Liautaud Graduate School Of Business

UIC’s College of Business Administration had its start at the Circle Campus and conferred its first degrees in June 1966. The CBA graduate 37 students in its three programs: Accounting, Economics and General Business. 

In 1969, the Board of Trustees gave approval for the CBA to begin offering a Masters of Business Administration. That same year, the Business Advisory Council was formed, an organization that remains to this day and provides a nexus for the college and the business community.

In 1970, the college formed departments to handle the responsibility of each curriculum. The departments were: Accounting, Economics, Finance, Management, Marketing, and Quantitative Methods.

In 1971, the college received its initial accreditation from the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business. In 1980, the Bachelor of Business Administration was established. In 1981, the Master of Science in Accounting was added and in 1983, the Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration was established.

Entrepreneurship made its debut at the college in 1986 with the establishment of the entrepreneurship concentration in the MBA program. This has become one of our strongest programs and is regularly recognized as one of the top 25 in the country.