Financial Times Ranks Smith School Among Worlds Top Business Schools Smith Ranked No. 6 for IT and No. 7 for eBusiness

College Park, Md. - January 28, 2008 - The MBA program at the University of Marylands Robert H. Smith School of Business is ranked No. 18 in the United States in the Financial Times MBA 2008 rankings, published today. The school ranked No. 6 among business schools globally in the Best in IT category and No. 7 in the Best in eBusiness category, both of which are based upon alumni recommendations.

The influential rankings place Smiths MBA program No. 2 among the top 20 U.S. schools in the value for money category. This is the seventh consecutive year the Smith School has placed in the top tier. The schools MBA program comes in at No. 5 program among public business schools in the United States. Smiths PhD program is ranked No. 6 in the U.S. and No. 13 in the world and the school is No. 11 in the world for research.

The Smith School holds steady its place among a handful of schools worldwide that are truly leading management education, practice and research, said Howard Frank, dean of the Robert H. Smith School of Business. Weve earned our place among the truly innovative top tier of research institutions worldwide while maintaining the ability to give our students some of the best possible returns for their educational investment. This is a remarkable achievement.

The Financial Times rankings are compiled from two questionnaires one for the business schools and the other for the MBA class of 2005. The value for the money criterion is calculated using the salary earned by alumni three years after graduation and course costs. The research rating is calculated by number of faculty publications in 40 international academic and practitioner journals. Points are accrued by the business school at which the author is presently employed and adjustment is made for faculty size.

About the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business
The Robert H. Smith School of Business is an internationally recognized leader in management education and research. One of 14 colleges and schools at the University of Maryland, College Park, the Smith School offers undergraduate, full-time and part-time MBA, executive MBA, executive MS, PhD and executive education programs, as well as outreach services to the corporate community. The school offers its degree, custom and certification programs in learning locations on three continents - North America, Europe and Asia.