Tepper School of Business

The Tepper School of Business, located at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was founded in the year 1949 by William Larimer Mellon. The school at Carnegie Mellon ranks among the top business schools in the world. Known as Graduate School of Industrial Administration in the beginning, the school was renamed as Tepper School of Business on March 19, 2004, in honor of $55 million donation from David Tepper, a hedge fund manager and an alumnus of the school.

The Tepper School of Business, known for a wide range of specializations like Finance, Entrepreneurship, Operations Management, and Information Technology also gives emphasize on general management. The other courses offered by the school include Undergraduate Program, MBA Program, MSCF Program, MSQE Program, Doctoral Program, Executive Education and a one-year Accredited MBA.

While the two MBA programs: a full-time MBA and a part-time MBA consist of coursework and a broad curriculum, the seventeen-month long Master of Science in Computational Finance (MSCF) is considered as one of the top quantitative finance programs in the country which focuses on the fundamentals of quantitative finance. The Masters of Science in Quantitative Economics (MSQE) offered at Tepper School of Business varies from the degrees offered at other business schools.

The school also focuses on developing the scientific principles behind business management. Unlike other schools, which follow case study method for teaching, the Tepper School of Business pioneers the "quantitative" or "fundamental analysis" approach in teaching. It also began the use of computer simulation for experiential learning of business roles. With the help of a strong faculty team, the school has produced six Nobel laureates in Economics.