center for Decision and Risk Analysis; the Leadership Center Morris Hite Center; the Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance and the Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship.

Among various facilities, such as IT hubs and tech support, mentoring, a study abroad programme and student organisations (both extracurricular and of relevance to studies), JSOM offers the use of a business communication centre. This facility helps prepare the business leaders of tomorrow by sharpening their writing and speaking skills.