Sigmund Weis School of Business is one of the few undergraduate-only business programs in the world to earn this honor.

AACSB accreditation, which the school first achieved 20 years ago, is the hallmark of excellence in business education. Less than 5% of the world’s business schools earn the distinction, and the overwhelming majority are not private liberal arts schools of Susquehanna’s size.

We’re proud to be in the company of other AACSB schools, including Harvard Business School, the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business.

What does AACSB accreditation mean to you? It means you get an excellent return on your educational investment. Top companies will recognize the quality of your degree, often offering higher, more competitive salaries.

Students are taught by a highly qualified faculty. 92% of our full-time faculty have a Ph.D. or terminal degree, and most also have real-world business experience.

Our curriculum is rigorous, with a focus on developing skills that employers want, including the ability to think critically and communicate clearly and to solve problems in a constantly changing global environment.

The Global Business Perspectives course immerses you into the business world — in your very first semester! You and your team will work on a consulting project where you develop recommendations to improve the profitability of a major corporation. (Recent projects include Netflix, Burberry, Under Armour and Bed Bath and Beyond.) As a finale, your team will present to business executives in a professional business pitch experience.

Over the last three years, 98% of business students are employed or in graduate school within six months of graduation.

Virtually all of our students get a job within six months of graduation — thanks to our solid business coursework and well-rounded liberal arts education.

Liberal Education and America’s Promise (LEAP) confirms that a liberal arts education integrated with all fields — from business and professional programs to the arts and sciences — provides a foundation for students to expand their horizons, build an understanding of a wider world, hone analytical and communications skills, and foster responsibilities beyond self.

Sigmund Weis School of Business guarantees you an international internship.

Business majors can apply to internship programs in London or Chester, England; Hamburg, Germany; Waikato, New Zealand; Barcelona, Spain; Singapore; Hong Kong; Sorrento, Italy; and Sydney or Melbourne, Australia.

Susquehanna is one of only a handful of schools in the nation that requires a study-away experience for all students. Through the university’s nationally ranked Global Opportunities (GO) program, students study in a culture different from their own for at least two weeks or as long as a semester.

Susquehanna’s GO Office coordinates international internships for students across the business school and in the School of the Arts and School of Humanities.

“We know that intercultural competence in and of itself is a skill that many employers seek in their new hires and one that our Global Opportunities program instills through its unique curriculum,” said Scott Manning, dean of global programs at Susquehanna. “Further bolstering our business students with an international internship in their field of study will help them stand out even more as they are entering the workforce.”

The business school has long had students interning around the world. These new opportunities solidify the international exposure the school provides to students at a time when global experiences are increasingly important, said Matthew Rousu, dean of the business school.

“Students must understand other cultures, other environments and other economies,” Rousu said. “For business students, an international internship provides them with a tremendous experience and a major talking point when they’re meeting with prospective employers, setting them up for professional success, whether they accept a job offer overseas or work for a U.S.-based company.”

Nearly 40% of the business school’s Class of 2020 have already completed internships in foreign countries.

Almost all business students receive financial aid to support their international internship experience. In 2018–19, every single business student who completed an international internship received financial aid, from covering the cost of their VISA (approximately $500) to full funding of their international experience. Full terms and conditions can be found here.