UNC Kenan–Flagler Business School


The UNC Kenan–Flagler Business School is an internationally accredited professional undergraduate and graduate level global business school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Founded in 1919, the school was renamed in 1991 to honor the two American industrialist families.
The school offers a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Master of Business Administration, MBA for Executives, Master of Accounting, Ph.D., a business certificate program, as well as many executive education programs. It is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.

History

Established in 1919 as the Department of Commerce of UNC Chapel Hill's College of Arts, the school was renamed the UNC Kenan–Flagler Business School in 1991 to honor two American business families and benefactors of the school: philanthropist Mary Lily Kenan Flagler and her husband, Henry Morrison Flagler. The renaming was in recognition of a generous gift from Frank Hawkins Kenan, another Kenan family member and benefactor of the School's Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise.
In 1997, the McColl Building opened at Kenan-Flagler to complete today's campus. With 191,000 square feet, the McColl Building has more than tripled the space that the school occupied at Carroll Hall.

The Kenan and Flagler Families

Mary Lily's brother, William R. Kenan, Jr., discovered acetylene gas, which led to the creation of Union Carbide. Her husband, Henry Morrison Flagler, co-founded the Standard Oil Co. with John D. Rockefeller and is responsible for the development of Florida's eastern coast. Prior to his arrival in Florida, the state was virtually inaccessible except by ship. Flagler founded what eventually became known as the Flagler System Companies made up of railroad, shipping, real estate, and hotel development and utility companies. The system's flagship was the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach.
In the 1790s, Mary Lily's great-great-grandfather, James Kenan, served on UNC's first board of trustees and contributed to the construction of Old East, the oldest public university building in the United States. Mary Lily's maternal great-great-grandfather, Christopher Barbee, donated more than of his Orange County farm to the University, then about one-fifth of the campus.
Gifts to the University by the Kenan family total some $50 million to date and include such buildings as Kenan Stadium and the Kenan Center. The William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust contributed $10 million to the Bicentennial Campaign for UNC to be used for the Kenan–Flagler Business School's new state-of-the-art building, $10 million for the Paul J. Rizzo Conference Center at Meadowmont, and $1 million for the Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology Venturing.

Rankings

MBA Full-time Program Rankings
MBA for Executives Programs
MBA@UNC Online
MAC Program
Executive Development
UNC Kenan-Flagler’s MBA degree program requires 63.0 credit hours and leverages a variety of learning environments and methodologies, including:
A number of different MBA program are available, including full-time, online, and evening/weekend offerings. delivers the same MBA program but in a virtual environment. The online MBA program can be completed in 18–36 months.

Online MBA

MBA@UNC started in 2012 and includes concentrations in Data-Analytics and Decision Making, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Marketing and Strategy and Consulting. MBA@UNC has been ranked a top online MBA program by numerous publications. The curriculum lays a broad business foundation with an emphasis on strategic leadership.

Diversity at Kenan-Flagler

UNC MBA students represent an array of races, gender, geography, cultures and lifestyles. They enroll with a broad range of functional and industry experience and pursue careers across a wide spectrum of opportunity.
UNC Kenan-Flagler participates in many organizations and events to recruit minority and female students.
These efforts include membership to:
Kenan-Flagler organizes and/or participates in the following events and organizations:

Faculty