Warwick Business School

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Warwick Business School
Established 1967
Type Business School
Dean Howard Thomas
Staff 319 (173 academic, 131 professional support, 15 visiting)
Students 7,539 (including 98 visiting/exchange)
Undergraduates 1,186
Postgraduates 3,162 (2,726 MBA and MPA, 438 specialist masters)
Doctoral students 182
Professional students 2,909
Location Coventry, United Kingdom
Address Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
Campus Semi-rural
Website http://www.wbs.ac.uk/
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Warwick Business School, also known as WBS, is the largest academic department of the University of Warwick with over 7,500 students. Established in 1967 as the School of Industrial and Business Studies, it now offers undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD degree programmes, as well as non-degree executive education for individuals and companies. Its MBA programme, known as the Warwick MBA, is offered as a one-year full-time programme, an executive MBA, and by distance learning. The Dean of Warwick Business School is Professor Howard Thomas, formerly Dean of UIUC College of Business.

WBS is sited in three buildings on the University of Warwick campus straddling the border of the City of Coventry and the County of Warwickshire in the UK. Its Green Belt location at the heart of England means that it retains the benefits of good national and international transport links and access to city culture despite its relatively rural setting.

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[edit] Accreditation & reputation

WBS was the first business school in the UK to gain triple accreditation by the leading international management education accreditors:

WBS was the first UK institution to be accredited by AACSB. WBS is one of only 3 UK business schools to be awarded a five-star (5*) research rating by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE).

WBS is also one of only two UK business schools invited to become a member of the US-based Graduate Management Admission Council, which administers the GMAT admissions test.

Warwick Business School is ranked among the leading business schools in Europe. The Warwick MBA for Executives was ranked 5th in Europe and 14th in the world overall by The Financial Times in October 2006.[1] At undergraduate level, The Times Good University Guide 2007 rated WBS in the top three business education providers in the UK.[2] HM Treasury ranked WBS 18th in the world as part of the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme which exempts MBAs from the world's top 50 business schools from the usual visa requirements to work in the UK.[3]

[edit] History

Warwick's School of Industrial and Business Studies (SIBS) was founded in 1967, with Brian Houlden as Chair, a total of five academic staff and 24 students across three programmes (MSc Management & Business Studies, MSc Management Science & Operational Research, Doctoral programme). It quickly gained a reputation for excellent research, particularly in the field of industrial relations. The Industrial Relations Research Unit, founded by Hugh Clegg in 1970 focused on achieving a better understanding of workplace industrial relations in general and workplace trade unionism in particular, in a time when the UK was perceived to suffer greatly from industrial strife and poor economic performance.

In 1981, the MSc in Management was renamed the Warwick MBA. As the department's size and breadth of expertise continued to grow, in 1984 SIBS was renamed Warwick Business School. By its 20th anniversary in 1987, there were over 100 staff, 815 students and 11 programmes. In 1997, following expansion of the distance learning MBA in particular, the staff tally was over 260, with 3,160 students across 17 programmes.

Growth has continued rapidly in recent years. In 2000, a new Executive MBA teaching centre was opened, the first of four phases of development of new premises for WBS. Further phases opened in 2001 and 2006, increasing the teaching capacity of WBS dramatically. Aggressive recruitment of academic faculty has also taken place recently, with the appointment of over 15 new full professors in the past two years. In 2006, there were a total of 319 staff and 7,539 students across 25 degree programmes, from over 100 countries worldwide.

[edit] Deans

  • Brian Houlden (1967-1973)
  • Roger Fawthrop (1973-1976)
  • Derek Waterworth (1976-1978)
  • Robert Dyson (1978-1981)
  • Thom Watson (1981-1983)
  • George Bain (1983-1989)
  • Robin Wensley (1989-1994)
  • Robert Galliers (1994-1997)
  • Robert Dyson (1997-2000)
  • Howard Thomas (2000-present)

[edit] Degree programmes

WBS currently runs 25 degree programmes.

[edit] Undergraduate

  • BSc Accounting & Finance
  • BSc Management
  • BSc International Business
  • BA German & Business Studies
  • BA Law & Business Studies
  • BSc Joint degrees with sciences

[edit] Postgraduate

  • MSc Economics & Finance
  • MSc Finance
  • MSc Financial Mathematics
  • MSc Information Systems & Management
  • MSc Management Science & Operational Research
  • MSc Marketing & Strategy
  • MA Industrial Relations & Personnel Management
  • MA European Industrial Relations
  • MA Organisation Studies
  • The Warwick MBA (Master of Business Administration)
  • The Warwick MPA (Master of Public Administration)
  • Doctoral programme (PhD)

[edit] Faculty

As of 2006, the WBS academic faculty consisted of 113 teaching staff, 60 researchers, and 15 visiting academics. Over one third come from outside the UK or have worked abroad. All academics are members of a teaching subject group, a research centre or unit, and often of both. Each teaching subject group has a group convenor or head, and devolved group management. Each research centre has a director, and has similarly devolved management. Research centres may have a board with external representation to ensure practical relevance of research strategy. There are also two institutes which act as umbrella groups for a range of subject-specific research activities:

  • Institute of Governance & Public Management
  • Warwick Finance Research Institute

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[edit] Research Centres

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ "EMBA rankings 2006", FT.com. Retrieved on 24 October 2006.
  2. ^ "Subject tables - Good University Guide 2007", The Times. Retrieved on 24 October 2006.
  3. ^ 50 Qualifying MBA programmes. HM Treasury. Retrieved on 24 October 2006.
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