About the UNE College of Business

The UNE College of Business offers degrees to prepare you for a rewarding career of innovation. Be a part of our business school on the coast of Maine — gain the knowledge, skills, and ethical grounding to play a leadership role within a public or private company, nonprofit organization, or as an entrepreneur.

Maine’s Innovation Business School

Launch your business career at UNE in a community of difference-makers who seek to do well by making a positive impact. UNE’s College of Business, on the coast of Maine, produces graduates with the relevant skills and understanding needed to thrive in today’s evolving business world. We offer a range of programs from Business Administration and Marine Entrepreneurship to Accounting and Marketing degrees.

As a student in UNE’s College of Business, you are engaged with experiential learning opportunities and prepared for rewarding, enriching careers and leadership positions with some of Maine’s and the nation’s largest employers, from private entities, nonprofit organizations, professional sports organizations, manufacturers, and more.

You also benefit from many internal and external opportunities afforded to you including internships, mentorship, and interdisciplinary fellowships offered through UNE’s Office of Innovation and the P.D. Merrill Makerspace.

Welcome to the College of Business at UNE

College of Business Majors

Where time-tested meets future-forward

P.D. Merrill Makerspace

Two students discuss a project in the Makerspace

The P.D. Merrill Makerspace is a fully equipped laboratory for creating and building, turning ideas into reality, and developing solutions to real-world problems.

Explore the Makerspace

Office of Innovation

Two students work on a project in the makerspace

In the Makerspace and across campus, the Office of Innovation team partners with students, faculty, and professional staff from virtually every unit at UNE.

Discover the Office of Innovation

Moustafa Abu El Fadl

Moustafa Abu El Fadl, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Finance and Innovation

The business department here is growing, and I’m excited to be a part of that. With the accounting classes or the finance classes — we need to have a structure. We need to build them in a way where you build up management, marketing, and other skills and add those all together so that when someone says, “I have a bachelor’s degree in Business from UNE,” you have all that you need to compete for jobs. That potential drew me here to UNE, especially when I met the people who work in the Makerspace.

The way that they work with students to try to innovate with new techniques is impressive. I see opportunity there in ways that could be linked to business. You can link business applications to the Makerspace where we can then sell products. We see students who want to create or innovate a project, we give them the tools and help them, and then we show them the application and market for it. I would be happy to see those links happen at UNE.

Interprofessional Education

The fact that we have a campus in Morocco and a new program in Iceland adds a whole other element for our students. Also having a medical school is extremely unique. It’s the only one in Maine. Having that on the same campus with undergraduate students is very special. There is opportunity there to leverage business in medical applications as well.

You see these other schools that are really good in one thing — engineering, business, communication, medical — and then you have UNE, which is great in many areas and so is in a league of its own.

When you have a bachelor’s degree in business from UNE, you have all that you need to compete for jobs.

Business Student Success By The Numbers

95%

of undergrads employed or in ongoing higher education within one year of graduating

2016-2023 UNE graduate surveys
#1

in Maine for getting a job

Zippia 2023

A Business School on Maine’s Coast

As a student in one of our Maine-based Business degree programs, you study on UNE’s scenic Biddeford Campus, where the waters of the Saco River flow into the Atlantic Ocean. Over the years, this location has inspired students and faculty from around the world. Recently named the youngest city in Maine, Biddeford and its twin city, Saco, boast an up-and-coming, hip downtown offering delicious eateries, exciting social and cultural events, and more. With the transformation of the old Biddeford/Saco mills into restaurants, breweries, housing, fitness facilities, salons, and retailers, there is something for everyone to explore in downtown. Looking to try a new type of food, grab a coffee, or shop for locally-made clothes? Biddeford/Saco has it all. 

Business Degrees Accreditation

The University of New England’s Business Administration and Sport Leadership and Management programs are accredited Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs.

Report to Communities of Interest and Student Achievement (PDF)

College of Business Frequently Asked Questions