Saïd Business School

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Saïd Business School
Established 1996[1]
Dean Peter Tufano
Academic staff 90
Undergraduates 300
Postgraduates 250 MBA, 80 MFE, 50 MLF
Doctoral students 50
Other students 50 EMBA
Location Oxford, England
Affiliations University of Oxford
Website www.sbs.ox.ac.uk

Saïd Business School (SBS) is the business school of the University of Oxford in England. It is the University of Oxford's centre of learning for graduate and undergraduate students in business, management and finance.

Established in 1996, Saïd Business School is a relatively young business school. It is named after Wafic Saïd, a Saudi-Syrian billionaire and chief founding benefactor, having donated £70 million to date.[2] The current dean is Peter Tufano, who was formerly on the faculty of the Harvard Business School for 22 years.

History

A bust of Wafic Saïd in Saïd Business School, Oxford.

SBS traces its roots back to the Oxford Centre for Management Studies (OCMS) which was founded in 1965. It was the precursor to both what is now Saïd Business School and to Templeton College, the University's business-focused postgraduate college. Templeton College was named after Sir John Templeton, an American-born Rhodes Scholar and billionaire mutual fund pioneer, who made a significant donation to the college. Initially, OCMS was an "associate institution" of the University, providing executive, graduate and later undergraduate courses in Management Studies. OCMS was renamed Templeton College in 1983, and the University of Oxford School of Management Studies was created in 1991, taking over the undergraduate and graduate degree courses from the college.[3] Saïd Business School was formed in 1996 out of the School of Management Studies.

The new business school building was completed in 2001 with a £23 million benefaction from Saudi-Syrian businessman Wafic Saïd. The building includes an amphitheatre and the Sainsbury Library, and was designed by Edward Jones and Sir Jeremy Dixon. It was built on the site of Oxford Rewley Road railway station. The opening on 5 November 2001 was accompanied by protests by students mainly because of the controversial nature of Wafic Saïd's donation (his wealth is partly derived from advising on defense related contracts between the UK and Saudi-Arabia, in particular the Al-Yamamah arms deal[4]).

Degree programmes

Saïd Business School's main degree programmes are its one-year full-time MBA programme, 21-month modular Executive MBA programme, the DPhil or PhD Programme in Management Studies, the MSc in Financial Economics in cooperation with the Economics Department and the one-year MSc in Law and Finance (MLF) in conjunction with the Oxford Law Faculty.

SBS also runs 18-month Diplomas in Finance, Strategy and Innovation, Global Business and Organisational Leadership, designed to offer senior executives a strategic overview of management. These degree programs were launched in 2006.

The School runs an MSc in Major Programme Management in association with the BT Centre for Major Programme Management. It also offers two MEng programmes and the top ranked BA in Economics and Management.[5]

MBA Programme

Saïd Business School offers a one-year full-time Master of Business Administration degree. The MBA programme enrolls approximately 250 students per year. In the 2013-2014 class of 247 students, 72% of were male and 28% were female[6] with an age range of 23-42 and 6 years of average work experience. More than 90% of students are international and the average number of languages spoken is three.

1+1 MBA Programme

Dean Peter Tufano started the Oxford 1+1 MBA programme which allows students to pair the one-year full-time MBA programme with one of a selection of one-year MSc programmes offered by other University of Oxford departments. For example, students can acquire an MBA in conjunction with a MSc from the Department of Computer Science, Department for Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, the Oxford Internet Institute, the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies, the School of Geography and the Environment or the Department of Education.

MFE Programme

Saïd Business School offers a nine-month full-time MSc in Financial Economics. The MFE programme enrolls around 80 students per year from over 20 countries.

The MFE curriculum includes four core courses in asset pricing, economics, corporate finance and financial econometrics. Students also select five electives from a wide range of courses to develop individual skills and specialisations.

Admissions

Admissions to Saïd Business School is highly competitive. The average GMAT score in 2013-2014 for the MBA programme was 692,[6][7] while the average GMAT score for the MFE programme is typically around 740.[citation needed]

SBS has an internationally diverse student body and 90% of its students are from outside the United Kingdom. Every year, several Rhodes Scholars and Marshall Scholars study for an MBA, MFE or DPhil at the school.

