The FSB places an emphasis on experiential learning, international study and leadership development to prepare students to become leaders in the workplace and the community.

[2][3] The building originally used for the School of Business, Laws Hall, was located across the street on Oxford's campus.

A new center at the Farmer School focused on real estate and the finance and investment opportunities involved in it.

[4] On December 10, 2004, the university's board of trustees voted unanimously to approve the site of the building on High Street, where Reid Hall (residence) was located until its demolition in 2006.

[10] In the 2006 university report, $6.7 million was granted through the Love and Honor alumni group from a 1969 graduate, William Mayhall, to support the Farmer School of Business.

The Forsythe Library and Technology Center is located on the main level near the Taylor Auditorium, which is used as a quiet library-like setting for individual study and printing and tech services.

[14] The Farmer School of business was designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects of New York City and Moody Nolan of Columbus.

[clarification needed][15] It was the first building of the Oxford campus to receive a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design(LEED) certification.