Scheller College of Business
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| Scheller College of Business | |
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| Name | Scheller College of Business |
| Established | 1912 |
| Type | Private |
| Parent | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| City | Atlanta |
| State | Georgia |
| Country | United States |
Scheller College of Business is the business school of the Georgia Institute of Technology located in Atlanta, Georgia. It offers programs at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels and engages with corporate partners such as The Coca-Cola Company, Delta Air Lines, Home Depot, UPS, and Georgia-Pacific. The college emphasizes technology, analytics, and innovation in management education, aligning with entities like IBM, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Intel.
History
The school's origins trace to early 20th-century commerce education at Georgia Institute of Technology, paralleling developments at Wharton School, Harvard Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Kellogg School of Management, and Columbia Business School. Major milestones include accreditation milestones comparable to AACSB-accredited programs and philanthropic transformations reminiscent of gifts to Kellogg School of Management and Sloan School of Management; a seminal naming gift from benefactors linked with J. Christopher and Ann Scheller catalyzed a strategic pivot toward technology-driven curricula, echoing partnerships seen at MIT, Carnegie Mellon University, and Purdue University. The college expanded degree offerings and research centers influenced by trends at INSEAD, London Business School, IE Business School, HEC Paris, and Rotman School of Management.
Academic Programs
Programs include undergraduate Bachelor of Business Administration tracks, a full-time MBA modeled on peers like Johnson Graduate School of Management, Fuqua School of Business, Sustained MBA programs at Booth School of Business, evening and executive formats comparable to Columbia Business School Executive MBA, and doctoral study akin to Harvard Business School PhD pathways. Specialized degrees and certificates address fields associated with data analytics, supply chain management, finance, marketing, information technology management, and entrepreneurship—areas served by institutions such as Sloan School of Management, Tepper School of Business, Anderson School of Management, McCombs School of Business, and Foster School of Business. Joint programs and dual degrees facilitate cross-disciplinary study with School of Computer Science (Georgia Tech), Scheller College's connections to the College of Engineering, and collaborations similar to Stanford Graduate School of Business/School of Engineering pairings.
Faculty and Research
Faculty engage in research published in journals like Journal of Finance, Management Science, Journal of Marketing, Strategic Management Journal, Operations Research, and MIS Quarterly, and collaborate with scholars from Northwestern University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Chicago, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and University of California, Berkeley. Research centers host projects in analytics, behavioral decision making, and supply chain resilience, paralleling initiatives at MIT Media Lab, Center for Effective Global Action, Event Studies Center, and National Bureau of Economic Research. Faculty include recipients of awards akin to the E. F. Schumacher Prize, Graham and Dodd Awards, and fellowships comparable to Fulbright Program and Guggenheim Fellowship, and they supervise doctoral candidates who place at institutions such as Dartmouth College, Yale University, University of Michigan, Cornell University, and Duke University.
Campus and Facilities
Located on the Georgia Institute of Technology campus in Atlanta, facilities include classrooms, labs, and collaborative spaces outfitted with technology from vendors like Cisco Systems, Dell Technologies, Hewlett-Packard, NVIDIA, and VMware. The college occupies buildings near landmarks such as Tech Tower, Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons, Kendeda Building, Ferst Center for the Arts, and the Georgia Tech Campus Recreation Center, and benefits from proximity to corporations headquartered in Downtown Atlanta, Midtown Atlanta, and the Atlanta BeltLine. Specialized facilities support simulation, trading, and analytics instruction similar to centers at UCLA Anderson, Sloan School of Management, and NYU Stern.
Student Life and Organizations
Student organizations mirror structures at peer schools and include chapters of Beta Gamma Sigma, Net Impact, Enactus, Alpha Kappa Psi, Phi Chi Theta, and sector clubs focused on consulting, investment banking, technology product management, and supply chain. Competitive teams participate in case competitions hosted by Harvard Business School, INSEAD, Wharton School, Rotman School of Management, and Kellogg School of Management, while entrepreneurship initiatives engage incubators and accelerators modeled on Startupbootcamp, Techstars, Y Combinator, and 500 Startups. Career services liaise with employers including PwC, Deloitte, EY, KPMG, McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group, and Bain & Company.
Admissions and Rankings
Admissions criteria reflect metrics similar to those used by GMAT and GRE applicants at Harvard Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Wharton School, MIT Sloan, and Columbia Business School, with holistic consideration of undergraduate record, test scores, and professional experience comparable to policies at Yale School of Management and Chicago Booth. Rankings by organizations analogous to U.S. News & World Report, Financial Times, The Economist, and Bloomberg Businessweek have placed the college in competitive national and specialty categories for analytics, entrepreneurship, and supply chain management.
Alumni and Industry Partnerships
Alumni work at firms such as Delta Air Lines, The Coca-Cola Company, Home Depot, UPS, IBM, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Facebook, AT&T, Cisco Systems, Accenture, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, and Bank of America. Corporate partnerships support research, internships, and sponsorships with entities like Georgia-Pacific, Rolls-Royce North America, Southern Company, NCR Corporation, and Intercontinental Exchange, and mirror engagement models seen at MIT, Stanford University, Carnegie Mellon University, and University of Texas at Austin.