Reputation

In 2013, the full-time MBA programme ranked 24th in the world and 3rd in the UK in the Financial Times Ranking,[8] 5th in Business Week’s international business schools rankings[9] and 6th in Forbes' Best International MBA Programs rankings.[10]

The MSc in Financial Economics programme ranked 6th in the world and 1st in the UK in the Financial Times ranking of Pre-experience Masters Programmes in 2013.[11]

Also in 2013, the Executive MBA programme ranked 23rd in the Financial Times’ Global EMBA ranking,[12] and 4th in the Economist's Executive MBA ranking.[13]

In Executive education, SBS was ranked 19th worldwide for custom programmes and 12th in the table for open enrolment executive programmes by the Financial Times in 2013.[14]

Programme Financial Times Business Week The Economist Forbes
MBA 24 5 54 6
EMBA 23 n/a 4 n/a
MSc in Financial Economics 4 n/a n/a n/a

Entrepreneurship

Saïd Business School hosts the Silicon Valley Comes to Oxford conference on an annual basis. Speakers have included technology leaders such as:

Oxford Forum for Women in the World Economy

In 2013, Saïd Business School launched[15] an annual symposium dedicated to women’s economic inclusion, Power Shift: The Oxford Forum for Women in the World Economy. Speakers included business and social leaders such as:

  • Dame Stephanie Shirley - Founder of F.I. Group (later Xansa)
  • Muna AbuSulayman - Saudi media celebrity
  • Cherie Blair - British Barrister, Matrix Chambers
  • Kresse Wesling - Co-founder of Elvis & Kresse
  • Wu Qing - Chinese women's rights activist

Research centres

The research centres are helping particular sectors of the economy to wrestle with the challenges they face and to discover new directions through research. They include:
The Saïd Business School has one of the most modern of the dreaming spires of Oxford
  • The BT Centre for Major Programme Management
  • The Oxford Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
  • The Institute for Science, Innovation and Society
  • The Novak Druce Centre for Professional Service Firms
  • The Oxford Institute of Retail Management
  • The Oxford Private Equity Institute
  • The Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation
  • The Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation
  • The Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship

The interdisciplinary Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance also draws many of its researchers from SBS.

Oxford Colleges

Saïd Business School students are also a member of one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford. A typical college consists of a hall for dining, a chapel, a library, a college bar, senior, middle (postgraduate) and junior common rooms.

After graduation, Saïd Business School students become lifetime members of their colleges and are regularly invited to a wide range of college alumni events.

The following colleges accept MBA students: Balliol College, Brasenose College, Christ Church, Exeter College, Green Templeton College, Harris Manchester College, Hertford College, Jesus College, Keble College, Kellogg College, Lady Margaret Hall, Linacre College, Lincoln College, Magdalen College, Mansfield College, Merton College, New College, Oriel College, Pembroke College, Regent's Park College, St. Anne's College, St. Catherine's College, St. Cross College, St. Edmund Hall, St. Hilda's College, St. John's College, St. Peter's College, Queen's College, Trinity College, Wadham College, Wolfson College, Worcester College

Notable Faculty (Saïd Business School and Department of Economics)

Notable Alumni

References

  1. ↑ "A Brief History of the University". University of Oxford. Retrieved 2007-10-30. 
  2. ↑ Said Business School, About Us -- Our Benefactors
  3. ↑ A bit of history, Templeton College, Oxford
  4. ↑ Protest on business school, The Oxford Student
  5. ↑ Guardian University guide Business/Management studies
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 http://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/programmes/degrees/mba/our-students/class-profile
  7. ↑ Said Business School, MBA -- FAQ
  8. ↑ Financial Times Global MBA Ranking 2013, Retrieved 2013-10-26.
  9. ↑ Businessweek Best International Business School Rankings 2013, Retrieved 2013-10-26.
  10. ↑ Forbes, Best International MBA Programs 2013, Retrieved 2013-10-26.
  11. ↑ Financial Times, Master's in Finance 2013, Retrieved 2013-10-26.
  12. ↑ Financial Times, EMBA Rankings 2013, Retrieved 2013-10-26.
  13. ↑ The Economics, Executive MBA Rankings 2013, Retrieved 2013-10-26.
  14. ↑ Financial Times, Executive Education Rankings 2013, Retrieved 2013-10-26.
  15. ↑ http://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/community/our-people/women

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