SMLR Snapshot

About

Rutgers' School of Management and Labor Relations (SMLR pronounced "simler") is the leading source of expertise on the world of work, building effective and sustainable organizations, and the changing employment relationship. The school is comprised of two departments—one focused on all aspects of strategic human resource management and the other dedicated to the social science specialties related to labor studies and employment relations. In addition, SMLR provides many continuing education and certificate programs taught by world-class researchers and expert practitioners.

Why SMLR

SMLR provides a unique learning experience, where you can: 

• Learn from expert faculty—the most cited and published.
• Experience innovative teaching methods.
• Network with industry leaders.
• Gain employment opportunities.

Academic Programs

Undergraduate

• B.A. program in human resource management
• B.A. program in labor studies and employment relations
• B.S. program in labor and employment relations

Graduate & Doctoral

• Master of Human Resource Management
• Global Executive Master’s degree in Human Resource Leadership
• Master of Labor and Employment Relations
• Ph.D. program in Industrial Relations Human Resources (IRHR)

Continuing Education/Certificate Programs

• LEARN
• Center for Management Development
• Additional Centers and Research Programs

History

SMLR was originally established by an act of the New Jersey legislature in 1947 as the Institute of Management and Labor Relations (IMLR). Like its counterparts that were created in the other large industrial states at the same time, the Institute was chartered to promote new forms of labor-management cooperation following the industrial unrest at the end of World War II. It officially became a school at the flagship campus of the State University of New Jersey in New Brunswick/Piscataway in 1994. Click here to read about the history of labor education at Rutgers and the IMLR.