The Telfer School of Management was founded in 1969 as the "Faculty of Management Science" with Dean Joseph Debanné at the helm. At this time, the Faculty housed 715 students, more than 30 full-time faculty and approximately 20 part-time faculty.
In 2005, The School of Management received AMBA accreditation with a mandate to confirm that a school's MBA and other graduate professional programs are both of the highest quality and relevant to the changing world of business.