The School of Business

Where Business Isn’t Business as Usual

Mission

The School of Business at Worcester Polytechnic Institute is rooted in WPI's strengths in technology, engineering, and science, and is known for developing innovative and entrepreneurial leaders for a global technological world.

We focus on:

 

  • Creating and leading technology-based organizations;
  • Innovating by creating new processes, products, services, based on technology; 
  • Integrating technology into the workplace.

 

We emphasize:

 

  • Innovative and project-based education that integrates the theory and the practice of management, and prepares students to assume positions of leadership in an increasingly global business environment;
  • Basic scholarship, while also valuing the scholarship of application and the scholarship of instruction;
  • Interaction with the business community focused primarily on technological innovation and both individual and organizational entrepreneurship.

 

Degrees

Accolades

  • #1 Part-time MBA in the Northeast, Top 10 U.S since 2007, BusinessWeek
  • One of the Best Business School in the Nation, The Princeton Review
  • Top 10 Program with Emphasis on Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneur.com
  • Best Online MBA Programs, US News & World Report
  • Top 5 Greatest Opportunities for Women, The Princeton Review

Accreditation

  • The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
  • Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)

DID YOU KNOW...

Less than 21 percent of all business programs nationwide are accredited by AACSB International.

Admissions

  • Admission to the School of Business Graduate Programs is competitive and based upon undergraduate performance, work experience, test scores, recommendations, and other factors. For details and deadlines, visit the School of Business Admissions Office.
  • For admission to the School of Business Undergraduate Programs, please refer to the WPI Undergraduate Admissions Office for application requirements and deadlines.

Annual Report

We are pleased to share with you the WPI School of Business Annual Report. The report provides an overview of all of the important activities of the School of Business, reflecting the substantial commitment and contributions from faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends of WPI.

 
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    Faculty Profile

    Name: Joe Zhu
    Department: School of Business
    Title: Professor

    Professor Zhu is an expert in methods of performance measurement. His research interests are in the areas of operations and productivity, and performance evaluation and benchmarking.

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    Faculty Profile

    Name: Bengisu Tulu
    Department: School of Business
    Title: Assistant Professor

    For Professor Tulu, WPI is a place at which theory and practice receive equal attention. She believes in first understanding theory in order to then provide solutions to real world needs.

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    Faculty Profile

    Name: John Hedly
    Department: School of Business
    Title: Adjunct Professor

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    Faculty Profile

    Name: William Krein
    Department: School of Business
    Title: Adjunct Assistant Professor

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    Faculty Profile

    Name: Steven Taylor
    Department: School of Business
    Title: Associate Professor

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    Faculty Profile

    Name: Edward Gonsalves
    Department: School of Business
    Title: Adjunct Professor

    A holder of eight U.S. patents and one trademark, Professor Gonsalves is also a speaker and author. He is a recipient of the John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI.

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    Faculty Profile

    Name: Renata Konrad
    Department: School of Business
    Title: Assistant Professor

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    Faculty Profile

    Name: Frank Hoy
    Department: School of Business
    Title: Professor

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