School of Management Science was founded in 1980 and was formerly the Department of Industrial Enterprise Management at Sichuan University of Science & Engineering. It is one of the earliest departments in Sichuan Province to offer undergraduate majors in management. The School of Management Science has two first level disciplines, Management Science and Engineering, and Business Administration. It has six undergraduate majors, including Engineering Management, Business Administration, Accounting, Human Resources Management, Marketing, and E-commerce. Management Science and Engineering is a regional first-class discipline, while Engineering Management and Accounting are both first-class and characteristic majors in Sichuan Province. The school has a first-level master’s degree program in Management Science and Engineering and a master’s degree program in Accounting. The school is committed to the construction of the conditions for applying for doctoral programs in the first-level discipline of Management Science and Engineering.

The school has a faculty team with high academic achievements and rich teaching experience. There are currently 111 faculty and staff members, including 1 second level professor, 38 professors, associate professors, and others. There are 33 teachers with doctoral degrees, 4 doctoral supervisors, 29 master’s supervisors, and nearly 20 experts and talents at national, provincial, and ministerial levels. As of December 2023, the school has a total of over 3100 undergraduate, graduate, and international students, with over 22300 graduates.

The school has won more than 50 national and provincial innovation projects, 1 national bronze award and 1 provincial gold award of “Internet plus”, 1 first prize and 1 second prize of Malanhua National Entrepreneurship Training Competition, 1 Longding Award of the National 3D Digital Innovation Design Competition, 17 prizes of the final of the National University Business Elite Challenge, 1 second prize of the “Challenge Cup”, and the provincial silver award of “Youth Creation” One bronze medal each.  

In terms of academic research, the School of Management Science has always adhered to the academic development concept of "learn to apply, use to learn", "integrating industry and education, supporting each other in the five aspects", and "serving the country and looking at the world", committed to the prosperity and development of the management discipline. The school has three provincial-level key research platforms, including the Sichuan Philosophy and Social Sciences Key Research Base "Sichuan Liquor Development Research Center", the Sichuan Philosophy and Social Sciences Key Laboratory "Baijiu Digital Intelligent Management and Ecological Decision Optimization Laboratory in the Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River", and the Sichuan Provincial People's Congress Economic Commission Key Research Base "Chengdu Chongqing Double City Economic Circle South Sichuan Development Research Institute".

In the past five years, the School of Management Science has won nearly 300 national, provincial, and ministerial level projects, with a total of over 16 million yuan in funding. The research report has been signed and approved by provincial-level leaders for 5 items, and 8 items must be reported for adoption or selection by relevant departments, published over 40 monographs and textbooks, and published over 600 academic papers both domestically and internationally, including nearly 100 papers indexed by SCI, SSCI, CSSCI, and others.

In terms of internationalization, the School of Management Science adheres to the educational philosophy of open education and joint development with the world, actively expanding the space for international education. The school has established an International Exchange and Cooperation Office, responsible for international exchange and cooperation matters of the school. The school has also established the “Indo Pacific Regional Management Culture Research Center” with the aim of fully utilizing international geographical resources, actively conducting academic discussions and exchanges with overseas peers, and committed to the development of mutual learning among civilizations. At present, the school has a total of 28 international undergraduate students and 60 international graduate students from all over the world. It also offers international programs such as ACCA and CMA, and has trained over 200 international students.

  The School adheres to the motto of “excellence in management’ and the educational philosophy of “seeking knowledge from things and striving for excellence”, with the development mission of “spreading the way of business philosophy, exploring the beauty of management wisdom, cultivating management talents, and spreading Chinese management culture to the world”. The school strive to build the school into a nationally renowned, leading management school in southern Sichuan, a first-class management school in Sichuan Province, and an important training base for high-quality applied management talents.