WHAT’S NEXT

When you’re ready, there are no surprises. You’re prepared for change. When it comes, you know whether to move left, right, or go straight ahead. Chances are you made that change happen, so you know it’s coming. You’re not afraid. You welcome what’s next.

IIT STUART SCHOOL OF BUSINESS PREPARES YOU TO SEE THE WORLD DIFFERENTLY. AND TO REACT CONFIDENTLY.

HERE I AM. I’M READY.

HERE I AM. I’M READY.

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SURPRISE!

BIRTHDAYS, PERHAPS. IN BUSINESS, SURPRISES AREN’T NECESSARILY A GOOD THING. YOU NEED AN EDUCATION THAT TRAINS YOU TO SEE WHAT’S NEXT—TO BE PREPARED AND

MAKE CHANGE HAPPEN.

SO WHAT IS NEXT?Here’s how business will work in the future. Cutting-edge analytics and quantitative methodologies will give businesses the competitive edge. So will emerging and advanced technologies. Entrepreneurship and a “go for it!” ethic will be behind the big innovations.

THIS IS HOW BUSINESS WILL WORK IN THE NEXT GLOBAL ECONOMY.

WILL YOU BE READY?

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For 125 years, IIT has embraced technology and innovation. The same entrepreneurial spirit that led to the founding of the university in 1890 is a driving force at IIT today. It’s the same spirit that led our alumni to invent such game-changing innovations as the hand-held cell phone and Pentium chip. IIT is the only top-tier, technology-focused research university in the Chicago area with a business school.

At IIT, you will be surrounded by students who study in tech-related fields—engineers, programmers, industrial designers, lawyers, and architects. You’ll learn to speak the language of high-tech—an essential business skill in the next global economy.

ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY A different kind of university

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The Colleges of IITIIT Armour College of EngineeringIIT Chicago-Kent College of LawIIT College of ArchitectureIIT College of Science IIT Institute of DesignIIT Lewis College of Human SciencesIIT School of Applied TechnologyIIT Stuart School of Business

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CHICAGO A Great Global City

You want access to top companies and the latest industry-relevant ideas? You can get it when you live in Chicago—home to the world’s busiest futures exchange and many Fortune 500 companies.

You want to live in a city that stands out on an international stage? You can when your home is Chicago, one of the world’s great cities—and the third-largest city in the United States.

You want an all-access pass to diversity and culture on a global scale? You can find it in Chicago—a city with unpar-alleled architecture, museums, nightlife, sports, food, and cultural events.

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You can do it all in Chicago.

A CAMPUS IN THE HEART OF IT ALLAt IIT, you’ll study business in a city where business happens 24/7.

IIT’s stunning Main Campus is located just minutes south of downtown in the historic Bronzeville neighborhood. Housing the world’s largest collection of buildings by legendary architect and former faculty member Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Main Campus was named by Forbes magazine as one of “America’s most beautiful college campuses.”

IIT’s Downtown Campus, home of IIT Stuart’s part-time and evening courses, is located just steps from Chicago’s “Loop” financial district. The Board of Trade is mere blocks away. So are all the top finance companies, banks, and marketing agencies, as well as nonprofits.

BEAUTY AND BRAWN.

IIT Stuart’s Downtown Campus

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All of IIT’s Main Campus [foreground] is on the National Register of Historic Places.

IIT Stuart is different. Our students are different. So are our faculty, our academic strengths, and our outlook on business.

At Stuart, you’ll learn how to stand out. Your fellow students will represent just about every country you can name. So will Stuart’s faculty members. With such diversity, you’ll gain a global awareness and learn how to shape your own informed worldview.

IIT STUART SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

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Get used to standing out from the crowd.

Degrees that get noticed IIT Stuart’s Finance program is ranked among top global programs by Financial Times.

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IIT Stuart’s curriculum emphasizes analytics and quantitative methodology, hands-on learning, and real-world problem solving. You will learn practical skills and bold thinking. So whether you’re the head of a company or the go-to person who can answer the tough questions, you will be prepared to lead your business successfully.

What are practical skills for the next economy?

• Quantitative methods and analytics • Multidisciplinary problem-solving skills • Sustainability • Ethics and corporate social responsibility • Cultural intelligence

Recognized for sustainability and leadership IIT Stuart has been ranked among the top global programs in sustainability by Net Impact.

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1 Academic Focus IIT Stuart views the world—and the traditional business degree—differently. Our strengths include topics that will matter in the next economy: analytics, quantitative methods, finance, sustainability, and technology. We integrate these topics throughout our degree programs.

2 Technology Technology is in IIT’s name and all around our campuses. We speak the language—and you will, too.

3 Research IIT is a university where research and discoveries are taking place in innovative areas: energy and sustainability, biomedicine, food science, and data mining, among others. Stuart faculty are conducting research in cutting-edge areas such as game theory, marketing analytics, high-frequency trading, strategic energy management, and more.

4 Global Education IIT Stuart students come from all over the world. You’ll gain new knowledge about everything from politics to music—cultural awareness necessary in a world where business is increasingly global.

