| 1888 |
The Georgia School of Technology opens in October, offering a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering to 129 students, with five professors and five shop supervisors. |
| 1912 |
A School of Commerce is created to provide business education to Georgia Tech students. |
| 1933 |
The newly-created Board of Regents consolidates Georgia's system of higher education; the School of Commerce is moved to the University of Georgia. |
| 1934 |
An Industrial Management program is established at Georgia Tech to meet the need for management training in a technical environment. |
| 1945 |
The Master of Science in Industrial Management is authorized as the first professional management degree in the state. |
| 1969 |
The School of Industrial Management becomes the College of Industrial Management. |
| 1970 |
The PhD program in Management is established. |
| 1989 |
A number of academic units are reorganized at Georgia Tech, and the the College of Management is combined with the schools of economics, humanities and social sciences to create the Ivan Allen College of Management, Policy and International Affairs. |
| 1993 |
The Georgia Tech Center for International Business Education and Research (GT CIBER), one of 27 national resource centers competitively funded by the US Department of Education, is established in the School of Management. |
| 1994 |
The School of Management established the Office of Executive and Professional programs to offer management development programs to practicing managers and executives. |
| 1995 |
Industrial Management alumnus Tom DuPree (1974) commits $5 million to the School of Management to create a Center for Entrepreneurship and New Venture Development. The first Executive Master's in the Management of Technology (EMSMOT) class enrolls. |
| 2000 |
Georgia Tech announces plans for the Midtown Atlanta Fifth Street Project, which includes new management and executive education buildings. |
| 2003 |
The College of Management moves into its new location at Technology Square, the emerging center of technology located off Fifth Street in Midtown Atlanta. |
| 2005 |
The Global Executive MBA Program is launched as a companion program to the Executive MBA in Management of Technology. |
| 2006 |
The College of Management defines its mission to become "the world's preeminent business school for technology and management" under the leadership of new Dean Steve Salbu.
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| 2007 |
The first students enroll in the College’s Evening MBA Program.
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| 2008 |
In partnership with the College of Engineering, the College of Management starts the Steven A. Denning Technology & Management Program, which cross-trains students in business and engineering. The Colleges of Computing and Sciences later join the interdisciplinary program.
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| 2009 |
The College receives an anonymous $25 million gift ($20 million of which is a dollar-for-dollar matching grant, with a deadline of mid-2012). The growth in endowment made possible by the Challenge Grant provides support for faculty chairs and professorships, undergraduate student scholarships, and graduate student fellowships.
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| 2011 |
The College changes the undergraduate degree name from a bachelor of science in management (BSM) to a bachelor of science in business administration (BBA). The change aligns the undergraduate program to the various Master of Business Administration (MBA) degrees offered at the College.
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