2019 |
Pacific Life donates $2 million to LIFEvest financial literacy program for underserved teenagers |
2019 |
Master of Innovation and Entrepreneurship launched – the first such degree program in the University of California system |
2017 |
Master of Science in Business Analytics launched |
2017 |
Master of Finance launched |
2016 |
Hybrid FEMBA and 2-year part-time MPAc program options introduced |
2016 |
Alumni network exceeds 10,000 members |
2015 |
Kristen Monson, MBA ’86 gifts the School $1.5 million naming the Kristen Monson Grand Terrace |
2014 |
Undergrad program debuts among Top 50 in the Nation (U.S. News & World Report) |
2014 |
Business School ranks among Top 25 in the Nation, Top 50 in the World (Financial Times) |
2013 |
Master of Science in Biotechnology Management (MSBTM) and Master of Science in Engineering Management are launched |
2013 |
Master of Professional Accountancy (MPAc) is launched |
2013 |
Groundbreaking held for Building for the Future on the Merage School campus |
2012 |
Center for Digital Transformation launches |
2011 |
Dean’s Leadership Circle Professorship awarded to Andrew J. Policano |
2011 |
Center for Leadership and Team Development is renamed the Center for Global Leadership |
2011 |
School Endowment Fund reaches $20 million |
2011 |
First Undergraduate Business Majors walk at commencement (9 graduate on the leading edge of Class of 2012) |
2010 |
John S. and Marilyn Long Institute for US-China Business and Law launched with $2.5 million gift |
2010 |
Dean Andrew Policano chairs AACSB, the top international accreditation organization for business schools |
2009 |
Taco Bell Endowed Chair in Information Technology Management awarded to Professor Vijay Gurbaxani |
2008 |
Undergraduate Business Major Introduced |
2007 |
School Endowment Fund reaches $15 million |
2007 |
Emeritus Professor Edward A. Dickson Endowed Chair awarded to Emeritus Professor Lyman W. Porter |
2007 |
Center for Health Care Management and Policy is launched |
2007 |
The Beall Family Foundation pledges $6.6 million to rename The Beall Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship |
2006 |
AACSB Bridge Program (educating future business school educators) introduced (developed and taught at UC Irvine) |
2006 |
Center for Real Estate launched |
2006 |
Merage Chair in Business Growth awarded to Dean’s Professor David Hirshleifer |
2005 |
Dean’s Leadership Circle launched |
2005 |
Center for Investment and Wealth Management launched |
2005 |
Graduate School of Management is renamed The Paul Merage School of Business |
2004 |
School Endowment Fund reaches $5 million |
2004 |
Alumni Base reaches 5000 |
2004 |
Paul Merage Family Foundation pledges $30 million to business school |
2003 |
Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation (now the Beall Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship) launched |
2002 |
School expands into MPAA building |
1998 |
Center for Leadership Development (now the Center for Global Leadership) launched |
1998 |
Taco Bell Endowed Chair in Information Technology Management awarded to Ken Kraemer |
1997 |
UC Irvine Business School enters Top 50 ranking (U.S. News & World Report) |
1997 |
HCEMBA program introduced |
1991 |
Center for Research on Information Technology in Organizations (CRITO) is launched |
1991 |
Executive Education Programs launched |
1990 |
FEMBA program introduced |
1989 |
New Graduate School of Management building, designed by Robert Venturi, is dedicated |
1988 |
Walter B. Gerken Chair in Enterprise and Society Endowed Chair awarded to Professor Richard B. McKenzie |
1987 |
School earns AACSB accreditation |
1987 |
Alumni Base reaches 1000 |
1986 |
Robert Gumbiner Health Care Management Endowed Chair awarded to Professor Paul J. Feldstein |
1986 |
EMBA program introduced |
1985 |
School gains international recognition for its integrated information technology curriculum |
1985 |
Endowment reaches $1 million dollars |
1981 |
Corporate Partners Program introduced |
1981 |
Master of Business Administration degree offered |
1981 |
School name is changed to Graduate School of Management |
1969 |
School becomes member of AACSB, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business |
1965 |
Founding Faculty: Fred Tonge, Jr. |
1965 |
Master of Science in Administration, Master of Public Administration, and Master of Business and Public Administration degrees offered |
1965 |
School name is Graduate School of Administration |
1965 |
October 4, 1965: first day of class |