1896

Business Department Renamed Department of Commerce and Finance

1917

Secretarial School Created and BS in Secretarial Studies Offered

1926

First Two Undergraduate Degrees Awarded by School of Business

1945

School of Business Administration Renamed College of Business Administration

1947

Part-Time MBA Program Established

1949

First MBA Awarded

1951

Ken Matheson Named Dean

First Bachelor's of Business Administration Degree Awarded

1977

Paul Dasher Named Dean

1978

MS Program Established

1981

Ph.D. Program Established

1982

William A. Mackie Professorship of Management Established

1985

First Ph.D. Awarded

1987

J. Donald Rauth Professorship of Marketing Management Established

Joseph F. Ford Professorship of Accounting Established

1988

Royal H. Gibson, Sr. Professorship of Marketing Established

1992

George B. Francis Professorship of Finance Established

1994

Executive Education Program Created

1995

Dr. Constantine Papadakis Named President of Drexel University

1996

Marshall M. Austin Professorship Established

1998

First Executive MBA Awarded

Techno MBA Online Created

1999

Stubbs Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship Established

KPMG Professorship of Accounting Established

2001

Dr. George P. Tsetsekos Named Interim Dean

First Techno MBA Cohort Graduated

2002

Dr. George P. Tsetsekos Appointed Dean

100th Ph.D. Awarded

Pearlstein Business Learning Center Dedicated

George '58 and Lois Krall Center for Corporate and Executive Education Established

Laurence A. Baiada Center for Entrepreneurship in Technology Integrated into LeBow College

2002

U.S.News & World Report Recognized Techno MBA as a Top Online Graduate Degree Program

Executives-in-Residence Established

One-Year MBA Established

Office of MBA Career Services Established

Stratakis Chair in Corporate Governance and Accountability Established

2003

External Relations Division Created

First Annual Dean's Cup Golf Tournament Held

Center for Teaching Excellence Founded

MBA Association Established

Sovereign Institute for Strategic Leadership Established

2003

Executive MBA Ranked Top 60 in the World by Financial Times

First MBA at DuPont Cohort Graduated

New MBA Curriculum Launched

2004

MBA in Pharmaceutical Management Established

Forbes.com/Princeton Review Named Drexel University One of the Top 25 Entrepreneurial Campuses in the Nation

Drexel Women in Business Founded

Center for Research Excellence Established

Freshman Honors Day Initiated

Trustee Professorship of International Economics Established

2005

Center for Corporate Governance Established

Debut of Camp LeBow

MBA Anywhere^®

Executive Education Initiated

2005

Financial Times Ranked Executive MBA Top 20 in the Nation, Top 50 in the World, Top 10 in the Nation for Career Progression, Top 20 in the Nation for Aims Achieved, and Top 20 in the Nation for Salary Percentage Increase

Entrepreneur Magazine Ranked Drexel University Top 10 in the Nation for Entrepreneurial-Emphasis

U.S.News & World Report Ranked Undergraduate Programs Top 120 in the Nation

2006

Finance Trading Lab Opened

BusinessWeek Ranked Undergraduate Programs Top 60 in the Nation and Top 30 among Private Institutions

Entrepreneur/Princeton Review Ranked Baiada Center Top 10 in the Nation for Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Programs

2006

U.S.News & World Report Ranked MBA Programs Top 100 in the Nation

U.S.News & World Report Ranked Drexel University Top 115 in the Nation for National Doctoral Universities

U.S.News & World Report Ranked Undergraduate Programs Top 100 in the Nation

Undergraduate Curriculum Revised

My LIFEfolio Introduced

2006

Commerce and Engineering Program Renamed Business and Engineering

MBA Career Services Debuted the Career Gateway and InterviewStream for 24/7 Student Services

Financial Times Recognized MBA in Pharmaceutical Management among the Top 25 Distance Learning Providers in the World

Ph.D. Program Celebrated 25th Anniversary

2007

LeBow Established Partnerships with National Society of Hispanic MBAs and National Association of Black Accountants

Entrepreneur/Princeton Review Ranked Baiada Center No. 3 in the Nation for Undergraduate Programs and No. 7 in the Nation for Graduate Programs

2007

Financial Times Ranked Executive MBA No.3 in the Nation for Career Progression, No. 19 in the Nation, and No. 54 in the World

Financial Times Recognized MBA in Pharmaceutical Management among the Top Distance Learning Providers in the World

Finance Department Celebrated 25th Anniversary

First Issue of LEAD Magazine Published

Dean Tsetsekos Reappointed

2008

BusinessWeek Ranked Undergraduate Programs Top 65 in the Nation

Financial Times Ranked MBA Anywhere^® Top 40 Online MBAs in the World

U.S.News & World Report Ranked Graduate Business Programs among the Top 100 in its 2009 America's Best Graduate Schools: Business Schools

Women 3.0 Magazine Named Drexel Top 50 MBA Programs for Entrepreneurship

2008

Financial Times Ranked MBA Anywhere^®

LEAD MBA^®Introduced at Drexel's New Center for Graduate Studies in Sacramento, Ca

R. John Chapel, Jr., Dean's Chair in Leadership Established

2009

Ranked Top 100 Worldwide Business Schools for Research by UT Dallas

Entrepreneur/Princeton Review Ranked Graduate Programs No. 3 and Undergraduate Programs No. 6 for Entrepreneurship

AACSB Reaccreditation Awarded

Center for Corporate Reputation Management Established

New Strategic Plan Unveiled

BusinessWeek Ranked Part-Time MBA No. 1 in the Nation for Academic Quality

2009

Center for Experience-Based Business Education Established