Professors and students collaborate in the computer center.
Our mission statement: We prepare and inspire current and future leaders and stimulate economic growth by providing quality learning opportunities, valuable research, and professional service, all in partnership with the business community.
The University of Southern Maine School of Business is located in Portland, Maine --an acclaimed faculty and serious, career-minded students working hand-in-hand with New England’s business leaders to create academic and real world, practice-based partnerships inside the classroom and inside the business place. We are proud to be among the top third of business schools in America accredited by the prestigious AACSB International (www.aacsb.edu). Explore our site and find out why the School of Business at USM should be your choice for a business education.
Conversations near Luther Bonney Hall; always a favorite place in the Spring.
The University of Southern Maine is the largest of the seven campuses of the University of Maine System, as well as one of the oldest, with its founding in Gorham in 1878. USM is a major educational force in the overall growth and improvement of the economic, civic, social, and cultural fabric of southern Maine. From its campuses in Portland, Gorham, and Lewiston, USM offers baccalaureate, master's, and Ph.D. degree programs, providing students with rich learning opportunities in the arts, humanities, politics, health sciences, business, mass communications, science, engineering, and technology.

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