Warwick Business School (WBS) is one of European largest business schools and the largest department of the University of Warwick, consistently placed in the top one per cent of global business schools. It was established in 1967 as the School of Industrial and Business Studies (SIBS).
WBS is the first business school in the world to hold accreditation from all three leading management education bodies: AACSB, AMBA, and EQUIS. It is a member of the Partnership in International Management (PIM), and The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC).
The teaching staff is organised into subject groups such as Accounting; Enterprise Teaching; Finance; Governance & Public Management; Industrial Relations & Organisational Behaviour; Information Systems & Management; Marketing & Strategic Management; Operations Management; Operational Research & Management Sciences (ORMS). The School has a number of research centres including Centre for Management under Regulation (CMuR); Centre for Small & Medium-Sized Enterprises (CSME); Financial Econometrics Research Centre (FERC); etc.
The Warwick MBA is offered as a full-time programme (one-year) and by distance learning. It also offers an executive MBA, and the Warwick Global Energy MBA which is delivered over three years.
Rankings:
- 37th globally in the Financial Times Global MBA Rankings 2009.
- A Top 10 Business School in Europe, rated 5th in the UK, 10th in Europe and 22nd globally (EIU full time MBA Rankings 2009).
- 35th among the Top 95 EMBA programs in the world (FT 2009).
- The distance learning MBA program is placed 1st in the UK, 2nd in Europe and 3rd in the world by the Economist Intelligence Unit in 2008.
- 75% of the school's research rated as 3* and above, placing it third in the UK (RAE 2008). It was also rated as ‘excellent’ for teaching by The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education.
- The Executive MBA was placed in the top 30 in the world by the FT (2008).
- In 2006 it was rated as the best overall undergraduate business education provider in the UK (The Times Good University Guide).
WBS is the first business school in the world to hold accreditation from all three leading management education bodies: AACSB, AMBA, and EQUIS. It is a member of the Partnership in International Management (PIM), and The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC).
The teaching staff is organised into subject groups such as Accounting; Enterprise Teaching; Finance; Governance & Public Management; Industrial Relations & Organisational Behaviour; Information Systems & Management; Marketing & Strategic Management; Operations Management; Operational Research & Management Sciences (ORMS). The School has a number of research centres including Centre for Management under Regulation (CMuR); Centre for Small & Medium-Sized Enterprises (CSME); Financial Econometrics Research Centre (FERC); etc.
The Warwick MBA is offered as a full-time programme (one-year) and by distance learning. It also offers an executive MBA, and the Warwick Global Energy MBA which is delivered over three years.
Rankings:
- 37th globally in the Financial Times Global MBA Rankings 2009.
- A Top 10 Business School in Europe, rated 5th in the UK, 10th in Europe and 22nd globally (EIU full time MBA Rankings 2009).
- 35th among the Top 95 EMBA programs in the world (FT 2009).
- The distance learning MBA program is placed 1st in the UK, 2nd in Europe and 3rd in the world by the Economist Intelligence Unit in 2008.
- 75% of the school's research rated as 3* and above, placing it third in the UK (RAE 2008). It was also rated as ‘excellent’ for teaching by The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education.
- The Executive MBA was placed in the top 30 in the world by the FT (2008).
- In 2006 it was rated as the best overall undergraduate business education provider in the UK (The Times Good University Guide).