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Business ANALYTICS & Statistics
Become a Corporate Partner
If you become a corporate partner, you will have early and frequent access in recruiting students, engaging in our Business Analytics Forum and potential to participate in a capstone project, just to name a few benefits! At the Haslam College of Business, we offer companies access to top talent and cutting-edge research. The connection between industry and academia strengthens both and adds value for our participating companies.
Click on the link below to learn more about our Corporate Partnerships and how you can become a member with priority access to our department and students.
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Recruit Top Talent
Corporate Partners receive invitations to all on-campus recruiting activities and gain early access to students at the Business Analytics Forum, held ahead of job fairs in mid-September. Through career fairs, speed networking events, hackathons, and case competitions, we connect our partners with a highly qualified pool of talent. Additionally, we encourage Corporate Partners to reach out to explore opportunities for direct engagement with our students.
Research
Haslam’s business analytics faculty keeps its research connected to industry to remain innovative and relevant, and corporate partner program members inform that research. Our faculty is internationally renowned in supply chain analytics, data mining, web analytics, financial analytics, process improvement and multiple other topics. Their research has been quoted in the Washington Post, Business Wire, DataInformed and Information Week.
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Cutting-Edge Research
We were named in the Top Ten Most Prominent Analytics and Data Science Institutes!
Analytics Insight magazine named the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business as one of its “10 Most Prominent Analytics and Data Science Institutes” of 2019 in its July issue. Analytics Insight specifically credited Haslam’s Master of Science in Business Analytics program as immersing students in a one-of-a-kind, real-world capstone course experience that will enable the next generation of data scientists to lead forward-thinking organizations’ business analytics operations.
Our Students
- #22 business analytics program by TFE Times
- Top 10 MBA program for analytics by Find-MBA
- Nation’s 1st analytics program in a business school
Our students are educated in the best practices of the field and receive training in its latest technologies. They have access to a $5 million, IBM-enabled advanced analytics lab and work with companies on real problems before they graduate.
Corporate partner program members have the opportunity to work directly with our top-ranked students on their own company data and inform the business analytics curriculum.
Recruiting Students
Whether you are looking for interns or full-time employees, our students and graduates offer a unique skill set. They have the technical proficiency to solve challenging data problems and the business strategy acumen to communicate data solutions throughout all areas of your organization.
Our graduates have dealt with real-world problems and have strong analytical skills in:
- Data Management
- Data Mining
- Predictive Modeling
- Forecasting
- Optimization
Melton Scholars
The Melton Scholars are an elite group of undergraduate students pursuing research in business analytics. They receive an academic scholarship and aim to produce a publishable academic research paper by the time they graduate. They present their research findings each year at the corporate partner program, where members have an opportunity to speak to them about their work.
For more information visit the Melton Scholars webpage or contact Adam Petrie.
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Engage with Industry Experts
Corporate Partners engage with students and faculty throughout the year, building meaningful connections that enhance recruitment and collaboration. The Business Analytics Forum serves as a premier opportunity for engagement, offering exclusive benefits such as assigned seating at meals for targeted networking and structured speed interview sessions to connect with top talent.
Our corporate partner program brings together business’s greatest analytical minds with our top-ranked faculty and students to derive new insights and find new applications for data. Other ways corporate partner industry experts may participate with our students include:
- Capstone Projects: Our Premier Corporate Partners have first consideration in our capstone projects. Our master’s students generate business insights from data sets belonging to our corporate partners.
- Speak to a Club: Inspire the next generation of business leaders by speaking to one of our student organizations. You can discuss a particular area of expertise or give general tips for success in your organization and beyond.
- Speak in a Class: Join us at the Haslam College of Business for a day to share with our students and faculty how your company uses analytics to drive better business decisions. By sharing your time, you will be building a collaborative relationship between your company and the university, giving you the opportunity for earlier access to pivotal research and graduates with outstanding skill sets.
If you are interested in becoming a member or would like to learn more, please review our Corporate Partner Info Sheet and contact Julie Ferrara (jferrara@utk.edu).
- Internships & Talent Development: Partnering with the Business Analytics & Statistics (BAS) department provides direct access to a pipeline of top-tier talent. Our students bring strong analytical, technical, and problem-solving skills to real-world business challenges. Through internships, companies can engage with high-performing students, evaluate potential full-time hires, and gain fresh perspectives on data-driven decision-making. Whether you’re looking for undergraduate, master’s, or PhD candidates, our program helps connect you with the right talent to meet your business needs.
- Business Analytics Forum: Our forum brings together business’s greatest analytical minds with its top-ranked faculty and students to derive new insights and find new applications for data. If you are interested in becoming a member or would like to learn more, please visit the Business Analytics Forum website and contact Julie Ferrara.
- Class Projects: If your company is looking for some answers to a question and is willing to work with our faculty to provide data and have students use this in one of their classes, please contact us.
- Capstone Projects: Our Premier Corporate Partners have first consideration in our capstone projects. Our master’s students generate business insights from data sets belonging to our corporate partners.
- Speak to a Club: Inspire the next generation of business leaders by speaking to one of our student organizations. You can discuss a particular area of expertise or give general tips for success in your organization and beyond.
- Speak in a Class: Join us at the Haslam College of Business for a day to share with our students and faculty how your company uses analytics to drive better business decisions. By sharing your time, you will be building a collaborative relationship between your company and the university, giving you the opportunity for earlier access to pivotal research and graduates with great skill-sets.
- Make a Gift to our BAS Excellence Fund: Gifts to our Business Analytics and Statistics Excellence Fund allow us to immediately enhance the educational experience for our students. These gifts are among the most important and valuable forms of the college because they can be accessed quickly, and used where the need is greatest. Every gift, no matter the size, makes a difference. Learn about the various ways to give, speak to a development officer about the best use of your gift or donate now.
- Sponsor our Welcome Back event: Help us welcome our new class of MSBA students and welcome back our returning 2nd years from their internships by sponsoring our annual Welcome Back event. Bring your colleagues and be the first company to meet all of our new students while celebrating the start of class.
- Mentor a Student: If you wish to serve as a mentor, you can help a student transition from college to the working world. Mentors are invaluable to our students to help reinforce classroom lessons and help guide our students while navigating career opportunities.
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Learn
Our faculty can help partners work through challenges. Informal conversations, brainstorming sessions, and presentation attendance put expert thought leadership and tailored advice at your fingertips.
Partner with our Faculty: The Haslam College of Business partners with businesses to understand their greatest data insight needs and remain on the leading edge of this rapidly developing industry. You can also support our internationally recognized faculty in researching supply chain analytics, data mining, web analytics, financial analytics, process improvement and other areas. Faculty members seek input from partners on research topics, accept donations of data and work with companies to produce white papers on best practices in the field. Learn more about their expertise or contact us about partnering on research projects.