Carlson School of Management is a world-class business school and is located at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. It received accreditation from the AACSB in 1963, one of the first 20 business schools in the nation to be awarded this distinction.

The School offers executive education program, undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and dual degrees. Undergraduate majors offered include Accounting, Entrepreneurial Management, Finance & Risk Management Insurance, Human Resources and Industrial Relations, Finance, International Business, Management Information Systems, Marketing, Public Non-Profit Management, Supply Chain & Operations Management.

Graduate programs offered include the MBA degree (Full-Time / Part-Time / Executive MBA), Masters of Accountancy (MAcc), Master of Business Taxation (MBT), Master of Arts in Human Resources and Industrial Relations (MA-HRIR), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in Human Resources and Industrial Relations (HRIR), and the PhD in Business Administration. The Full-Time MBA program offers several dual degree programs in collaboration with other schools at the University of Minnesota.

The undergraduate and full-time MBA students are required to participate in an international experience. The Carlson School has exchange agreements with some of the world's leading universities such as the University of Melbourne (MBS), Manchester Business School, University of Otago, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST), etc.

Rankings:

- 71st in the Financial Times Global MBA Rankings 2009.

- 62nd globally in the Economic Intelligence Unit Full Time MBA Rankings 2009.

- 46th in the FT EMBA Program Ranking 2006.

- 50th in the world for its full time MBA (EIU 2006).

- 35th in the Forbes Ranking of Top 60 MBA Programs 2005.

- 29th among the Top MBA programs that incorporate Social and Environmental Issues (Aspen Institute 2005).

-  In the April 2005 U.S. News &World Report graduate business school ranking, the Carlson School Full-Time MBA program ranked 23rd, Part-Time MBA program ranked 15th, and Executive MBA program ranked 20th.

- 14th for Undergraduate program in the nation and 9th amongst public universities, 21st for Full-time MBA, 11th for Part-time MBA, 21st for Executive MBA (U.S. News & World Report 2005 edition).

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