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On December 14, 2009 the New Jersey Presidents’ Council approved the new Master of Business and Science (MBS) degree at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey for the New Brunswick and Camden campuses. Newark approval is expected in early Spring. The MBS degree is part of a national movement of Professional Science Master’s programs that brings together master’s level study in science or engineering with “plus” courses in business and policy. Rutgers is the only university in New Jersey that offers a statewide Master of Business and Science degree with concentrations in areas such as Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Food Science, International Agriculture, Statistics and Biostatistics, and Sustainability.

Spearheaded by Dean David Finegold of the School of Management and Labor Relations (SMLR), the new master’s degree program involves an unprecedented number and level of partnerships at all three Rutgers campuses in Newark, New Brunswick and Camden.
The Professional Science Master’s Program at Rutgers is a combination of an MS and MBA degree with 43 credits: up to 24 credits in the sciences and/or engineering and 19 credits in business. The business and policy component of the degree consists of core courses in finance and accounting, marketing, communication and leadership, management of science and technology electives, ethics and a capstone course, teaching entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship.

Applications are now being accepted for the Master of Business and Science degree by going to gradstudy.rutgers.edu . Please look for Business and Science 137.

We are grateful for the support received from the Sloan Foundation, the U.S. Department of Education, and WIRED-Bio 1 to create and launch this new program.

**We are currently working on a new website with all curriculum information. We will be launching it in January 2010.**

In the mean time, if you have any questions, please contact our office at (732) 445-5117 or email us at: info@psm.rutgers.edu. If you haven't already done so, please fill out our contact form, or our survey. We would like to hear from you!