5 Real-World Education Our faculty members boast extensive work experience in their fields of study. This means you’ll benefit from a good balance of theory and practical instruction.

6 Strategic Competitiveness Stuart’s curricular approach is based on the framework of strategic competitiveness, which teaches the concepts of creativity, entrepreneurship, innovation, sustainability, leadership, and incisive decision making. You will learn how to compete—and create transformative change—in business and the public sector.

WHY IIT STUART?Six good reasons

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PROGRAMS

IIT Stuart offers part- and full-time graduate, doctoral, certificate, and non-degree options, including several dual- and joint-degree options. See the full list at stuart.iit.edu/programs.

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GET AN EDGE“ At Stuart, there is a focus on global financial markets and financial market structure. Financial engineering at Stuart is the perfect discipline that combines mathematics, programming, and finance. In Chicago there are many proprietary-trading companies. Finance is no longer just finance—it is an engineering discipline, and Stuart faculty identified this a long time ago. You won’t find a program like this at other schools.”

— Rajeev Ranjan (M.S. FIN ’10)

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IIT STUART STUDENTSAn international education in Chicago

If you want to know what kind of business school IIT Stuart is, look no further than our students. They are smart, diverse, culturally aware, creative, and innovative. They have an entrepreneurial spirit and like a good challenge. They are into next-economy topics like finance, data-driven marketing, and sustainability, and choose to study at Stuart because it’s different from other schools.

Our students have degrees in engineering, computer science, and law, as well as business, the social sciences, and the humanities.

Stuart students learn how to shape their own informed, global worldview through connections with fellow students from varied backgrounds and interests.

IIT Stuart students have access to co-curricular initiatives and programs that teach transformative leadership skills that recruiters and employers are seeking in top-tier business graduates. You’ll expand your perception and understanding of the global market-place while advancing your ability to innovate and lead others.

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In addition to Stuart’s business-related student organizations, IIT is home to more than 150 affinity and interest-based stu-dent groups. With organizations spanning finance, environmental management, marketing, culture, religion, athletics, and more, the opportunities to engage in the Stuart community are endless.

Business-related student groups include:

➜ Net Impact—With its international presence, Net Impact develops leaders who are able to leverage their careers and skills to facilitate transformative change in both their workplace and the world.

➜ Stuart Investments—This student-managed investment fund allows students to gain real-life investment experience by trading with real money.

➜ Beta Gamma Sigma—Representing the best and brightest in business programs, this academic honor society offers students an elite professional network on a global scale.

Winning the ChallengeA team of IIT Stuart students beat out 44 teams to win the Americas final of the 2012 CFA (Chartered

Financial Analyst) Institute Research Challenge. The Stuart team advanced to the global finale—the

equivalent of an international “Final Four.” Each year, Stuart’s team works with faculty and industry

mentors and has placed first in Chicago for several years.

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IIT STUART ALUMNIGain a go-anywhere kind of degree

Where do our graduates go? Anywhere they want, really. IIT Stuart alumni have a unique skill set, gained from study at a highly interdisciplinary school where the unifying language combines finance, analytics, and international expertise. Graduates are leaders at international corporations, work as financial analysts, and manage the sustainable growth of their businesses.

What is your definition of success?It might be the penthouse view. Or maybe it’s wearing your sneakers to work every day. It could be leading a Fortune 500 company—or being the person behind the scenes with the technical savvy to really call the shots.

CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE. THAT’S SUCCESS.

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Skills That Get Noticed“My professors had us designing our own sustainable business, doing life-cycle analyses of products, and investigating what it means to be a socially responsible corporation. These classes taught me what it takes for companies to survive in the future, and I have brought everything I learned to my current position.”

— Katie Kosirog (M.S. in Environmental Management and Sustainability ’13)

Our graduates get jobs.Just a few of the companies where our alumni work:

Blackmore PartnersBloomberg LPChicago Board of TradeCME GroupCTAGE CapitalGoldman SachsGoogle

GraingerGrant Thornton LLPKimberly-ClarkMorningstarPricewaterhouseCoopers LLPSamsung Engineering CorporationSolarmer Energy IncUnited States Government

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IIT STUART FACULTYLearn from the prosIIT Stuart students gain highly marketable career skills in analytics, internation-al business, finance, sustainability, and marketing because their professors are experts in these areas. You’ll learn from software engineers with M.B.A.s, chemists with business Ph.D.s, and environmental engineers who consult on green business strategies.

Our faculty are a gateway to the world, representing multiple countries and ethnicities. Their unique perspectives and experiences make them well equipped to teach students how to see things differently. They will prepare you to succeed in a business climate that is increasingly global and diverse.

Experience that mattersIIT Stuart faculty are world-class practitioner-scholars with industry experience that is relevant to topical business issues of the next economy.

LEARN TO SPEAK THE LANGUAGE OF THE NEXT ECONOMY FROM THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HELPING TO SHAPE IT.

