Centers of Excellence
Advancing the Leeds Academic Experience
The Centers of Excellence at Leeds School of Business enhance the student academic experience through experiential learning, academic research, community engagement and industry exposure.
Connecting academic programs to the global business community, our Centers of Excellence help students translate, integrate and transfer classroom concepts into real-world insights.
How our Centers of Excellence enhance the Leeds academic experience
Promote thought leadership and intellectual innovation
Enrich and advance business education by providing real-world context to the classroom
Cultivate relationships and engagement with industry leaders and organizations
Advance student job placement through innovative programs
Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
As the bridges to our communities, the Centers of Excellence play a critical role in the greater conversation of diversity, equity and inclusion. Some of our current actions include:
- Connect diverse judges and speakers to Leeds events and classes
- Listen to diverse students to make our Center activities more relevant and inclusive
- Lift up diverse voices in our communication channels
- Cultivate supportive relationships with the diverse business community
- Support our diverse entrepreneurs and business owners via our mentoring and support programming
- Provide our stories, images and examples for our classrooms that include diverse representation
Academic Centers of Excellence
The Burridge Center for Finance develops and supports programs, resources and events that enhance the student experience, engage our alumni, support faculty research and provide a forum for the exchange of ideas with investment practitioners. The Burridge Center has been fostering research and dialogue on issues affecting money managers, their clients and securities markets since 1997.
The Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility connects Leeds with the sustainable business community. We do this in part by sharing groundbreaking research related to business solutions to environmental challenges, diversity and inclusion, and ethical, transformative leadership. We also offer professional skills workshops, panels, Career Treks and networking events that give students the opportunity to connect with B Corps, natural products companies, renewable energy companies, outdoor industry companies, corporate social responsibility professionals and more.
Founded in 1989 by a passionate group of local real estate industry leaders, the Michael A. Klump Center for Real Estate offers real estate students access to world-class faculty, relevant and broad course offerings and professional networks of developers, investors and real estate managers.
The Deming Center for Entrepreneurship helps students build a toolkit enabling them to build what they envision. Through experiential learning, research and community engagement, Leeds students learn principles in entrepreneurship while developing career-long skills that are applicable whether they鈥檙e launching startups or 鈥渋ntrapreneuring鈥 and building teams in a corporate environment.
Research Centers of Excellence
The Business Research Division conducts economic impact studies and customized research projects that assist companies, associations, nonprofits and government agencies with making sound business and policy decisions.
Conducts original scientific research and promotes dialogue among experts from academia, business, and government on the topic of how to help consumers make better financial decisions.