as part of the program, which typically can be completed in four terms or fewer. In addition to the Accounting program, Katz also offers Master of Science degrees for the following disciplines: Accounting and Business Analytics Finance Finance and Business Analytics Information Systems Management Management and Business Analytics Marketing Science Marketing Science and Business Analytics Supply Chain Management Supply Chain Management and Business Analytics Supply Chain Management and Industrial Engineering (A joint-degree program with the Swanson School of Engineering) Doctoral program Katz offers a doctoral program that prepares students to become research-oriented faculty members. Doctoral students can focus in seven areas of study: Accounting; Business Analytics and Operations; Information Systems and Technology Management; Finance; Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Management; Strategic Management; Marketing. The faculty and doctoral students closely collaborate with researchers across the University of Pittsburgh, one of the nation's leading research institutions. Katz is ranked 39th in North America and 44th in the world from 2009 to 2013 in Business School Research contribution. One research focus that produced a lot of publications in Finance is M&A deals across many industries. Most faculty members are also very active in business projects from community development to consulting multinational companies. Research and education centers There are six education and research centers within Pitt Business: the Katz Center for Executive Education, the Center for Health and Care Work, the David Berg Center for Ethics and Leadership, the Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence, the International Business Center, and the Center for Supply Chain Management. The later, designated as one of 33 national resource Centers for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) by the U.S. Department of Education, was founded in 1990 as a joint venture of Katz and Pitt's University Center for International Studies. It supports student global business projects, faculty development trips abroad, foreign language instruction programs, research grants, and foreign exchange programs. Katz maintains international linkages with colleges and universities around the world to facilitate study and research abroad. These include Monterrey Institute of Technology in Monterrey, Mexico, Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, in Valparaíso, Chile, the Universitat Augsburg, the Hochschule Pforzheim, Universität Witten/Herdecke and the European Business School near Frankfurt. People Faculty The faculty at Pitt Business consists of about 90 full-time professors, organized into seven different discipline groups: Accounting, Business Analytics and Operations, Finance, Information Systems and Technology Management, Marketing and Business Economics, and Organizations and Entrepreneurship. Pitt Business faculty