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.
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+
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.
Timeline
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