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Northern Illinois University College of Business
Where the Classroom Meets the Business World

NIU’s College of Business is nationally recognized in academic and industry circles for its teaching, research, and public service. We are distinguished by our ability to narrow the gap between thinking and achieving. We demonstrate this by providing students with broad academic excellence combined with hands-on learning situations in actual organizations. We are widely recognized for our active engagement in the Chicago business community as well as for our nationally and world-renowned faculty, the majority of whom served as business professionals before earning their PhDs. Our prominent alumni include those who hold leadership roles in Fortune and global companies, as well numerous successful entrepreneurs in a multitude of industries. Fully accredited by AACSB International since 1969, our college has ranked continuously among the best undergraduate business schools in the nation, with our graduate program continuously ranked among the top MBA programs in Chicago. We serve the Midwest, nation, and global business community by fostering intellectual and character development in students, as well as addressing business and societal issues through the transfer and application of knowledge. For more information on the NIU College of Business, visit cob.niu.edu.

About Northern Illinois University. NIU is:

A full member of the University Research Association (URA), a unique group of top public and private research universities that includes Harvard, MIT, Princeton, and Yale;

Among only four percent of all U.S. colleges and universities listed in The Carnegie Foundation’s most productive category: “doctoral/research university-extended;”

A member of the nation’s most prestigious public higher education association, The National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges;

Home of a scientific center dedicated to research with Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, one of the world’s premier high-energy physics research laboratories.