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Rotman School of Management

The Joseph L. Rotman School of Management (commonly known as the Rotman School of Management, the Rotman School or just Rotman) is the University of Toronto's graduate business school, located in Downtown Toronto. The University of Toronto has been offering undergraduate courses in commerce and management since 1901, but the business school was formally established in 1950 as the Institute of Business Administration. The name was changed to the Faculty of Management Studies in 1972 and subsequently shortened to the Faculty of Management in 1986.[2] The school was renamed in 1997 after Joseph L. Rotman (1935–2015), its principal benefactor.[3]

Named for

1950

Susan Christoffersen

125 full-time faculty[1]

105 St. George Street
Toronto
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Canada
M5S 3E6

The school offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs in business administration, finance and commerce, including full-time, part-time and executive MBA programs along with a Master of Finance program, a Master of Management Analytics, the Master of Financial Risk Management, a Graduate Diploma in Professional Accounting, and a doctoral program.


Additionally, in collaboration with other schools at the university and abroad, it offers combined or joint MBA degrees[4] with the Faculty of Law (JD/MBA), the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering (Skoll BASc/MBA[5]), the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy[6] (PharmD/MBA[7]), the Munk School of Global Affairs (MBA/MGA[8]), the Temerty Faculty of Medicine (MD/MBA[9]); and Collaborative Programs in Asia-Pacific Studies[10] and Environmental Studies.[11]


Out of 125 faculty members, 93% have doctorates. Roger Martin, who served as the school's dean from 1998 to 2013, is considered by Business Week as one of the most influential management thinkers in the world.[12][13]


The school has a number of publications and media series featuring insights of Rotman faculty and global thought leaders. They include the Rotman Management magazine, the Rotman Insights Hub and newsletter, the Rotman Executive Summary podcast and the Rotman Visiting Experts podcast.

Business School
International Rankings

51

Retired co-CEO, Research in Motion[39]

Jim Balsillie

CEO of the Bank of Montreal from 2007 to 2017[40]

William A. Downe

Financier and Past President, Toronto Stock Exchange; Founder, Gardiner Museum[41]

George R. Gardiner

President and CEO, Manulife Financial Corporation[42]

Donald Guloien

(何超鳳), Chairman of SJM Holdings and executive director of Shun Tak Holdings, daughter of Macau tycoon Stanley Ho (何鴻燊)[43]

Daisy Ho

P.C., C.C., LL.D., Chancellor, University of Toronto; chairman, Barclays Capital Canada Inc.[44]

Michael H. Wilson

Doctoral programs[edit]

The PhD program[69] offers degrees in accounting, economic analysis and policy, finance, marketing, operations management, organizational behaviour & human resource management, and strategic management. Also, a joint degree in management and economics is offered (Master in Financial Economics).[70]

Undergraduate program[edit]

The Rotman Commerce[71] program (formerly Commerce) is an undergraduate program administered jointly by the University of Toronto's Faculty of Arts and Science and the Rotman School of Management. In April 2008, the program was renamed as Rotman Commerce after a $2.5 million gift from Sandra and Joseph Rotman.[72] Although the program name has changed, the B.Com. degree continues to be awarded by the Faculty of Arts and Science.[73] There are three specializations for Rotman Commerce students: Accounting, Finance and Economics, or Management. Every student also completes the requirements for a minor in Economics.[74] There are currently 3,200 students enrolled in Rotman Commerce.


Students have the freedom to take any course from the Faculty of Arts and Science, allowing them to include with their specialist, any additional major, or minor. Rotman Commerce has many international study opportunities for students. It has 24 partner universities. Every year, the University of Toronto Summer Abroad Program also offers full-year Rotman Commerce courses in other countries.[75]

The Fleck Atrium is a large area on the main (ground) floor which is often used for special events, receptions, and public lectures. It occupies the central area of the building, with an open-air concept that allows individuals on the 2nd and 3rd floors of the building to observe from above. The vaulted ceiling of the atrium is made from glass, creating a brightness throughout the interior space.

The Milt Harris Library, formerly known as the Business Information Centre, is a branch of the University of Toronto's library system, and supports the students, faculty and staff of the Rotman School and the Rotman Commerce program.

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The BMO Financial Group Financial Research and Trading Lab is a state-of-the-art facility allowing students access to a wide range of financial analysis software packages and data sets. A variety of business competitions are held in the lab throughout the year. In particular the Rotman International Trading Competition[87] (RITC) is an annual trading competition featuring universities from around the world.

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A $4 million expansion of the building, completed in 2005, added about a dozen new faculty/administrative offices and some meeting rooms to each of the 4th and 5th floors of the building.

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Rotman is located in the heart of the University of Toronto's downtown St. George Campus. There are several noteworthy features of the building (completed in 1995) that houses the school:


To accommodate dramatic growth of the program, the school expanded into a new $91.8-million building designed by KPMB Architects which opened in September 2012. The new building, adjacent to and fully integrated with the existing structure, nearly doubles the size of the facilities to provide more space for research and education.[88] The Rotman expansion includes the Desautels Hall,[89] a 400-seat multipurpose space named after lead philanthropist Marcel Desautels. The hall that can be configured in six ways to suit a range of uses from large examinations and guest speaker series to TED talks and alumni events.

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