Wharton School

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Wharton School
logo
motto Knowledge for Action
(Knowledge for Enterprise)
founding 1881, the world's first business school
Sponsorship Private
place Philadelphia , United States
dean Geoffrey Garrett
Website www.wharton.upenn.edu
Wharton School of Finance and Commerce
McClelland Hall
Vance Hall Square
College Green

The Wharton School (formally also called The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania , colloquially also called Wharton Business School, The Wharton School or simply Wharton ) is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania , USA . It was founded in 1881 by Joseph Wharton as the world's first university business school. The Wharton School is a member of the Ivy League , a group of elite universities in the USA and is ranked among the most renowned business schools in the world. Wharton Business School is considered to be the educational institute that produced the most billionaires in the United States.

Locations

The Wharton School currently has two training centers, one in Philadelphia and one in San Francisco . It also maintains extensive cooperation with the international business school INSEAD , which is based in Fontainebleau ( France ) and Singapore .

Rankings

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To this day, Wharton School is regarded as one of the leading business schools in the world and is known for its academic and practical strengths in all subject areas. In the rankings of leading international business schools for MBA courses, the Wharton School regularly occupies one of the top places. Since 2000, Wharton has been ranked 10 times in the Financial Times Global Business School Rankings, making it number one of all business schools worldwide.

In the 2013 Webometrics Ranking Web of Business Schools, Wharton School achieved first place worldwide, with Copenhagen Business School ranked 2nd and Harvard Business School ranked 3rd.

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
FT - Global MBA 4th 3 4th 3 3
FT - MBA for WOMEN - - - - 9
The Economist - Global MBA 11 10 12 4th 4th
FT - Executive Education - Open 19th 23 17th 14th 12
FT - Executive Education - Custom 26th 47 39 40 24

Course offer

Wharton School currently offers programs focused on accounting and finance, public administration, finance, healthcare, insurance and risk management, law, corporate governance, marketing, operations and information management, real estate, statistics, and transportation.

In addition to four-year undergraduate programs leading to a bachelor's degree, the range of courses also includes two-year programs leading to a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and doctoral programs . Furthermore, further training courses are offered for managers without an academic degree. The school also offers a double degree with the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and the Harvard Kennedy School .

Study numbers

Approximately 4,600 undergraduate, MBA and PhD students and approximately 8,000 participants in executive education programs are currently studying. There are around 81,000 alumni in 146 countries worldwide. Tuition fees per year are approximately $ 65,000.

Former students and faculty

Publications

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Katja Gelinsky: Wharton Business School: Management forge for the elite of tomorrow . In: FAZ.NET . May 28, 2008, ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed March 14, 2018]).
  2. ^ Business school rankings from the Financial Times - FT.com. Accessed March 14, 2018 (English).
  3. ^ These schools produced the most billionaires . CNBC.
  4. ↑ Here's Why UPenn Produces More Billionaires Than Any Other School In The World . Business Insider.
  5. ^ The 10 Schools That Produce The Most Forbes 400 Billionaires . FORBES.
  6. ^ Business school rankings from the Financial Times - FT.com. Accessed March 14, 2018 (English).
  7. ↑ http://business-schools.webometrics.info/en/Europe and http://business-schools.webometrics.info/en/North_america
  8. ^ Financial Times, Global MBA Ranking
  9. ^ The Economist MBA Rankings

Coordinates: 39 ° 57 '10 "  N , 75 ° 11' 49"  W.