1981 | The instruction and research section in enterprise management was founded, and the Department of Management Engineering (DME) was in preparation. |
1982 | DME was founded and started to provide training programs for government officials (associate degree). |
1983 | DME kicked off the bachelor’s degree program in management engineering. |
1984 | DME was authorized to run the master’s degree program in management science and engineering and began the enrollment. |
1986 | The instruction and research section in industrial economy, under the Department of Social Science, began to recruit master’s degree candidates in industrial economy. |
1992 | School of Business Administration (SBA) was founded on the bases of DME and the instruction and research section for industrial economy at the Department of Social Science. |
1993 | SBA kicked off its MBA program as one of the second batch of authorized schools in China. |
1997 | The Shantou Alumni Building donated by alumni in Shantou was put into use. |
1998 | SBA was authorized to run doctoral degree program in the state Level I Discipline of management science and engineering. |
2000 | The instruction and research section in accounting at the Department of Mathematics was incorporated into SBA as the Department of Accounting. |
2002
| SBA kicked off its EMBA program as one of the first authorized schools in China. |
SBA was authorized to launch its Master of Engineering (ME) program in industrial engineering. |
SBA was authorized to run its doctoral degree program in the state Level II Discipline of enterprise management. |
SBA completed the renovation project of the Building No.12 (previously a building of law school) allocated by SCUT. |
The SBA Alumni Association was founded and held the first council meeting. |
2004 | SBA was authorized to kick off ME programs in project management and logistics. |
| The SBA Senior Executive Training Center was established on the basis of the existing training center. |
| The SBA’s discipline of management science and engineering was rated as a provincial key discipline by the Guangdong Provincial Department of Education. |
2005 | SBA was chosen as a state-level Innovation Research Base for New Form of Industrialization as part of the philosophy and social science innovation platform of the “985” project launched by the Ministry of Education. |
2007 | The renovation projects of the Building No.22 and the Shantou Alumni Building were completed and put into use. |
The SBA’s discipline of enterprise management was rated as a provincial key discipline by the Guangdong Provincial Department of Education. |
2009 | The Comprehensive Experimental Teaching Center in Liberal Arts, which was founded by the SBA and other 6 schools, was rated as the national experimental teaching demonstration by the Ministry of Education. |
The 2nd Council of the SBA Alumni Association was founded. |
2010 | With the SBA teaching experiment platform as mainstay, the Experimental Teaching Center for Economics and Management was rated as the national experimental teaching demonstration by the Ministry of Education. |
SBA was authorized to run doctoral degree program in the state Level I Discipline of business management. |
SBA was authorized to offer the Master of Professional Accounting (MPAcc) program and the Master of Valuation (MV) program. |
2011 | The School of Entrepreneurship Education was founded on the base of SBA. |
2012 | SBA was authorized to establish the Key Laboratory of Innovation Method and Decision Management System of Guangdong Province. |
The MBA and EMBA programs were awarded with the AMBA accreditation. |
2013 | The 3rd Council of the SBA Alumni Association was founded. |
2015 | The MBA and EMBA programs were re-accredited by AMBA. |
SCUT (School of Entrepreneurship Education) was selected as one of the first batch of demonstration institutes offering entrepreneurship education to college students in Guangdong Province. |
2016 | Doctoral degree programs in Management Science and Engineering and Business Administration passed the evaluation on degree conferral authorization with a result classified as “excellent”. |
2017 | In the 4th round of the China University Subject Rankings, SBA’s subject of Management Science and Engineering entered the 1st tier group with grade A- (top 5%-10%) and ranking 10th; the subject of Business Administration was evaluated as B+ (top 10%-20%) and ranked 25th. |
2018 | MBA program ranked A- (top 7%-15%) in the first edition of China University Professional-degree Rankings launched by the National Education Inspection Commission Office of the State Council and the China Academic Degrees and Graduate Education Development Center of MOE. |
2019 | SBA attained AACSB accreditation. |
Business Administration major was named national top undergraduate program by Ministry of Education |
2020 | The MBA and EMBA programs were re-accredited by AMBA. |