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Beta Gamma Sigma or ΒΓΣ is an honor society for business students and scholars. Founded in 1913 at the University of Wisconsin, it has about 540,000 members, recruiting them from 430 chapters in AACSB-accredited business schools. Founded as a US organization, it has in recent years added collegiate chapters in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Mexico, South Korea, Spain and United Arab Emirates. An honor society (or honour society) is an organization or rank, the induction into which recognizes excellence among ones peers. ... The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) - is the USA based body which awards accreditation following a review of the quality of Scotts site can be found at Degree programmes delivered by Management Schools. ... In the USA a business school is a graduate school which offers an Masters of Business Administration. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations by or about: United States Wikinews has news related to this article: United States United States government CIA World Factbook Entry for United States House. ...


The aim of Beta Gamma Sigma is to encourage and honor academic achievement in the study of business and to foster personal and professional excellence among its inducted members. Beta Gamma Sigma members reside in over 160 countries. Beta Gamma Sigma also has 18 alumni chapters located in major metropolitan areas in the U.S. and Hong Kong which provide educational and networking opportunities for members.


Membership requirements include that a student must be in the top 10% of a baccalaureate business program or the top 20% of a masters business program.


The organization is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies and the Federation of Business Honor Societies. The Association of College Honor Societies (ACHS), founded in 1925, is a predominantly American organization that serves a number of functions with respect to national collegiate and post-graduate honor societies. ...


External links

  • Beta Gamma Sigma website

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Beta Gamma Sigma (631 words)
The mission of Beta Gamma Sigma is to encourage and honor academic achievement in the study of business and to foster personal and professional excellence among its members.
Lifetime membership in Beta Gamma Sigma is the highest achievement available to business students anywhere in the world, and is extended to the upper 7 percent of juniors, the top 10 percent of seniors, and the upper 20 percent of graduate students.
Beta Gamma Sigma collegiate chapters currently operate on 417 college and university campuses, and can be found in all 50 states and on four continents.
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