Durham Business School

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Durham Business School
Established: 1965
Type: Business School
Dean: Professor Rob Dixon
Students: 2,500
Location: Durham, United Kingdom
Campus: Semi-rural
Affiliations: EQUIS & AMBA
Website: http://www.dur.ac.uk/dbs/

Durham Business School (DBS) in Durham, UK, is the international business school of Durham University. Established in 1965 it is one of the oldest business school in the United Kingdom. The School offers postgraduate degrees in management, finance and economics, including:

At the undergraduate level it offers degrees in the fields of Economics and Finance and Business, Finance and Accounting. The University's department of Economics and Finance and the Foundation for Small and Medium Enterprise Development merged with the Business School in 2002 to become the School of Economics, Finance and Business, more commonly known as Durham Business School. The school has around 11,000 alumni belonging to its Agora association.

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[edit] Reputation & Scholarships

Durham Business School is ranked 9th in the UK and 25th in Europe in the FT European Business School rankings.

  • The Economist ranked the MBA 59th in the world [1] in 2007 (57th in 2006)
  • The Financial Times global rankings ranked the MBA 96 in the world in 2007[2]. The DBS MBA is ranked 2nd in the world for career progress (1st in the UK). [3]
  • Distance Learning MBA among the Financial Times’ world's top 40 distance learning MBAs.
  • Teaching in economics and finance received the maximum 24 score in the last QAA subject review.
  • Finance and Accounting research was graded 5* in the last Research Assessment Exercise.
  • The Association of MBAs recently re-accredited all MBA programmes for the maximum five-year period.
  • EQUIS accreditation awarded in 2005.

The school has a variety of scholarships aimed at postgraduates including[4]:

  • DBS Scholarships for PhD, MBA and Masters programmes
  • Independent Newspaper Scholarships
  • British Chevening Scholarships
  • Shell Centenary and Shell Chevening Scholarships
  • Fulbright Awards (for US applicants)
  • Commonwealth Scholarship & Fellowship Plan
  • 9/11 Scholarship Fund
  • Hobsons Bursary
  • Rotary Ambassador scholarships

[edit] Organisational Relationships

The Business School has a variety of links with companies and organisations as well as other academic institutions.

The school's academic network includes the:

The school's business network includes:

[edit] Alumni

  • Graham Moffitt MBA - Senior Vice-President, Bank of America[6]
  • Killick Datta, Chairman, Global Brand Marketing
  • Hector Montado, Chief Executive, Government of Gibraltar
  • Finlay Scott, Chief Executive of the General Medical Council
  • John Cuthbert, Managing Director, Northumbrian Water plc
  • Grahame Maxwell, Chief Constable of North Yorkshire Police

[edit] Degree Programmes

The school offers a wide range of degree programmes at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, as well as executive-level MAs. The following courses are currently offered:-

[edit] MBAs

  • Full-time MBA and MBA (Finance)
  • Executive MBA (part-time)
  • Distance Learning MBA and MBA (Finance)
  • DBS and EBS Executive MBA
  • Caribbean MBA

[edit] MSc and MA

The Master of Science award is finance-based and the Master of Arts is business management-based. The School offers the following programmes:

MSc

  • Accounting and Finance
  • Corporate and International Finance
  • Economics and Finance
  • Finance
  • Finance and Investment
  • International Banking and Finance
  • International Money, Finance and Investment.

MA

  • Financial Management
  • Human Resource Management
  • Management (full-time and distance learning)
  • Marketing (full-time and distance learning)

[edit] Executive Masters and Research Degrees

The School offers an executive masters in Enterprise Management, a part-time (max 5 year) course that focuses on enterprise in finance, marketing and organisations as well as research into business. The school also offers two research degrees; the DBA and MPhil/PhD. Both the degrees focus on research in business and micro and macro perspectives.

[edit] Undergraduate

  • Accounting and Finance
  • Business
  • Economics
  • Business Economics
  • Economics with French
  • Economics and Politics

[edit] Research

The school's research is thematic with research-based in the following areas

  • Decision Science
  • Economics
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Finance and Accounting
  • Human Resorces Management and Organisational Behaviour
  • Public Management
  • Strategy and Organisation

The school also has five research centres based around the themes above.

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Durham University
Arms of the University
Arms of the University

Chancellor: Bill Bryson • Vice-Chancellor: Prof. Chris Higgins

Colleges: Collingwood • Stephenson • Grey • Hatfield • John Snow • Josephine Butler • St Aidan's • St Chad's • St Cuthbert's Society • St Hild & St Bede • St John's • St Mary's • Trevelyan • University • Ushaw • Ustinov • Van Mildert • Former Colleges

Departments & Research Institutes: Business School • Institute of Advanced Study • Institute for Hazard and Risk Research • School of Medicine and Health • Wolfson Research Institute • Department of Computer Science • Department of Law

Student Life: Athletic Union • College Rowing • UCCE • Palatinate Newspaper • durham21 • MostlyHarmless • Students' Union • Student Theatre • Durham University Dancesport Team • Purple Radio • Union Society (debating) • Boat Race • The Racecourse •

Miscellaneous: Academic Dress • People  • Botanic Gardens • University Library • Oriental Museum • Museum of Archaeology • The Observatory •

Categories: University • Colleges • People • Chancellors • Academics • Alumni

Websites: University • Students’ Union 

[edit] References

  1. ^ Economist Rating
  2. ^ Financial Times Rating
  3. ^ News Article from DBS about The Financial Times Ratings
  4. ^ List of Scholarships
  5. ^ List of Partnerships
  6. ^ Independent article

[edit] See also

[edit] External links