Foster is #10 in the nation for accounting research, #2 for financial accounting research in latest BYU Accounting Rankings

The annual BYU Accounting Rankings list the University of Washington Foster School of Business at #10 in the United States (#12 in the world) for accounting research published in the discipline’s top 12 journals over the past six years (2017-2022). Foster ranks #16 for accounting research productivity since 1990. Foster’s Department of Accounting faculty also registers... Read More

Celebrating the women of Foster’s Full-time MBA community

March is Women’s History Month, but striving for gender equality is a year-round pursuit for the Foster School’s Full-time MBA Program. The program is led by Wendy Guild, Foster’s assistant dean of MBA programs. And its curriculum is delivered by many distinguished female faculty members, including Elizabeth Umphress, plus Crystal Farh and Masha Shunko, winners... Read More

Gratitude, greatness and groove at the 20th annual Celebration of African American Alumni Achievement

The Foster School’s 20th Celebration for African American Alumni Achievement was just that—a joyous celebration, beginning in song and ending in dance. The in-between was just as jubilant, too. At this annual event, established in 2003 by the late Foster Professor Thaddeus H. Spratlen, nearly 300 students, alumni, partners and friends gathered in a spirit... Read More

CISB Foreign Market Strategy Competition Runs to Taiwan

On January 26th, 2023, the Certificate of International Studies in Business Program (CISB) hosted its 16th annual Foreign Market Strategy Competition. The goal of this competition is to gain hands-on experience in foreign market entry analysis by presenting to companies on expansion overseas. Each CISB language track prepared, presented, and competed for the most optimal... Read More

Foster retains #24 spot in Poets&Quants rankings of best undergrad business programs

For the second consecutive year leading industry publication Poets&Quants ranked the Foster School #24, #8 among public schools, and #1 in the Northwest of 93 schools in the 2023 Best Undergraduate Business Programs. Foster benefited from the rankings increased emphasis on diversity in admissions, an area in which Foster has a long-standing commitment. Foster performed... Read More