UNC Kenan–Flagler Business School

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UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
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Former name
UNC Department of Commerce (1919-1950), UNC Graduate School of Business Administration (1950-1991)
Type Public business school
Established1919
Parent institution
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Accreditation AACSB
Dean Mary Margaret Frank
Location, ,
United States
Website kenan-flagler.unc.edu
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The UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School is the business school of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a public research university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Founded in 1919, the school was renamed to its current name in 1991 in honor of Mary Lily Kenan and her husband, Henry Flagler. [1]

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The school offers programs for granting a bachelor of science in business administration, a master of business administration, an executive MBA, a master of accounting, a doctor of philosophy, a business certificate, and executive education programs. It is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. [2]

History

The school was established in 1919 as the Department of Commerce of the College of Arts of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

In 1991, Frank Kenan continued his family’s legacy of supporting UNC by giving $10 million toward a new Business School building. The university changed its business school's name to Kenan-Flagler Business School in honor of Mary Lily Kenan and her husband, Henry Morrison Flagler. [1]

As of August 2023, the school's dean is Mary Margaret Frank. [3]

Rankings

Business School
International Rankings
U.S. MBA Ranking
Bloomberg (2024) [4] 29
U.S. News & World Report (2024) [5] 19
Global MBA Ranking
Financial Times (2024) [6] 38

MBA Full-time Program Rankings (additional to chart)

MBA for Executives Programs

MBA@UNC Online

MAC Program (Master of Accounting)

Executive Development (Non-Degree Programs)

People

Faculty

Alumni

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