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OUR FACULTY HAVE INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING

➜ Health care technology management

➜ Legislation and policy design for

the United States government

➜ Software engineering for Motorola

➜ Consulting for multinational

companies such as Samsung,

DuPont, and KPMG

➜ Green business strategy for an

international bank providing

development financing

➜ Work at the CBOE Futures Ex-

change, National Commodity

& Derivatives Exchange

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OUR PROS

Professors Who Are Professionals

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John Bilson Associate Dean Professor of Finance

Vitae

Education: B.S. and M.S. Economics, Monash University

(Australia); Ph.D. Economics, University of Chicago

Professional Experience: senior vice president, The Chicago

Corporation; president, BetaSoft Management; vice president,

Trading Development Corporation

“ Financial markets are dynamic and no approach to the markets will last forever. At IIT Stuart, we teach students how to learn, rather than what to learn. Students often ask me how I can continue to teach the same material. My answer is that the material that we teach is different every time we teach the class.

“ For finance people, Chicago is both the intellectual and practical center of the universe. I love the exchanges, the universities, and the train stations where the grain was shipped in and the people shipped out in the nineteenth century. It is impossible to study finance in this city without being aware of its historical significance.”

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Weslynne Ashton Assistant Professor of Environmental Management and Sustainability

Vitae

Education: B.S. Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute

of Technology; M.S., Ph.D. Environmental Science, Yale University

Professional Experience: consultant to various United States and

international private and public entities on cleaner production, industrial

ecology, and sustainable business strategies; managing director, Technology

Experts Caribbean Holdings (Trinidad and Tobago); environmental engineer,

Gradient Corporation (Massachusetts, U.S.)

“ Sustainability is emerging as a transformative paradigm for businesses to succeed in the next economy. It is not just about managing social and environmental impacts of factories, but also about developing innovative products and services that meet people’s needs and improve their lives. Businesses that truly understand sustainability realize that it is not confined to enhancing their corporate reputation or to a single department, but that it must be embedded throughout their companies.

“ Stuart’s program allows students to explore the breadth and depth of business and sustainability issues in the real world. Our courses cover technical aspects of environmental performance measurement, legal and policy issues, as well as traditional business functions. In many of our classes, we work with clients from the private and public sectors on projects aligned with the clients’ real needs, such as designing environmental management systems and developing strategic sustainability plans.”

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Liad WagmanAssistant Professor of Economics

Vitae

Education: B.S. Computer Science and B.A. Mathematics, University

of North Carolina; M.S. Computer Science, Stanford University; M.A.

and Ph.D. Economics, Duke University

Professional Experience: research fellow, Duke University Social

Science Research Institute; research associate, Duke University

Computer Science Department

“ My specialization is the application of modeling techniques from game theory to the study of issues in microeconomics, industrial organization, marketing, operations, and finance. Game theory helps explain the fundamental strategic tensions that exist in the marketplace, underlying many business-to-business and business-to-consumer interactions. Game theory is also the analytical backbone of Internet monetization, driving the structure behind countless advertising auctions and design decisions.

“ At IIT Stuart School of Business, we embed tools from game theory in our curriculum, beginning with a core course on managerial economics, to a course on strategic marketing, and a course on negotiations and strategic decision making. We equip our students with the ability to view interactions in the marketplace, including those between themselves and future employers, through a game-theoretic lens, shedding critical light on how to best tackle challenging real-world problems.”

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Ben Van VlietAssistant Professor of Finance Director, Center for Strategic Finance

Vitae Education: B.A. Business, Calvin College; M.S. Financial Markets

and Trading, and Ph.D. Management Science, Illinois Institute of Technology

Professional Experience: Author of Building Automated Trading Systems and

co-author of Quality Money Management, as well as numerous academic

articles relating to high-frequency trading and automation

“ There’s nothing cooler than automated trading. As an emerging discipline, automated trading covers quantitative finance, trading strategy, computer programming, risk management, project management, and even organizational structure and behavior. And Chicago is the best place in the world to study automated trading, because so many trading firms, exchanges, and hedge funds are tackling the competitive issues right in our backyard.

“ In my classes, we spend our time discussing technologies and programming techniques and applying them to problems in finance and automated trading. In their projects, my students get the chance to really get their hands dirty with the issues of getting things to work in both quantitative research and real-time trading environments. When new technologies arise, I incorporate them into my courses so students are well-prepared to hit the ground running when they get a job.”

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Let’s Get Started.Thank you for your interest in IIT Stuart School of Business. Our students, faculty, and alumni will be the first to tell you that business professionals need to be more than proficient in their fields in order to succeed in the next economy. They must possess a broad platform of skills—in cutting- edge disciplines such as finance, analytics, sustainability, and quantitative methodologies—and have the global awareness and confidence to innovate and lead.

At Stuart, you will receive the relevant, global education you need to be competitive in today’s workplace. Our programs intertwine the concepts of creativity, entrepreneurship, incisive decision making, leadership, and innovation. Our faculty-professionals offer practical instruction, where the real-world challenges of strategically competitive companies are discussed and where technology is embraced as a tool for innovation. Whether you are interested in a career with a Fortune 500 company, a nonprofit, or you are looking to start your own business, a graduate degree from IIT Stuart is the best way to prepare yourself for what lies ahead.

Harvey Kahalas Dean

Take the next step.

stuart.iit.edu/whatisnext

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