About Us

The Telfer School of Management is a leading international centre of management education and research, and the proud academic, research and professional home of some 3,600 students, 200 full- and part-time faculty members, and 20,000 alumni.

Among the world’s best

Our school has earned accreditations from the three most demanding ranking organizations in the world: AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS. Achieving the highly coveted triple crown of accreditations places us in the top one percent of the world’s business schools, and validates our success in surpassing the highest-possible standards for management education.

Degree programs for high performers

Our degree programs in business and healthcare management are meticulously designed to produce high-performing leaders of businesses, industries, government departments and public-sector organizations.

Renowned researchers

Our faculty members carry out strikingly original research in a variety of fields, including our three areas of strategic focus: business analytics and performance, health-systems management, and innovation & entrepreneurship.

Strong links with leaders

Our close ties with successful companies, key industry associations and vital public-sector organizations enable our students to learn directly from an array of brilliant executives, entrepreneurs and business owners.

Distinctive career-development resources

Our Career Centre puts students in direct contact with recruiters from leading corporations and organizations, offers valuable personal-development workshops that help students discover their ideal careers, and organizes a variety of high-level career-development events such as company trips, employer panels and networking sessions.

Impressive learning environment

Our Desmarais Building is designed and constructed specifically for teaching and learning business management. This impressive facility features modern lecture halls, labs and conference rooms that equip our students to meet the challenges of global business and place our researchers at the frontier of management research.

Rich community of support

Our hometown is the seat of national government, hub of high-technology innovation and capital of a G8 country. Ottawa fuels us with an incredibly rich supply of people and resources that we use to increase the quality of our programs and research, and expand the learning and career opportunities of our students.