Business, Management, and Leadership Degrees
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Step into a world where you can make enduring contributions to companies and organizations through a tech-forward business education, hands-on career experience, and powerful research. Through a blend of technology, the arts, design, and business acumen, you will become sought-after among top employers.
#77
Best Undergraduate Business Programs
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#1
Top New York Schools for a Bachelor’s in MIS
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#2
Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York
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#7
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York
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#9
Best Online MBA Programs
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Turn Knowledge Into Know-How
At RIT, studying business means you’ll gain hands-on experience through full-time, paid cooperative education (co-op) and internships with top companies. Our co-op program provides real-world career exposure, early and often. The results are the confidence and career readiness that can only be gained from experience, setting you apart in the job market.
#6
Top Schools for Co-op and Internship Programs
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Participation in Co-ops and Internships
All business majors require at least one co-op/internship experience.
Learn more about business co-ops and internships.
Business Research.
Investigate. Discover. Prove.
As early as day one, hands-on undergraduate research is a vital component of your education at Saunders. You’ll work alongside internationally recognized faculty researchers, who publish in the world’s most respected, peer-reviewed journals and academic publications, on a range of challenging research topics.
Explore our business research opportunities.
Spaces that Inspire Innovation and Excellence
Experience the future of business with newly renovated and expanded state-of-the-art, industry-inspired labs and facilities.
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Sklarsky Center for Business Analytics
Sixteen workstations in this center provide students access to the same information and tech relied on by financial professionals globally, including Bloomberg Financial Markets technology. Here, you will gain real-world business, finance, and macroeconomic experience to give you an edge in the competitive job market.
Visit the Sklarsky Center.
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SHED (Student Hall for Exploration and Development)
This expansive five-floor building brings together technology, art, and design under one roof. With flexible spaces to foster and stimulate creativity, collaboration, and discovery, the SHED includes an atrium, makerspaces, performing arts studios, and active learning spaces.
Visit the SHED.
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Competitive Sustainability Center
In this dynamic center, you’ll work alongside RIT students, alumni, staff, and faculty on projects to help businesses, nonprofits, and government agencies find and pursue competitive sustainability opportunities.
Visit the Competitive Sustainability Center.
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Simone Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
See your ideas and projects come to life in this university-wide hub for hands-on learning. Here, you’ll collaborate with student entrepreneurs and faculty from business, design, computer science, arts, and technology.
Visit the Simone Center.
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Center for Urban Entrepreneurship
This hub for urban entrepreneurial programs and research provides a vehicle to develop a new culture of entrepreneurship in the region, with an emphasis on underserved populations.
Visit the Center for Urban Entrepreneurship.
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MAGIC (Media, Arts, Games, Interaction, and Creativity) Center
Housed in a state-of-the-art, 52,000-square-foot facility is the RIT MAGIC Center, a digital sandbox and research center for digital media research and production, and MAGIC Spell Studios, where you can start a digital media business or publish and distribute films, games, and interactive experiences.
Visit the MAGIC Center.
Some Companies That Hire Our Graduates
Fostering Connections.
Cultivating Community.
At Saunders, we believe that community is more than a group of individuals. It’s about diverse perspectives. The encouragement to push our limits. A window to collective wisdom. The experience of mutual support. All moving you forward to achieve your career goals.
Women in Business
An organization dedicated to providing women with opportunities to advance their professional and personal development. Through networking, educational events, and community service, Women in Business strengthens skills in leadership, business, and relationship building.
Women’s Leadership Weekend
This event, which includes the Power Your Potential Women’s Conference and the Women’s Leadership Summit, gathers a com¬munity of innovative and inspiring women who lead boldly, challenge norms, and change organizations.
Women’s Events from the Leadership Academy at Saunders
This academy hosts the Women Leading Business Conference and the Step Forward Women’s Coaching and Leadership Development Retreat.
Promoting Women in Business Leadership
RIT was the first university in the U.S. to name a woman as the dean of a business college. Three women have led Saunders College, including the current dean.
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