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Bauer College of Business

{{Short description|Business school of the University of Houston}}

{{Infobox university

|name = University of Houston
{{small|C.T. Bauer College of Business}}

|parent = University of Houston

|image_name = Bauer College of Business logotype.png

|image_size=250px

|established = 1942

|type= Public

|dean = Paul A. Pavlou

|city = Houston

|state = Texas

|country = U.S.

|undergrad = 4,200+[http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/05/part_time_profiles/houston.htm BusinessWeek: Bauer College of Business Facts] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100302140204/http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/05/part_time_profiles/houston.htm |date=March 2, 2010 }}

|postgrad = 1,000+

|campus = Urban

|affiliations =

|website = {{URL|www.bauer.uh.edu}}

|footnotes =

}}

The C.T. Bauer College of Business is the business school of the University of Houston, and is fully accredited by the AACSB International. It offers BBA, MBA, MS Accountancy, MS Finance and the Houston metropolitan area's only Ph.D. program in business administration.

History

In 1942, Bauer was established as the University of Houston College of Business Administration.{{Cite web |last=Bonnin |first=Julie |title=A Reason to Celebrate {{!}} Inside Bauer Magazine: WS23 {{!}} C. T. Bauer College of Business, University of Houston |url=https://www.bauer.uh.edu/insidebauer/ws23/a-reason-to-celebrate/ |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=www.bauer.uh.edu |language=en}} In 2000, businessman Charles T. "Ted" Bauer donated $40 million to the College of Business Administration, which was named after him in recognition of his generosity.{{Cite web |last=Navarro |first=Jessica |title=A Lasting Legacy {{!}} A Closer Look at a Landmark Gift |url=https://www.bauer.uh.edu/lasting-legacy/ |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=www.bauer.uh.edu |language=en}}

The Bauer College is located on the campus of the University of Houston and has been housed in Melcher Hall since 1986. Melcher Hall is named after Leroy Melcher, an alumnus of the University of Houston and successful businessman. Leroy donated $3 million to the business school.{{cite web |url=http://info.lib.uh.edu/sca/digital/time/people_large.html?ID=77&type= |title=UH Through Time: People (Close Up) |website=Info.lib.uh.edu |date= |accessdate=2010-07-20 |url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626154337/http://info.lib.uh.edu/sca/digital/time/people_large.html?ID=77&type= |archivedate=2010-06-26 }}

The school has students from many countries around the world and is regarded as one of the most diverse schools in the U.S.{{cite web|url=https://www.bauer.uh.edu/index.htm|title=C. T. Bauer College of Business|website=Bauer.uh.edu|accessdate=28 November 2018}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.cba.uh.edu/centers/acim/our-story.asp |title=Our Story |access-date=2009-12-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109083712/http://www.cba.uh.edu/centers/acim/our-story.asp |archive-date=2010-01-09 |url-status = dead}}

The Bauer College broke ground on June 5, 2008 for the Michael J. Cemo Hall. The hall is named after Michael J. Cemo, a University of Houston alumnus and former president and CEO of AIM Distributors, who donated $3 million to the college.{{cite web|url=http://www.uh.edu/news-events/newsrelease.php?releaseid_int=236|title=University of Houston: News Release|website=Uh.edu|accessdate=28 November 2018}} It opened in 2010.

The current dean of the Bauer College is Dr. Paul A. Pavlou, a preeminent scholar in digital business strategy, data science, and information systems.

Programs

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The College has five academic departments: Accountancy and Taxation, Decision and Information Sciences, Marketing and Entrepreneurship, Finance, and Management. The student to teacher ratio is 3 to 1.{{cite web|url=http://www.princetonreview.com/UniversityofHoustonCollegeofBusinessAdministration.aspx|title=University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business - School Admissions The Princeton Review B-School Rankings & GMAT Scores|website=Princetonreview.com|accessdate=28 November 2018}} The College offers full-time MBA students 21 certificate options with 100+ electives. Certificate areas include:

