About Drexel University's LeBow College of Business

LeBow College of Business has an outstanding reputation for leadership, corporate partnerships, technological strengths, industry perspectives and flexibility to meet the demands of today's business world.

LeBow College integrates corporate governance, industry forums, solid business foundations, and core business competencies in its bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs as well as in its corporate and executive education offerings.

LeBow's interdisciplinary curricula are accredited by AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business - and is among the elite 20 percent of business schools to have earned this distinction. LeBow has been recognized by BusinessWeek, Financial Times, Entrepreneur magazine and The Princeton Review as one of the world's top business schools.

Drexel University is one of the region's premier institutions. Renowned for its academic excellence, Drexel is one of fewer than 50 private universities classified by the Carnegie Foundation as Doctoral/Research-Extensive.

With the approval of the college's five-year strategic plan in 2005, LeBow College Dean George P. Tsetsekos, Ph.D., embarked on an ambitious agenda to construct an outstanding center of business excellence. Grounded in the ideals that founded Drexel University, LeBow College has structured a framework that supports excellence in academic programs, teaching, research, and outreach to serve as a blueprint for future expansion.

The LeBow Experience

The LeBow experience is different from that at other colleges. Drexel University operates on the quarter system, with four quarters per year that are 10 weeks long. One of LeBow's biggest advantages is the world-renowned Drexel Co-op. This co-operative education plan enables students to alternate terms in industry and in the classroom after the freshman year. Co-operative education students usually spend six quarters gaining real-world, professional experience. Most graduate with 18 months of experience on their resumes.

Bennett S. LeBow '60, '98 Hon.

Bennett S. LeBow is a 1960 graduate of Drexel University, where he earned a degree in electrical engineering. In 1998, Drexel's College of Business and Administration was named LeBow College of Business in honor of Ben's generous philanthropic contributions to Drexel University. Ben also endowed the Bennett S. LeBow Engineering Center, a state-of-the-art facility that houses Drexel's College of Engineering.

Anthony J. Drexel

Drexel University was founded in 1891 by Philadelphia financier and philanthropist Anthony J. Drexel as the Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry, providing educational opportunities in the "practical arts and sciences" for women and men from all walks of life. Drexel was a leader with remarkable ambition. His belief in and backing of J.P.Morgan forever changed America and earned him the moniker "Father of Wall Street."