By Our Correspondent
NEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR: Jindal Steel and Power Limited Chairman and former Lok Sabha MP, Naveen Jindal on Thursday expressed his happiness after the Naveen Jindal School of Management at The University of Texas at Dallas moved up 8 spots overall and into the top 40 U.S. schools listed in new full-time global MBA rankings from Financial Times.
“Great news! @jindal_utdallas ranked among top 40 U.S. schools in Financial Times rankings. Congratulations to the #JSOM family,” Naveen Jindal tweeted@MPNaveenJindal.
The Naveen Jindal School of Management at The University of Texas at Dallas moved up eight spots overall and into the top 40 U.S. schools listed in new full-time global MBA rankings from Financial Times,media reports said.
Released on February 8, the 2021 FT standings rate the top 100 full-time MBA programs around the world. The Jindal School jumped in the overall standings from No. 81 (tied) last year to No. 73 this year. That is a 20-spot advancement in the five years since JSOM first appeared on the list at No. 93 in 2017.Among ranked U.S. public schools, the Jindal School first cracked the top 20 last year, coming in at No. 18. This year, the school moved up one spot, to No. 17.
The Jindal School advanced 12 places in the research ranking, moving from the No. 17 spot last year to No. 5. That position was determined by the number of scholarly articles full-time faculty members published in 50 selected academic and practitioner journals between January 2018 and July 2020. Then the total was weighted, relative to each school’s faculty size, FT reports said.
The University of Texas at Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management is the largest of UT Dallas’ eight schools, with a fall 2019 enrollment of 9,069, about half of whom are graduate students. The school provides outstanding tuition value, a wide variety of classes on campus and online, flexible scheduling and a convenient location easily accessed from U.S. Highway 75 (Central Expressway), the President George Bush Turnpike and Dallas North Tollway.
The Jindal School of Management keeps abreast of corporate and industry needs as an essential component in providing students with rigorous training and relevant skills for professional success. Programs are offered at the bachelor’s, master’s, PhD and Executive levels. Programs focus on six areas of business specialization.
