About Stuart - Message From the Dean

Welcome to the Stuart School of Business at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT).

You have chosen a wonderful time to learn about the Stuart School. We are in the midst of an exciting period of growth, program enhancement and academic innovation that is positioning the Stuart School a cut above the competition. I am delighted to share the following information about our world-class programs and bold new academic initiatives with you today – and am confident we can help you rise to the top of the business world.

• If you are seeking a uniquely focused undergraduate business education, the Stuart School offers an exemplary program centered on Technological Entrepreneurship. Building upon the IIT heritage in science and technology, along with the University’s continuing emphasis on entrepreneurship, the program provides rigorous training in the core areas of business with a focus on innovation and new venture creation. If you are preparing yourself to run your own technology-based company, or if you want to bring the skills of value creation to an existing company, you should give serious consideration to the Stuart School of Business.
• We are revising our MBA program around the concept of Strategic Competitiveness, a unique perspective that builds upon the emerging emphasis of design in business education and expands that focus to the issues of complex organizations. Specifically, Strategic Competitiveness will incorporate the core elements of design and the rigor and tools of contemporary business into your MBA education, providing you with a dynamic formula of Creativity, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Leadership, Incisive Decision-Making and Sustainability, designed to help you succeed both in today’s competitive global marketplace and in the complex economy of tomorrow.
• In addition to our truly distinctive MBA, the Stuart School offers specialized masters programs in Environmental Management, Finance, Financial Markets, Mathematical Finance and Marketing Communications, each uniquely distinguished and characterized by a superior reputation in the job market.
• The Stuart School also features the only part-time doctoral program in business in the Chicago area. Our Ph.D. in Management Science offers concentrations in Finance and Operations Management to prepare you for an academic career as well as areas of high-level business that demand significant levels of quantitative training.

In summary, the Stuart School combines the intellectual depth and vast resources of the top-ranked, diversified IIT with a dedicated faculty intent on providing you with a superior business education. We offer a close-knit, supportive community in the heart of urban Chicago, along with significant networking opportunities with fellow classmates, business colleagues and distinguished alumni that will complement and enhance your educational experiences.

I encourage you to continue your exploration of the Stuart School and to discover the many ways in which we can prepare you to transform the economic and social institutions shaping our world today.

With best wishes for your academic future,

Harvey Kahalas, Ph.D.
Dean and Professor