The VCU School of Business is located in the heart of Richmond, Virginia one of the most vibrant business communities in the country. If you want to study business, go where business is done!

Our corporate support and involvement are superb. Our students have ready access to professional faculty, business mentors, internships and co-ops, and more. Take a look at our Foundation Board of Trustees, Business Council and our Alumni Board to get an idea of the quality individuals involved with our school. Start making connections by visiting our Business and Engineering Career Center.

Programs like the CEO Class, the Charles G. Thalhimer Family Executive-in-Residence, and the Charles G. Thalhimer Family Scholar-in-Residence, bring in people at the highest levels of their companies and fields to share knowledge with students and faculty.

Events such as the International Business Forum, the Real Estate Trends Conference, and the Risk and Insurance Studies Conference, and Tech Tuesdays bring businesspeople, faculty and students together on a regular basis.

Richmond is also beautiful city and a fun place to live! Check out some of the Things to Do Around VCU.

Accolades for Richmond

One of the nation's 10 best places for business and careers, rated 7th among the 200 largest metro areas by Forbes, March 19, 2008.

One of North America's top five large cities for best quality of life, human resources, and development and investment promotion in Foreign Direct Investment (fDi) magazine's "North American Cities of the Future 2007/08" competition, April/May 2007 issue.

Number 26 of the nation's 50 "smart places to live" in the June 2006 issue of Kiplinger's Personal Finance.

The sixth best metro area to get a job (of the nation's 100 largest metro areas), according to Forbes.com, July 19, 2006.

America's 14th best metropolitan area for small business in Bizjournals.com, January 2006