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|+ C.T. Bauer College of Business Full-Time MBA Certificates and Specializations{{cite web |title=MBA Specializations & Elective Certificates |url=https://www.bauer.uh.edu/graduate-studies/prospective-students/mba/certificates.php |website=C.T. Bauer College of Business Graduate and Professional Programs |publisher=University of Houston |accessdate=3 November 2020}}

Certification AreaSpecialization
rowspan="3" | Business Analytics, Business Modeling and Supply ChainBusiness Analytics
Business Modeling and Decision Making
Supply Chain Management
rowspan="4" | EnergyEconomics of the Energy Chain
Energy Finance
Energy Investment Analysis
Energy Risk Management
rowspan="5" | Finance and Real EstateCorporate Finance
Financial Services Management
Investment Analysis
Investment Banking and Private Equity
Real Estate
rowspan="3" | Management and LeadershipGlobal Management
Human Resources Management
Leadership Development
rowspan="6" | Marketing and EntrepreneurshipBusiness Consulting
Digital Marketing
Entrepreneurship
Marketing Analytics
Product Management
Sales Leadership

=The AIM Center=

The AIM Center for Investment Management is a business center at Bauer that teaches undergraduate and graduate business students about corporate finance, accounting, information technology, marketing and other disciplines. The center features a laboratory, a conference room with video conferencing capabilities, a classroom, and a lobby with news video and a stock ticker.{{cite web|url=http://www.bauer.uh.edu/centers/acim/|title=AIM Center Overview|website=Bauer.uh.edu|accessdate=28 November 2018}} It is a $5 million facility which opened on February 20, 2002.{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2002/03/11/focus8.html|title=UH Launches $5 Million...|website=Bizjournals.com|accessdate=28 November 2018}} The center was recognized as one of the best designed business school classrooms in the United States by American School and University magazine.{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2003/12/01/focus9.html|title=UH Bauer College...|website=Bizjournals.com|accessdate=28 November 2018}}

The AIM Center houses the C. T. Bauer College of Business Cougar Investment Fund, L.L.C. The Cougar Fund is a private investment company run by graduate students, which manages real investors and real money. It began with an initial investment of $1.9 million and has regularly outperformed its benchmark on the S&P 500 Index. It currently manages over $9 million in assets.{{cite web|url=http://www.uh.edu/uhtoday/2007/07july/070907bauercougarfund.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907195513/http://www.uh.edu/uhtoday/2007/07july/070907bauercougarfund.html|url-status = dead|archive-date=7 September 2008|title=UH Today - Bauer Cougar Fund Sets Record For New Investors|date=7 September 2008|accessdate=28 November 2018}} The Cougar Fund is rated third student stock analysis team in the world and number one (2008) in the United States.{{Cite web |date=2012-10-24 |title=UH Bauer's Cougar Fund is Only American School to Place in Top - Bloomberg |website=Bloomberg News |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=conewsstory&refer=conews&tkr=B5A:GR&sid=aWH1ZmZyiSUw |access-date=2023-05-25 |archive-date=2012-10-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024012350/https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=conewsstory&refer=conews&tkr=B5A:GR&sid=aWH1ZmZyiSUw |url-status=bot: unknown }}

=Global Energy Management Institute=

GEMI offers undergraduate and graduate level programs in the energy sector. It opened in the fall of 2002. It offers certificate degrees in energy risk management, energy international project finance and energy accounting.{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2002/12/09/focus7.html|title=UH Launches New Global...|website=Bizjournals.com|accessdate=28 November 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bauer.uh.edu/gemi/ |title=UHGEMI |website=Bauer.uh.edu |date= |accessdate=2010-07-20}} It is a very specialized program that focuses specifically on the energy industry, one of Houston's main industries. The program has earned praise from Business Week.{{cite web|url=http://www.bauer.uh.edu/downloads/gemi/march08BwArticle.pdf|title=Server Error|website=Bauer.uh.edu|accessdate=28 November 2018}}

=The Program for Excellence in Selling=

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Launched in 2004, the Sales Excellence Institute is built on three pillars: research, executive education and degree programs.https://www.bauer.uh.edu/sei/about/{{cite web|title=SEI Home Page|url=http://www.bauer.uh.edu/sei/index.php|website=Bauer.uh.edu|accessdate=24 May 2011}} Part of the Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship, SEI offers undergraduate and Masters of Business Administration certificates, a post-graduate program in sales and marketing it also offers executive education in global corporations. Its undergraduate certificate program "The Program for Excellence in Selling" has been in existence since 1996 and offers over 180 hours of live sales training. The program has over 1,100 alumni.

