Fuqua School of Business

The Fuqua School of Business (pronounced /fjukw/) is the business school of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, United States. It currently enrolls 1,340 students in degree-seeking programs. These programs include the Daytime Master of Business Administration (MBA), the Global Executive MBA, the Cross Continent MBA, the Weekend Executive MBA, Master of Management Studies: Foundations of Business, Master of Management in Clinical Informatics (MMCi), Master of Management Studies (in partnership with the Seoul National University), joint degree programs (including joint degrees in medicine, law, environmental management, forestry, public policy, and nursing), a one-year Master of Management Studies program in Kunshan, China (starting) 2012 and a Ph.D. program. Additionally, Duke Executive Education and Duke Corporate Education offer nondegree business education and professional development programs. Admissions Admission to the Daytime MBA program is very competitive. For the Class of 2012, 24% of all applicants were accepted.[4] Fuqua enrolls a highly diverse class (e.g. for the class of 2012, 39% of the class are international students and 30% of the class are women[5]). The average GMAT score for the most recent incoming class was 697.[1] Academics The school's faculty is organized into ten disciplines, including Accounting, Decision Sciences, Economics, Finance, Management, Health Sector Management, Management Communication, Marketing, Operations Management, and Strategy. The daytime MBA program offers concentrations in Decision Sciences, Energy and Environment, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Finance, Financial Analysis, Leadership and Ethics, Management, Marketing, Operations Management, Social Entrepreneurship, and Strategy. The faculty was ranked No.1 in the US by BusinessWeek (Intellectual Capital) in 2010 and 2012.[6][7] While working at Duke University, former Professor Robert E. Whaley developed the Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index (ticker symbol: VIX), a measure of the implied market volatility.[8] Joint Degrees The Duke MBA offers several joint degree programs in conjunction with other highly respected graduate and professional programs at Duke. These programs allow students to earn two degrees in less time than if they pursued the two separately. Joint degrees offered with Duke University School of Medicine, Duke University School of Law, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, and the Duke University School of Nursing.:[9][10][11] Careers The 2011 Forbes full-time MBA rankings indicated that Fuqua graduates achieved the 12th highest average salary following graduation for the class of 2010.[36]

The 2013 Financial Times ranking indicated that of the MBAs graduating in 2009, Fuqua graduates achieved the 14th highest salary in the United States, and the 20th highest salary worldwide, three years after graduation.[37] For the graduating, full-time MBA Class of 2012, the top three hiring companies include: Deloitte (30 hires), McKinsey & Co. (18 hires), and The Boston Consulting Group (12 hires).[38] Rankings Daytime MBA The daytime MBA program at The Fuqua School of Business was ranked:

6th (U.S.) BusinessWeek 2012[45] 9th (U.S.) U.S. News and World Report 2013[46] 9th (U.S.) and 12th (World) Financial Times 2013[37] 10th (U.S.) Poets&Quants 2012[47][48][49] 10th (North America) QS Global 200 Business Schools Report 2012[50] 19th (U.S.) and 29th (World) The Economist 2012[51]

The daytime MBA program at The Fuqua School of Business also has the following rankings based on each respective category:

1st (U.S.) BusinessWeek 2012 - within the intellectual capital category[45] 2nd (World) University of Texas at Dallas Top 100 World Rankings of Business Schools Based on Research Contributions to academic journals in 2011[52] 5th (U.S.) "Toughest To Get Into" and 10th (U.S.) for "Best Classroom Experience" Princeton Review, The 2010 Edition: The Best 301 Business Schools[53] 9th (U.S.) U.S. News and World Report 2011 - ranking of U.S. "Business Schools That Receive the Most Full-Time Applications"[54] 10th (U.S.) Forbes 2011 - based on ROI[36][55]

Corporate Education Duke Corporate Education, a carve-out of the Executive Education program at The Fuqua School of Business, was ranked:

1st (World) Financial Times 2011 - for customized non-degree executive education programs[56] 1st (World) BusinessWeek 2010 - for customized executive education programs[57]

Executive MBA The Executive MBA program at The Fuqua School of Business was ranked:

8th (U.S.) U.S. News and World Report 2012[46] 10th (schools with a U.S. presence) and 9th (World) Financial Times 2012[58] 12th (World) BusinessWeek 2011[59]