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best graduate business school

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return on investment for business and management majors at WPI (after completion adjustment)

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best online MBA program in the U.S.

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#147

best undergraduate business program

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Accreditation

WPI is one of about five percent of business schools accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). Its mission is to advance quality management education worldwide through accreditation, thought leadership, and value-added services. It’s regarded as the benchmark for business school quality among the academic community. WPI is amongst only 5 percent of the estimated number of schools offering business degrees worldwide.

The BS in Industrial Engineering is accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc., (ABET). It is the recognized U.S. accreditor of college and university programs in applied science, computing, engineering, and technology.

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Hansong Pu

Adjunct Teaching Professor, The Global School

Dr. Hansong Pu has decades of managerial and entrepreneurial experience with international corporations and small businesses. He has been teaching courses in financial management, investment, ID2050 and Interactive Qualification Project (IQP) at WPI for more than a decade. He wor [...]

James McKenna

Adjunct Instructor/Lecturer, The Business School

Edward Gonsalves

Instructor, The Business School

Professor Gonsalves is currently a full time instructor in the Business School. He is a graduate of Worcester Polytechnic Institute with a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Management Science. Professor Gonsalves’ career has spanned thirty [...]

Adrienne Hall-Phillips

Associate Professor, The Business School

Being an educator is more than just distributing facts and figures; it's demonstrating the importance of this knowledge in a way that can be relevant for every learner. It's not truly knowledge until the student can grasp and apply it. I consider myself to be an advocate for know [...]

Purvi Shah

Associate Professor, The Business School

Professor Shah has 'done' marketing and now she 'teaches' marketing at the WPI Business School. She has a diverse industry experience in the marketing/brand management function of mid-size to large corporations across consumer goods, retail, and real estate verticals. In academic [...]

Michael Elmes

Professor, The Business School

Since arriving at WPI in 1990, I have had the great pleasure of teaching a variety of organization studies undergraduate and graduate courses, engaging in organization studies research and theory development, and offering service to the university, the Business School, and my fie [...]

John Lindholm

Affiliate Adjunct Assistant Professor, The Business School

Jed’s organizational behavior experience is shaped through 15+ years as a human resource leader.  His experience includes work as a Change Agent, Director/Manager, and Internal and External Consultant.  His consulting services focus on performance management, total rewa [...]

Elizabeth Lingo

Associate Professor, The Business School

How do leaders work across disciplines, organizations, cultures, and networks to co-create and implement novel solutions, sustainable human-centered change, and entrepreneurial ventures?  Over the past twenty years, this question has motivated Elizabeth Long Lingo' [...]

Steve Taylor

Professor, The Business School

My research is focused in two areas: Organizational aesthetics takes seriously the idea that management is as much an art as it is a science, and applies art-based scholarship and practice to management and organizations. Reflective practice is the ability to analyze our own acti [...]

Soussan Djamasbi

Professor, The Business School

I specialize in user experience and decision-making research, focusing on uncovering the intricacies of human cognition to understand the factors that enhance or impede the effective use of information technologies.

Nima Kordzadeh

Associate Professor, The Business School

Nima Kordzadeh is an Assistant Professor of Information Systems at the WPI Business School. He is also affiliated with the Data Science Program. Joining WPI in 2017, Professor Kordzadeh was drawn by the university's commitment to blending theory with practice, aligning perfectly [...]

Diane Strong

Professor & Department Head, The Business School

WPI provides an environment that values both teaching and research, which is ideal for me. I enjoy teaching at WPI because students are interested in learning and willing to work hard. My teaching focuses on how business, healthcare, and nonprofit organizations can best use compu [...]

Bengisu Tulu

Professor, The Business School

I enjoy teaching because it allows me to interact with students who have the potential to make the world a better place using technology. I continually innovate in my courses to ensure students enjoy the learning experience, learn the key concepts and skills related to informatio [...]

