Stephen M. Ross School of Business

Stephen M. Ross School of Business, a business school under the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor was founded in 1924. The school, earlier known as University of Michigan Business School was renamed after alumnus Stephen M. Ross donated $100 million to the school in 2004. His donation was considered as the largest gift ever to a U.S. business school and to the University of Michigan.

In addition to the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees, Stephen M Ross School of Business offers an executive education program and dual degrees with the support of the colleges and schools of architecture, engineering, medicine, law, education, nursing, information, music and urban planning. Besides this, the school also offers highly ranked MBA and Executive Education programs. Many business publications have ranked both the school's undergraduate and professional programs as one of the top ten in the U.S.

After Robert J. Dolan was chosen as the dean in 2001, the Stephen M Ross School of Business has widened its MBA program. The school offers Full-Time and Part-Time MBA programs, BBA programs and MAcc programs. Stephen M. Ross School of Business is also well known for its large library known as Kresge Business Administration Library which has a huge collection of 145,000 volumes and 3000 journals besides the microfilms, working papers and company files. The trading floor classroom of the school's John R. and Georgene M. Tozzi Electronic Business and Finance Center is linked to the New York Stock Exchange. This makes the function of Stephen M. Ross School of Business entirely different and innovative than other business schools in the country.