The A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management (commonly known as AGSM), is a part of the UCR School of Business Administration

UCR School of Business Administration

The School of Business Administration at the University of California, Riverside is home to the largestundergraduate business program in the University of California system, aswell as the A...

 located at the University of California, Riverside

University of California, Riverside

The University of California, Riverside, commonly known as UCR or UC Riverside, is a public research university and one of the ten general campuses of the University of California system. UCR is consistently ranked as one of the most ethnically and economically diverse universities in the United...

. Current graduate degree offerings include a full-time/part-time MBA and executive MBA. A Ph.D. program launched fall 2011.

History

UCR first established the Graduation School of Administration in 1970. The
school was subsequently renamed the Graduate School of Management in 1982.
In 1994, the A. Gary Anderson Family Foundation donated $5 million to the
school, which was renamed the A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of
Management. In 2008, the school was renamed the School of Business
Administration, housing both the undergraduate business program and the A.
Gary Anderson Graduate School of
Management.

MBA Program

The full-time/part-time MBA program launched in 1983.
Offered in the A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management, the Anderson MBA Program enrolls about 80 students per year as of 2011.

In 2010, MBA student interns participated in the first ever study of foreign direct investment in Riverside County. They worked with the Office
of Foreign Trade at the Riverside County Economic Development Agency.

Executive MBA Program

In 2009, SoBA launched the Anderson Executive MBA Program. Typical applicants to the 21-month program have seven to 10 years of career experience minimum. The first cohort was composed of managers in finance, distribution, a CPA, and physicians. The program enrolls about 20-25 students per year.

Students meet on alternating weekends at the UCR Palm Desert Graduate Center, and are required to attend a week-long residency and an
international study trip. In 2010, the EMBA cohort traveled to Shanghai for its international residency.

Ph.D. Program

The new Anderson Ph.D. Program launched fall 2011. The program is interdisciplinary, focusing on management and marketing. The first cohort is composed of six students.

U.S. News and World Report Ranking

The Anderson School MBA program was ranked by U.S. News and World Report but did not have its ranking published, as it was not within the top 108 business schools in the United States.. It was listed in the Princeton Reviews's Best Business Schools in 2010 and 2011. It's undergraduate business program was ranked 32nd among public universities by U.S. New and World Report in September of 2011. The School's undergraduate business program was ranked by Business Week in March of 2011; it was one of only six programs in California so ranked (and one of only three programs among public institutions in California.

External links

• http://www.ucr.edu/ University of California, Riverside
• http://www.agsm.ucr.edu/ A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management
• http://sloan.ucr.edu/ Sloan Center for Internet Retailing
• http://elab.ucr.edu/ eLab