Richard Gram

Adjunct Instructor/Lecturer, Graduate & Professional Studies

Richard Gram has taught courses at WPI since 2007.  Originally hired by the Management Department, he spent several years teaching for Corporate and Professional Education at customer locations around New England.  Currently he teaches classes for the Business School an [...]

Sharon Johnson

Professor, The Business School

I enjoy teaching at WPI because students bring a lot of energy and enthusiasm to their learning; I am also inspired by their optimism. My teaching also reflects topics that motivate me:  detailed process design in our Industrial Engineering program, exploring the implication [...]

Renata Konrad

Professor, The Business School

The application of Industrial Engineering and mathematical knowledge has always been a rewarding challenge for me. I draw on a variety of Industrial Engineering techniques including optimization and simulation. My research has included evaluating anti-human trafficking efforts, c [...]

Sara Saberi

Associate Professor, The Business School

My research agenda takes advantage of my educational background. The first area of research is supply chain networks equilibrium. In this research stream, I model supply chain networks to understand the interactions of agents who act in their own self-interest and their impact to [...]

Joseph Sarkis

Professor, The Business School

Joseph Sarkis is a Professor of Management within Worcester Polytechnic Institute's Business School. He previously served as a faculty member at Clark University and the University of Texas at Arlington. His teaching and research interests are in the fields of environmental susta [...]

Walter Towner

Teaching Professor, The Business School

I am interested in manufacturing and industrial engineering. My main interests lie at the intersection of manufacturing processes and the financial aspect of the business that relates to these processes. I see my mission as enabling students to become leaders in a business enviro [...]

Andrew Trapp

Professor, The Business School

I am Professor of Operations and Industrial Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), with courtesy appointments in Mathematical Sciences, Data Science, and Computer Science. I hold a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. My objective is t [...]

Joe Zhu

Professor, The Business School

Joe Zhu is Professor of Operations Analytics in the Business School, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He is an internationally recognized expert in methods of performance evaluation and benchmarking using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), and his research interests are in the [...]

Paul Delvy

Adjunct Instructor/Lecturer, The Business School

I enjoy teaching an interrelated series of topics that combine current industrial methodologies with the basics from academic study that form the foundations for commercial practice. The WPI classes give me an opportunity to share, mentor and steward students through simulated a [...]

Jim Ryan

Associate Teaching Professor, The Business School

Prior to accepting my faculty position with WPI in 2019, I held tenured positions with Troy University and Auburn University at Montgomery, retiring from the Alabama System in 2019. During this time frame, I also visited the University of Louisiana at LaFayette. My teaching philo [...]

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Poets&Quants

2025 Best & Brightest Online MBA: Ermal Toto, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Poets & Quants, a news organization that covers business education, featured 2025 WPI online MBA graduate Ermal Toto as one of this year's best and brightest online MBA students. The recognition highlights students from the world's top online MBA programs who demonstrate achievement and leadership potential. In this article, Toto, director of scientific data, applications and web development in WPI Information Technology Services, describes how he benefitted from the online MBA program.

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Poets&Quants

10 Undergraduate Business Schools To Watch In 2025

Poets & Quants, a news organization that covers business education, listed WPI's Business School among the top undergraduate business programs. In this article, the outlet interviewed Kwamie Dunbar, associate professor of finance and director of the FinTech program, about what makes business education at WPI distinctive and about recent innovations in our financial technology education.

Forbes

Trust, But Verify The Actions Of Your AI Agents

Kwamie Dunbar, associate professor of finance and director of WPI's FinTech programs, explained why there is a disparity across organizations when it comes to the usage and implementation of artificial intelligence agents.

Investopedia

Should You Hold Crypto in Your 401(k)? Experts Weigh In

Kwamie Dunbar, associate professor of finance and the director of WPI's FinTech program, provided analysis for an Investopedia article which examines the pros and cons of investing retirement funds in cryptocurrency. Dunbar discussed the volatility associated with the digital currency.

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