Texas McCombs is the premier business school at the world class public research
institute of the University of Texas
in the beautiful and vibrant downtown Austin.
Established as the business school in 1992,
it gained its named when San Antonio businessman, Red McCombs,
gifted this school 50 million dollars in the year 2000.
Which at the time, was the largest single gift in the university's history.
Here at McCombs, we cultivate principle leaders and develop ideas that will
advance our economy, improve lives, strengthen our communities, and create
new knowledge for future generations.
McCombs is the highest ranked business school in Texas and the southwest,
and its programs are frequently top ranked in U.S. News & World Report,
Princeton Review's U.S. University, and many more.
Students who stepped through these doors receive high quality instruction,
experiential learning, and the pursuit of relevant, ground-breaking research.
So let's begin our tour.
Texas McCombs is made up of four buildings: the College of Business
Administration, known as CBA north and south, the Graduate School of Business,
called GSB, and the University Teaching Center, UTC, across the street
where some classes are held.
Robert Rowling Hall is the graduate school building opened in 2018.
You'll enter McCombs on the second floor of GSB, to find the Dean's Office and
other administrative offices.
Next to the Dean's suite is the history exhibit, which was developed with the help
of the Director of Exhibits for the Bob Bullock Museum.
It depicts the evolution of the school and its impact in the state of Texas over
its 80 year history.
Leaving the history area, you'll find lecture halls and then you'll turn
the corner to find the BBA, or undergraduate career services' office.
It's a key service to students exploring careers, searching for internships, and
preparing for job interviews.
You'll also be happy to know McCombs's career services gets a Bloomberg
business week A+ job placement rating.
Now follow me to the atrium space,
known as the Hall of Honors.
Students can also enter this area from Speedway near Gregory Gym.
Its main focal point is the stock market post number five, which was one of 17
original trading stations installed at the New York Stock Exchange in 1929.
Plaques grace the walls here to recognize individuals that have supported
the business school with establishing endowments.
Leaving the Hall of Honors, you'll come across
the Masters of Science program office.
A one-stop shop available to all MS students, where you can meet with your
graduate coordinator, career coach, or get help with course registration, tuition,
and billing.
Further down the same hall is the undergraduate or BBA program office.
The hub of all academic information and resources for students.
Across from there is the open and collaborative Canfield Business Honors
Program office, which students often use as a study and meeting spot.
On the third floor is McCombs's newest space, known as the Salem Center
for Policy, launched in 2020.
The center works with students, policymakers, and business leaders
to advance the use of data science and public policy research and practice.
As state of the art trading, research, and teaching facility, known as the Financial
Education and Research Center, is also on the third floor.
Here, students participate in developing new applications of information technology
to finance.
And the Financial Analyst Program gives undergrads an opportunity to gain
investment experience, managing a fund of over 17 million dollars.
And when you need a break or want to grab a bite to eat, students hang out in
the open and airy atrium, with plenty of food options and O's Cafe.
The Frito-Lay leadership center is located within the eating area in O's Cafe,
a dedicated space for McCombs affiliated student organizations to meet
and collaborate.
Let's venture to the fourth floor, where you'll find more classroom space and
the Ford Career Center, where nearly 500 firms visit yearly to conduct first round
interviews with students for full-time employment and internships.
It includes 43 private interviewing suites, some equipped with virtual
interviewing capabilities, suit cubbies, and cohort spaces.
You'll also find the MPA program office on the fourth floor.
Its award-winning program offers a wide array of resources for MPA students,
like scheduling course and career advising appointments and more.
East of that space is the AIM reading room supported with the gift from
AIM Investment Group.
The AIM reading room is a group work study area, equipped with flat screens and
work stations, allowing students to group project collaboration.
We'll now take you to the fifth floor, where you'll find our Deloitte active
learning classrooms, modeled after classrooms at the Deloitte University.
These team-based, adaptable, and state of the art learning environments
represent classroom design innovation that promotes teaching and individualized
consulting of student groups on their work, providing a well balanced
learning experience.
The fifth floor is also home to the GSB Event Space,
where students can always find a quiet table for studying and homework.
And finally, the sixth floor will be home to the Wealth Management Center,
which will house the new Wealth Management minor,
and across the hall is the Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship,
Growth, and Renewal.
Texas McCombs is home to a diverse population of more than 12,000 students
from across the globe, pursuing degrees in accounting, business, management,
government and society, finance,
information risk and operations management, and marketing.
Through high-quality instruction, experiential learning,
and the pursuit of relevant, ground-breaking research,
we're shaping those who will shape tomorrow,
and solve our most challenging problems.
For more information about the McCombs School of Business,
visit our website at mccombs.utexas.edu.
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