Beyond a Business School Education
Over 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students are enrolled in the Jindal School, the largest and fastest growing school at UT Dallas.
Our History
The University of Texas at Dallas was established in 1969 by Cecil Green, J. Erik Jonsson and Eugene McDermott, the founders of Texas Instruments. They envisioned a university that offers innovative teaching and research. Since its founding, UT Dallas has grown from an enrollment of just 45 graduate students in 1970 to more than 28,000 undergraduate and graduate students today.
The Naveen Jindal School of Management has become a national and international leader in research and education since its own entrepreneurial beginning in 1975. We prepare our students for a global understanding of life and work as we continue to cultivate the next generation of thought leaders, innovators, and change makers.
The school provides outstanding tuition value, a wide variety of classes on campus and online, flexible scheduling and a convenient location.
Academic Areas
The Jindal School of Management keeps abreast of corporate and industry needs as an essential component in providing students with rigorous training and relevant skills for professional success. Programs are offered at the bachelor’s, master’s, PhD and Executive levels. Programs focus on six areas of business specialization:
Mission Statement
The Jindal School of Management’s mission is to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing, technology-driven, global society by partnering with the business community to:- Conduct research enhancing management knowledge
- Deliver high-quality management education to a variety group of undergraduate and graduate students and practicing executives
- Develop, innovate and continuously improve programs advancing management education and practice.
Vision
The vision of the Naveen Jindal School of Management is to be a leading public business school, recognized as an institution of choice in preparing tomorrow’s business leaders while expanding the frontiers of management knowledge.
Opportunities Beyond the Classroom
A broad array of internship and scholarship opportunities is made available to the Jindal School students each academic year.
The school operates its own Career Management Center, which students and alumni may use in addition to the campus-wide UT Dallas Career Center.
Student Involvement
More than 60 student organizations are based in the school. Most of these focus on career development in specific fields and build networking, internship and employment opportunities.
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Top 100 Business School Research Rankings™
The school’s faculty has an excellent reputation based on members’ teaching, research and business expertise.
Based on faculty publications in 24 leading business journals spanning all areas of business over the last four years, the Jindal School of Management ranks 3 globally, according to The UTD Top 100 Business School Research Rankings™ (2021).
Financial Times Rankings
In 2020, Financial Times ranked the Jindal School No. 17 in research in its Top 100 Full-Time Global MBA Programs.
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Outstanding MBA Programs
U.S. News & World Report ranks the school’s Full-Time MBA program at No. 15 (tied) among public university programs and No. 38 (tied) overall, Best Graduate Business Schools, U.S. News & World Report (2024)
In the same ranking, the publication places the Part-Time Professional MBA (PMBA) program at No. 13 (tied) in the nation and No. 8 (tied) among public university programs in the U.S.
Online Graduate Programs
The school’s online graduate business programs ranked No. 9 (tied) overall and No. 6 (tied) among public universities in U.S. News & World Report’s 2024 Best Online Graduate Business Program rankings. Its online MBA program ranked No. 13 among U.S. public university programs and No. 17 overall among Best Online MBA Programs, U.S. News & World Report (2023).
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