Fisher College of Business

{{About|the business school in Columbus|the private college in Boston|Fisher College}}

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| name = Fisher College of Business

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| other_name = Max M. Fisher College of Business

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| established = March 7, 1916{{cite web|url=http://fisher.osu.edu/about |title=About The College |access-date=2015-03-03 |publisher=Fisher College of Business }}

| type = Public business school

| endowment = $120 million USD

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| dean = Trevor Brown (interim)

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| city = Columbus

| state = Ohio

| country = United States

| campus = Urban

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| nickname = Fisher

| accreditation = AACSB

| parent = Ohio State University

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| website = [https://fisher.osu.edu/ fisher.osu.edu]

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| logo = Fisher College of Business logo.png

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The Fisher College of Business is the business school of Ohio State University, a public research university in Columbus, Ohio. Fisher's campus is located on the northern part of the university within a partially enclosed business campus adjacent to St. John Arena. It is composed of brick buildings loosely arranged in a quadrangle. The {{convert|370000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} complex is the largest multi-building project ever undertaken by the university.{{Cite web|url=https://fisher.osu.edu/about-fisher/our-campus|title=Our Campus {{!}} Fisher College of Business|website=fisher.osu.edu|access-date=2019-10-23}} Fisher is one of the founding members of the AACSB.

Established in 1916 as the College of Commerce and Journalism,{{Cite web|url=https://fisher.osu.edu/100/milestones/|title=Milestones {{!}}|website=fisher.osu.edu|access-date=2016-10-06}} the college was renamed in 1993 for Max M. Fisher, a 1930 Ohio State graduate who led efforts to provide a $20 million gift to the college.{{Cite web|url=https://fisher.osu.edu/about-fisher|title=About Fisher {{!}} Fisher College of Business|website=fisher.osu.edu|access-date=2019-10-23}} It has nearly 83,000 living alumni.

Academics

{{Infobox business school rankings

| BWu = 14

| USNWRu = 15

| BW = 53

| BWg = 39

| Econ = 55

| Forbes = 47

| USNWRg = 24

| QSglobal = 92

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For undergraduate students at Ohio State University, Fisher offers minors and certificates attached to a larger degree open to all students enrolled at the university.{{Cite web |title=Minors & Certificates {{!}} Fisher College of Business |url=https://fisher.osu.edu/undergraduate/academics/minors-certificates |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=fisher.osu.edu |language=en}} For students enrolled in the college, Fisher offers thirteen specializations through their Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) program.{{Cite web |title=Specializations {{!}} Fisher College of Business |url=https://fisher.osu.edu/undergraduate/academics/specializations |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=fisher.osu.edu |language=en}}

Fisher offers several programs for graduate students housed at the Gerlach Graduate Programs Building.{{Cite web |title=DSpace |url=https://kb.osu.edu/items/1f3fe749-9216-5ec9-84d3-f0920a35c175 |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=kb.osu.edu}} These include a Master of Business Administration program for both full-time and part-time graduate students,{{Cite web |title=MBA programs {{!}} Fisher College of Business |url=https://fisher.osu.edu/graduate/mba-programs |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=fisher.osu.edu |language=en}} as well as several specialized programs at both the master and doctoral level.{{Cite web |title=Graduate Programs {{!}} Fisher College of Business |url=https://fisher.osu.edu/graduate |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=fisher.osu.edu |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=PhD Programs {{!}} Fisher College of Business |url=https://fisher.osu.edu/graduate/phd-programs |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=fisher.osu.edu |language=en}} The college also offers executive education programs, including the Executive MBA,{{Cite web |title=Executive MBA {{!}} Fisher College of Business |url=https://fisher.osu.edu/graduate/executive-mba |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=fisher.osu.edu |language=en}} the Master of Business Operational Excellence,{{Cite web |title=Master of Business Operational Excellence {{!}} Fisher College of Business |url=https://fisher.osu.edu/graduate/mboe |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=fisher.osu.edu |language=en}} and other custom corporate programs.{{Cite web |title=Custom Corporate Programs {{!}} Fisher College of Business |url=https://fisher.osu.edu/executive-education/organization-offerings |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=fisher.osu.edu |language=en}}

Campus

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The six-building campus (designed by Kallmann, McKinnell & Wood, Cooper, Robertson & Partners with Karlsberger Architecture as Architect of Record) is oriented around its largest building, the signature Fisher Hall, which is the same height as the main university library and on axis with it. This visually links the college to the larger OSU campus. The organization of undergraduate buildings, graduate study, and administration cluster around a traditional campus green that encourages social mixing of different student bodies and faculty. The brick architecture reinterprets the Neo-Classical tradition found throughout OSU. Cooper, Robertson & Partners designed both Fisher Hall and Pfahl Hall, the executive education building. Kallmann, McKinnell & Wood designed Gerlach Hall, Schoenbaum Hall and Mason Hall. RTKL was hired as the hospitality consultant for the Blackwell Inn. Karlsberger completed all design documents and served as construction administrator for the entire complex.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

The campus consists of the following buildings and offices:

Fisher Hall
Faculty offices
Administrative offices
Research and business partnership centers
Gerlach Hall
Graduate business programs
Batten investment laboratory
Office of career management
Mason Hall
Student computer labs
Office of Information Technology Services
Rohr Cafe
Pfahl Hall
Executive education programs
Conference center
2110 Restaurant
Schoenbaum Hall
Undergraduate business programs
Berry auditorium
The Blackwell Inn and Conference Center
151 Hotel rooms
Conference rooms
Banquet facilities

The American Accounting Association's Hall of Fame was established at Fisher in 1950 to honor those who in some way distinguished themselves in the field. An international board of accountants nominate and select new members annually to add to the 78 inducted members. Current Ohio State University faculty are prohibited from nomination.{{cite press release | title = The Accounting Hall of Fame Inducts Two Distinguished Accountants | publisher = Fisher College of Business | date = 2005-09-30 | url = http://fisher.osu.edu/departments/accounting-and-mis/hall-of-fame/recent-inductions/2005/ | access-date = 2006-07-24 }}

Affiliations

Fisher College of Business has exchange programs and MoUs with other universities, including Atatürk University in Erzerüm, Turkey,{{cite press release | title = Atatürk University in Erzurum | publisher = Middle East Study Center | url = http://mesc.osu.edu/linkagesAbroad.php | access-date = 2010-03-09 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100413101230/http://mesc.osu.edu/linkagesAbroad.php | archive-date = 2010-04-13 | url-status = dead }} Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India.