Our School

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At Weatherhead School of Management, the academic experience we offer is as unique and innovative as our iconic building on ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½â€™s campus. Get to know more about the Weatherhead community.

Weatherhead Firsts

  • First graduate disciplines and PhDs in organizational behavior and operations research
  • First competency-based MBA program in U.S. for leadership and emotional intelligence
  • Nation's first doctoral program for practicing executives
  • First to explore design principles for management innovation
  • First business school to introduce leadership assessment in its MBA curriculum

Degrees

  • Undergraduate degree programs: BS in Accounting, BS in Management with a business management, business information technology, finance or marketing major or a Dean's Approved Major, BA in Economics
  • MBA programs: MBA (full-time and part-time), Executive MBA (EMBA), Online MBA in Healthcare Management
  • Specialty master's programs: Master of Finance, Master of Supply Chain Management, Master of Healthcare Management, Master of Accountancy, Master of Science in Positive Organization Development & Change (MPOD), Master of Business Analytics and Intelligence
  • Doctoral programs: Doctor of Business Administration; PhD in Management with specializations in accountancy, Designing Sustainable Systems, or Design & Innovation; PhD in organizational behavior, and PhD in operations research
  • Joint offering: Master of Engineering and Management (offered with ).

Rankings

At Weatherhead School of Management, we're committed to providing a world-class education, no matter what degree you're pursuing. And thanks to the expertise of our faculty, the exceptional caliber of our students, the hands-on experiences we offer, and the connections you can make here, we are renowned for doing just that.

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People

  • Full-time faculty: 68 (75% tenured/tenure-track, 25% non-tenured); 87% PhD, 31% women, 31% international
  • Full-time staff: 94
  • Students (undergraduate, graduate and doctoral): 1,472 (41% international)
  • Alumni: 19,000+
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Student Experience

Your ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ experience begins the moment you enroll. From classes in the Peter B. Lewis Building to activities through student groups or events across campus, there's never a dull moment at the Weatherhead School. 

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Timeline

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1925 - Part-time MBA degree offered through Cleveland College

1939 - School of Business Administration established

1948 - Bachelor of Science in Management program at the Case Institute of Technology created

1953 - Cleveland College relocated to University Circle

  • Cleveland College School of Business officially recognized by Western Reserve University

1957 - First PhD in operations research in the world awarded by Case Institute of Technology

1959 - Case Institute of Technology’s Engineering Administration Department named Department of Management Science

1964 - First PhDs in Organizational Behavior in the world awarded by Case Institute of Technology

1967 - Federation of Case Institute of Technology and Western Reserve University formed ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½

1968 - PhD in Organizational Behavior program launched

1970 - Department of Management created

1976 - Full-time MBA program established

1977- Master of Healthcare Management program started

1979 - Executive MBA program developed

1980 - School dedicated as the Weatherhead School of Management

  • Appreciative Inquiry developed by Weatherhead faculty members David Cooperrider and Ronald Fry

1981 - Master of Accountancy program started

1988 - Enterprise Hall, Weatherhead’s first facility, completed

1994 - George S. Dively Building, home of Weatherhead Executive Education, completed

1995 - Doctor of Management program (now Doctor of Business Administration)—the nation's first doctoral program for practicing executives—established

2002 - Peter B. Lewis Building completed

  • Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit and World Inquiry Bank created

2004 - Master of Positive Organization Development and Change program launched

2009 - Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit founded

  • Master of Finance program established

2011 - PhD in Management, Designing Sustainable Systems program started

  • Master of Supply Chain Management program launched

2013 - First Department of Design and Innovation established through a merger of the Marketing and Policy Studies Department and the Information Systems Department

2015 - MSM-Business Analytics program launched (now the Master of Business Analytics and Intelligence program)

  • Cleveland Clinic-Weatherhead Executive MBA program launched

2016 - Master of Business Analytics and Intelligence program started

2021 - Online MBA with a Healthcare Management Track program created