Motto Opening Worlds Established 1956 Undergraduates 3,227 Province British Columbia | Type Public Endowment $1.8 billion (parent) Acceptance rate 6% (2015) Dean Robert Helsley | |
Academic staff Over 200 staff and faculty Undergraduate tuition and fees Domestic tuition: 42,179 CAD (2012), International tuition: 52,541 CAD (2012) Similar University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, Ivey Business School, Schulich School of Business, Beedie School of Business Profiles | ||
The UBC Sauder School of Business is a faculty at the University of British Columbia. The faculty is located in Vancouver on UBC’s Point Grey campus and has a secondary teaching facility at UBC Robson Square downtown. UBC Sauder is accredited by both AACSB and EQUIS.
Contents
- History
- Programs
- Masters of Business Administration MBA
- International Masters of Business Administration IMBA
- Masters of Management MM
- Bachelor Masters of Management BMM Dual Degree
- Undergraduate Program Bachelor of Commerce BCom
- Admissions
- Post Baccalaureate Programs
- Executive Education
- Real Estate Division
- Other Non Degree Programs
- Research
- Research Centres
- Notable alumni
- References
History
First established in 1956, the UBC Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration was renamed UBC Sauder School of Business in 2003, as a result of a donation of a $20 million endowment by Dr. William Sauder. As a result of a donation from Vancouver business philanthropist Robert H. Lee to support graduate-level education, the Robert H. Lee Graduate School was established at UBC Sauder opened in 2006.
As of 2012, the UBC Sauder School of Business completed a major renovation to its Henry Angus Building on the UBC campus, adding 55,000 square feet to the original 216,000 square-foot building. Designed by Acton Ostry Architects, the renovation added the Cannacord Learning Commons, Wayne Dean Investment Analysis Centre, and the Bruce Birmingham Undergraduate Centre along with new classrooms and a conference center. The current Dean is Robert Helsley.
Programs
The UBC Sauder School of Business offers the following programs:
Masters of Business Administration (MBA)
The 16-month full-time MBA has one of North America's most culturally diverse student bodies, with 65-70% of students coming from outside Canada. The part-time MBA, covering the same material as the full-time MBA, is 28 months in length, with classes delivered every two to three weekends at the UBC Point Grey campus. MBA applicants typically have an undergraduate degree, several years of work experience, and a GMAT score of 630-640.
UBC Sauder's MBA program offers specialized career tracks combined with practical experience. The program focuses on experimental learning and global immersion. The curriculum, built around experiential learning, builds on five themes: creativity, decision-making, ethics and sustainability, global issues and macroeconomics, and leadership development. Outside the classroom, students will be exposed to international business and gain experience with the Global Immersion Program, and have the chance to choose between one of three career tracks (in Finance, Business Innovation & Experience, Product and Service Management), or build a custom career track.
The program culminates with the Capstone, a three-day live-case competition, where students present solutions to real business problems to CEOs and business leaders, often being invited to present in head offices.
Rankings
UBC Sauder is consistently ranked among the top 100 business schools by organizations such as the Financial Times and The Economist. The MBA program was indexed as the 16th best in North America in the 2015 QS Global 200 Business Schools Report. In 2015, the Financial Times ranked the MBA ranked second among Canadian business schools and in the top 5% of MBA programs worldwide; UBC Sauder was also ranked #1 in North America for “international mobility”, #1 in North America for "international faculty", and #5 in North American for International Students. The UBC MBA program has also been recognized in the Corporate Knights 2014 Global Green MBA Survey as 2nd in the world for its efforts to integrate sustainability into business education and was listed 23rd by Forbes in its top global business schools report.
International Masters of Business Administration (IMBA)
The 20-month part-time IMBA, in collaboration with the Antai College of Economics and Management at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, one of the oldest and most prestigious and selective universities in China, was launched in 2002, offering professionals the chance to study part-time in China, and an intensive four-week learning experience at the UBC Point Grey campus in Vancouver. The UBC IMBA program has been specially adapted for the Chinese and Asian markets, and is taught entirely in English by UBC Sauder School of Business professors. The program emphasizes active learning through lectures, case studies, problem-based learning, and group projects. IMBA students also conclude their program with the Capstone.
Masters of Management (MM)
The Masters of Management is a 9-month pre-experience program, designed for recent graduates looking to complement their bachelor's degree in non-business disciplines. The MM program provides students with the chance to learn topics such as financial reporting, organizational behaviour, strategic management in a collaborative environment. Throughout the program, students also receive career development programming to help them grow in their career paths, consult for non-for-profit organizations with the Community Business Project to gain real-world experience, and may participate in study abroad programs. The Masters of Management has been recognized as one of the top 50 Masters of Management degrees in the world by the 2014 Financial Times.
Bachelor + Masters of Management (B+MM) Dual Degree
The Bachelor + Masters of Management Dual Degree program is a unique career-focused program offered, offering eligible students the ability to hold both a bachelor's degree and a Master of Management at the end of their time at UBC.
Undergraduate Program: Bachelor of Commerce (BCom)
UBC Sauder's Bachelor of Commerce offers ten different career tracks to provide students the ability to specialize and customize their degrees. These career paths are: Accounting, Marketing, Real Estate, Finance, International Business, Operations & Logistics, Organizational Behaviour & Human Resources, General Business Management, Business Technology Management, and Business & Computer Science. Students can further choose within their career tracks to focus on entrepreneurship, e-commerce, or sustainability.
Admissions
Although the minimum required grade point average is 84%, the entering class of 2017 had a mean GPA of 92%. In 2015, the acceptance rate was approximately 6%. For comparison, Ivy League's Cornell University's admission rate was 12.9% in Fall 2014.
In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2016-2017, UBC Sauder is ranked 1st in Canada and 19th globally for business and economics studies.
The Dual undergraduate degree with Sciences Po is a highly selective program in which undergraduate students earn a Bachelor of Arts from Sciences Po and a Bachelor of Commerce from the UBC Sauder School of Business in four years. Students spend two years at one of three Sciences Po campuses in France (Le Havre, Menton, or Reims), each of which is devoted to a particular region of the world. After two years, students matriculate at UBC. Graduates of the program are guaranteed admission to a Sciences Po graduate program. High school students may apply.
Post-Baccalaureate Programs
Executive Education
UBC Sauder offers Executive Education offers more than 100 seminars that cater to individual needs as well as offers custom programs for organizations, which include executive training programs in Asia and Europe. It has a number of partnerships such as with the Project Management Institute, Edumine and the FRED Scholars (SM) Program. UBC Sauder's Executive Education has been ranked 51st in the world in 2013 by the Financial Times.
Real Estate Division
The Real Estate Division at UBC Sauder is a full service supplier of online and classroom education services: licensing and mortgage brokerage courses and examinations as well as credit and professional development courses. UBC Sauder offers real estate licensing services on behalf of regulatory bodies in British Columbia like BCREA, PAMA, RECBC, and AIC among others.
All courses are available by distance education and assistance is given to students via webinars, online resources, and email and telephone tutoring.
The Real Estate Division also has a publishing arm, providing print and online publications like real estate textbooks, workbooks, case studies, on-line lectures and custom produced course materials.
Other Non-Degree Programs
Research
UBC Sauder consistently ranks in the top 30 - among non-U.S. business schools worldwide - for business research by the Social Science Research Network (SSRN). The SSRN, a leading repository of business and management research papers, ranks UBC Sauder 16th in Canada out of 771 international business schools, not including U.S. schools, for research downloads of all time.
Research Centres
The school is host to 15 specialized research centres.