OUR MISSION
The Henry W. Bloch School of Business and Public Administration at the University of Missouri-Kansas City prepares entrepreneurial and innovative leaders to meet the demands of a changing world and advances knowledge and practice through excellent teaching, scholarship, outreach and service.
OUR VISION
Our graduates are recognized for their innovative solutions to the challenges of a changing global marketplace, entrepreneurial mindset, ethical conduct and critical thinking skills. Our creative scholarship enhances both theoretical understanding and practical applications, and our service and outreach activities advance careers by expanding access to learning and professional development.
PRESTIGE
The Bloch School is the only fully accredited school of both business and public administration in the greater Kansas City area, located on a beautiful campus beside Kansas City’s famous Country Club Plaza. The Bloch School is nationally ranked, with distinction in a wide range of specializations, from entrepreneurship and innovation to real estate and nonprofit management.
Bloch has built programs that are garnering national recognition through rankings, as well as enthusiastic local support, including the Executive MBA (founded in 1995), the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (founded in 2005) and the Lewis White Real Estate Center (founded in 2007).
CONNECTED
In 1986 the school received an endowment from Henry Bloch, co-founder of H&R Block, and in recognition the school was named in his honor. Throughout its history and today, the school maintains close connections to the business and civic community. We consult with local leaders about the skills that they need from Bloch graduates, and those skills are found in our curricula across undergraduate and graduate degrees, executive education and certificate programs. More than 13,000 Bloch alumni live and work in the greater Kansas City area, forming a powerful network.
WORLD-RENOWNED FACULTY
The Bloch School is known for its very diverse and accomplished faculty. Nearly all of our full-time faculty members hold PhDs or doctoral equivalents.
Bloch is home to two of the world’s top scholars in innovation management as well as founder of Harvard University's National Center for Educational Leadership. Bloch faculty publish extensively in top journals, write internationally acclaimed books and are in demand to advise and consult with leading corporations, governmental agencies and nonprofit organizations across the nation and around the world.
