Welcome to the School Page for Saunders College of Business at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)! Students and alumni are encouraged to tag this page when adding education to their profiles. So, stay up to date on the latest college news and see what our brilliant students and alumni are achieving every day! As one of nine colleges at RIT, we pride ourselves on being accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International, a rigorous peer review process that assesses a school’s ability to provide high quality programs that is only earned by 6% of the world's business schools! Saunders encourages professional development in a plethora of career areas by actively cultivating the future's next entrepreneurs; as a result of perpetually focusing on providing an education at the intersection of business and technology.
Recognized and ranked internationally, Saunders is home to more than 2,500 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in programs across RIT Global Campuses in Rochester, New York, Croatia, Dubai, Kosovo, and China. Saunders College works in partnership with RIT’s entrepreneurial Venture Creations incubator and top-ranked Albert J. Simone Center for Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship to integrate business education with RIT’s world-leading technical and creative programs.
Saunders offers undergraduate (BS), graduate (MS and MBA), Executive MBA (EMBA) programs, and a Ph.D. program in Business Administration. This doctorate program is RIT’s first within the social sciences and concentrates on how technological innovations affect business functions, equipping students with the tools to solve unique business challenges. Many of these programs are STEM-designated. Students gain real-world business experiences through applied learning, internships, and capstone programs, and apprenticeship opportunities through the doctorate program.