A Doctor of Philosophy program was begun in 1969 to develop its research orientation and to provide business school faculty for Canadian universities.

The agreement required that "U of T [rank] the faculty of management as one of its 'highest priorities' for the allocation of university funding, ensuring to its 'best efforts' that business education receives continuing focus."

In 1998, former management consultant Roger Martin was appointed Dean of the School, and during his tenure he oversaw the changes mandated by the Rotman Foundation.

[14][3] Martin's high profile and outspokenness caused some conflict with the other University faculties,[15][16] notwithstanding, he was credited with "[transforming] what was a small, rather inconsequential regional player in Canada into a world-class institution offering a more differentiated MBA program focused around integrative thinking, self-development and business design".

The Financial Times showed that Rotman graduates saw an average salary increase of slightly over 100 percent after finishing their degrees.

[3] Under Roger Martin's leadership, Rotman saw dramatic growth in the size of its programs, faculty, facilities and international reputation.

In September 2012, a new building expansion was opened, more than doubling the amount of teaching, research, study, presentation and special event space.

[27]  A prominent expert on sustainable finance, risk management and public policy, he left Rotman to become governor of the Bank of Canada in June 2020.

In 2022, she launched Purpose into Action: Academic Plan 2022-2027[30] followed by an ambitious new fundraising goal of $250 million as part the University of Toronto's Defy Gravity campaign.

[48][49] The Rotman Morning and Evening MBA[18] programs are part-time MBAs designed for working professionals who want to pursue a graduate degree while maintaining their career momentum.

The program, supported by well-known post-secondary institutions in Brazil, India, Hong Kong and China, brings participants together in cross-cultural study teams to gain business experience in the world's main economic regions.

[55] The Master of Financial Risk Management[22] program prepares students with strong analytic and quantitative skills for careers in the finance industry.

The program prepares students for the Common Final Examination (CFE) and allows them to advance straight to the Capstone 1 module in the CPA PEP.

[63] The PharmD/MBA[7] is a five-year degree offered in partnership with the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy[6] and aims to pharmacists with the business skills needed to become leaders in the industry.

The MDA/MBA[9] is a five-year combined degree program offered in partnership with the Temerty Faculty of Medicine and is designed to provide a select group of medical students with the leadership skills to address the innovations transforming the healthcare and life sciences, an $8-trillion global industry.

Students have the freedom to take any course from the Faculty of Arts and Science, allowing them to include with their specialist, any additional major, or minor.

Every year, the University of Toronto Summer Abroad Program also offers full-year Rotman Commerce courses in other countries.

[73] One of the leading research institutes[74] at the Rotman School, Behavioural Economics in Action at Rotman[75] (BEAR) conducts leading edge academic research in the field of behavioural economics to help organizations better understand how real people act and in turn, design better products, services, and programs for them.

The researchers associated with the centre look at social and economic problems from a behavioural science lens and design solutions that go beyond the traditional approaches of applying incentives, penalties or provisioning information.

The CMI seeks to provide leadership to the Canadian academic and business communities to channel their resources into meaningful policy improvements.

The institute provides scholarships to students who wish to pursue research in the area of the capital markets in conjunction with their graduate studies in Law or Finance.

[76] Its purpose is to work with students, faculty, and alumni from the University of Toronto that have the potential to build massively scalable companies.

The program runs for eight months of the year and is built around reporting milestones to a board, called the G7 fellows, of very successful entrepreneurs.

The founding G7 fellows group includes; Daniel Debow, Dennis Bennie, Dan Shimmerman, Nigel Stokes, Lee Lau, Tomi Poutanen, and Nick Koudas.

The Centre monitors Canadian corporate governance trends and provides guidance to firms looking to improve their board effectiveness and disclosure.

Some of the aims of GATE include: investigating the hidden mechanisms that propagate gender equality, funding, translating, and disseminating innovative, academic research, and engaging executives, policy makers, and students to create new solutions for achieving equality, advancing careers, and creating economic prosperity.

[82] The Lab provides students from a range of intensive feedback-based learning activities aimed at developing communicative, interactive and interpersonal skills.

The new building, adjacent to and fully integrated with the existing structure, nearly doubles the size of the facilities to provide more space for research and education.

The hall that can be configured in six ways to suit a range of uses from large examinations and guest speaker series to TED talks and alumni events.