PES’ research provides current sales techniques, sales management, entire sales forces and also includes methods and theories by corporate executives. SEI Executive Director Michael Ahearne has served as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management.{{cite web|title=Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management|url=http://www.jpssm.org/|website=Jpssm.org}}

Rankings and awards

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| USNWRg = 43

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Bauer has been ranked among the top business schools in the U.S. and is considered among the top 60 worldwide.{{cite web |url=http://somweb.utdallas.edu/top100Ranking/searchRanking.php?t=w |title=World Wide Rankings - UTD Top 100 Business School Research Rankings - School of Management @ UT Dallas |website=Somweb.utdallas.edu |date=2010-02-25 |accessdate=2010-07-20 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100724132942/http://somweb.utdallas.edu/top100Ranking/searchRanking.php?t=w |archivedate=24 July 2010 |url-status = dead}} It has been ranked the best entrepreneurship program in the United States by both the Princeton Review and BusinessWeek.[http://www.princetonreview.com/undergraduate-entrepreneurial-programs.aspx] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208144527/http://www.princetonreview.com/undergraduate-entrepreneurial-programs.aspx|date=February 8, 2009}}

Full-time MBA program ranked 94th in the nation among 437 schools of business. (U.S. News & World Report 2011)

The evening MBA program is ranked 27th nationally, 4th regionally, and 1st in Houston (BusinessWeek 2007){{cite web|url=http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/rankings/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100723083438/http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/rankings/index.html|url-status = dead|archive-date=23 July 2010|title=Business School Rankings and Profiles: EMBA, Executive Education, MBA, Part-time MBA, Distance MBA|date=23 July 2010|accessdate=28 November 2018}}

The Cougar Fund is ranked the #1 student stock analysis team in the United States and #3 in the world.{{Cite web |date=2012-10-24 |title=UH Bauer's Cougar Fund is Only American School to Place in Top - Bloomberg |website=Bloomberg News |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=conewsstory&refer=conews&tkr=B5A:GR&sid=aWH1ZmZyiSUw |access-date=2023-05-26 |archive-date=2012-10-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024012350/https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=conewsstory&refer=conews&tkr=B5A:GR&sid=aWH1ZmZyiSUw |url-status=bot: unknown }}

Ranked in the top 50 among public undergraduate business schools (BusinessWeek 2007)

Ranked 43rd among public business schools (tied 70th overall) U.S News & World Report 2023

Ranked 52nd among all undergraduate business schools (BusinessWeek 2010)

Ranked 1st among the top undergraduate entrepreneurship programs (Princeton Review, BusinessWeek Magazine, and Entrepreneur Magazine 2008)

Ranked 40th among public undergraduate business schools (U.S. News & World Report 2008)

Top Undergraduate Business Program in Houston

Top Undergraduate Sales Program in the U.S. (largest enrollment and most extensive curriculum)

MBA Program is ranked 5th among public universities for producing CEOs of S&P 500 companies

EMBA Program is ranked 17th in the U.S. among public EMBA programs (2004 Financial Times)

EMBA Program is ranked 76th in the World (2006 Financial Times)

Finance faculty is ranked 8th in the country by the Academic Analytics’ Faculty Scholarly Productivity (FSP) Index{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

Alumni

This is a partial list of notable alumni of Bauer College of Business. Names on this list should either have an accompanying existing article link which verifies they are an alumnus, or reliable sources as footnotes against the name showing they are a notable alumnus.

References

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External links

  • {{Official website|http://www.bauer.uh.edu/}}

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