About The WPI Business School

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WPI: Where Business Savvy Meets STEM Excellence

Since 1865, WPI has prepared students to turn bold ideas into real-world impact. Here, business isn't just one subject—it's part of everything our students do.

The WPI Business School gives students the tools to succeed through:

  • Real-world projects and hands-on learning
  • Industry experience that builds career-ready skills
  • Collaboration with classmates and faculty
  • Research opportunities that tackle meaningful challenges

The results? WPI graduates launch careers at top companies, start their own ventures, and make important contributions in research and academia. 

Our Ideology

Mission 

The WPI Business School develops adaptive leaders who create sustainable solutions, deliver globally responsible impact, and conduct transformative research at the intersection of business, technology, and people. 

Vision 

Bridging business and technology to develop globally responsible leaders who shape the world. 

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Leadership, Faculty, and Staff

Learn more about the dean, faculty, and staff members who lead The WPI Business School. 

Accreditations

WPI is one of about five percent of business schools accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) since 2003, completing a re-accreditation review in 2018. AACSB’s mission is to advance quality management education worldwide through accreditation, thought leadership, and value-added services. AACSB Accreditation has been synonymous with the highest standards in business education.   

WPI’s BS in Industrial Engineering is also accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc., (ABET)

Read more about AACSB here.

Program-Specific Competency Goals

Common to all Undergraduate and Masters programs: 
Evidence-based problem solving: Able to frame a problem and use evidence and analytic reasoning to develop and implement practical solutions.
Team-based collaboration: Able to effectively work together to pursue the common goal of solving complex problems.
 

Undergraduate Programs:
Business Knowledge/Fluency: Able to assess the financial, organizational, and technical viability of proposed business solutions.
Communication Skills: Able to communicate project ideas and results in clear and well-organized presentations and conversations.
 

Masters Programs:

  • Master of Science in Business Analytics:
    • Designing effective analytics solutions
    • Role of analytics in improving organizational performance
  • Master of Science in Information Technology:
    • Designing effective IT solutions
    • Role of IT in improving organizational performance
  • Master of Science in Management
    • Cross-functional integration: Able to discuss key issues related to working across the boundaries between technical and business disciplines.
  • Master of Science in Operations and Supply Chain Analytics
    • Operations and Organizational Excellence: Able to identify the role of operations in improving organizational performance and how operations is linked with other functions.
    • Designing and Improving Operations: Able to use appropriate tools and analysis methods to design and improve processes and systems.

PhD in Business Administration

  • Analytical/Methodological Skills: Demonstrate a detailed knowledge and analytical/methodological skills of their areas of specialization
  • Original Research: Engage in and conduct original research in their chosen area of specialization
  • Communicate Research: Communicate the results of their research in a clear and concise manner
  • Teaching: Prepare to be able to teach college-level courses in their area of concentration (for those students who expect to enter teaching careers)

News

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Faculty in the News

An Assistant Professor of Marketing in the WPI Business School, Farnoush Reshadi’s research focuses on how consumers make financial and health decisions.

Her expertise has been featured in USA Today and Wallet Hub bringing national attention to her work and WPI.