Background
The University of Florida's Warrington College of Business Administration is one of the country's top-rated public business programs and, as a part of a Research 1 institution, is dedicated to a substantial research agenda, in addition to our teaching mission. Through our research and programs, we add value to society through business and socioeconomic development on a global level: helping business define best practices, developing students into ethical business leaders who possess superb quantitative and analytical skills and, through outreach programs, helping individuals lead better lives.
The announcement that a College of Business would be established on the University of Florida campus was made in May 1925. At the time, the Department of Business Administration offered 22 courses, which were taught by three teachers. By the time the school officially opened in May 1926, the department had become the School of Business Administration and Journalism, in the College of Arts and Sciences. By fall of that 1926, the College of Commerce and Journalism opened as a separate entity on the UF campus. In 1929, the College was accredited by AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, and its first dean, Walter Matherly, was elected as AACSB president in 1935. By 1948, the College was offering M.B.A, M.A. and Ph.D. degrees. The College received a major endowment from alumnus Alfred C. Warrington (BSAc 1958) in 1996 and was renamed in his honor.
In 1999, the Warrington College became the first U.S. business school to receive EQUIS accreditation (European Quality Improvement system) from EFMD, the European Foundation for Management Development.
