Sobey School of Business

Business school in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Sobey School of Business

Type| Public Business School
Established| 1934
Dean| Harjeet Bhabra [1]
Location|

Halifax

Nova Scotia

Canada

Campus| Urban
Affiliations| AACSB, CPA, CGA, CFA, CIM, EFMD, BGS
Website| www.sobey.smu.ca

The Sobey School of Business is the business school of Saint Mary's University (SMU), located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Originally established in 1934 as the Saint Mary's University Faculty of Commerce, the program was one of the first business programs in Canada. The school is consistently ranked as one of the top business schools in Canada. Most recently, Quacquarelli Symonds[2] (QS) placed Sobey's MBA program in the top ten in Canada. In November, 2018, Corporate Knights placed the Sobey MBA at number 8 in its Better World MBA ranking.[3] It is the most comprehensive business school in Atlantic Canada.[4] In 1992, the Faculty of Commerce was renamed the Sobey School of Business after Frank H. Sobey, the founder of Empire Company Limited and Sobeys. The Sobey School of Business offers a well-respected Bachelor of Commerce program, with a wide range of specialties, including entrepreneurship, finance, accounting, computing and information systems and human resource management and industrial relations. The School also provides a range of graduate-level programs including a Master of Business Administration, a Master of Finance, a Master of Applied Economics, a Master of Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and a well-respected Ph.D. program. Also under the Sobey School's umbrella are executive and professional development courses and the Saint Mary's University Entrepreneurship Centre.

The Sobey Building on the Saint Mary's University campus was built in 2000 and has been regularly updated since then. It houses offices, meeting rooms, the BComm Advising Centre, the Sobey Math Help centre and classrooms. The bright, modern building, along with the joined Loyola building, host most of the School's classes, along with computer labs, faculty and administration offices, seminar rooms, research spaces, Doctoral student offices and separate student lounges for graduate and B.Comm students. Executive education facilities are housed in suites at the Halifax World Trade and Convention Centre, located in the core of downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia. The School has a campus located at BNUZ in Zhuhai, China, where a Sobey BComm in Finance program is offered to about 100 students per year.

## Accreditations & Recognition

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### Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

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The Sobey School of Business is accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International. Less than 5 percent of business schools worldwide (about 20[5] in Canada) have earned this accreditation, the highest standard in management education.[6]

### Ranking

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* Quacquarelli Symonds[2] (QS) placed Sobey's MBA program in the top ten in Canada.
* Corporate Knights' ranked the Sobey MBA number 8 in the world in their Better World MBA ranking (2018), placing Sobey above MIT, Harvard and Stanford.[7]
* Canadian Business ranked the Sobey MBA 8th in Canada and best in Atlantic Canada for 2015.[8]

### Beta Gamma Sigma

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The Sobey School of Business is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma. Beta Gamma Sigma is the honour society serving business programs accredited by AACSB International. Membership in Beta Gamma Sigma is the highest recognition a business student can receive in a business program accredited by AACSB International.[9] Only five other Canadian Business Schools have attained membership in Beta Gamma Sigma.

## Notable alumni

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* Robert P. Kelly – CEO of The Bank of New York Mellon (Former)
* Wilfred P. Moore – Canadian Senator, Nova Scotia

## References

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1. ^ "Saint Mary's University appoints new Dean of the Sobey School of Business". 22 June 2018.
2. ^ a b "QS Global MBA Rankings: Canada". TopMBA.com. Quacquarelli Symonds. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
3. ^ "Making the Grade: Corporate Knights". www.corporateknights.com. Corporate Knights. 9 November 2018. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
4. ^ "About Us > History". Saint Mary's University, Sobey School History. Saint Mary's University. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
5. ^ "AACSB Accreditation | Full Global Listing". Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
6. ^ "Schools Accredited in Business". Archived from the original on 2017-08-15.
7. ^ "Making the Grade | Corporate Knights". 2018-11-09. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
8. ^ "Canada's Best MBAs 2015: Saint Mary's University". Retrieved 2016-07-14.
9. ^ "Beta Gamma Sigma". Archived from the original on 2002-11-07.

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