London Business School, in London (UK), established in 1965, is an international business school providing postgraduate degrees in finance and management, including MBA (Master of Business Administration) courses, as well as non-degree courses for business executives.
Around 1000 students graduate from the school each year, including 320 on the full-time two-year MBA. The School also offers part-time Executive MBA degrees (including a Global EMBA in partnership with Columbia Business School), as well as a Masters degree in Finance and the only Sloan Fellows programme outside the USA.
Over 80 percent of students, and over 70 percent of faculty, come from outside the UK. A GMAT test is required for entry to the MBA programme; the average GMAT score of successful applicants is 685.
Fees for both the full-time and Executive MBA programmes are approximately £42,000 (GBP) (not including living expenses); many students are either sponsored by their employers or take advantage of various scholarship and bank loan schemes.
MBA students take a prescribed set of core courses, then choose 12 electives from a choice of 70. The core course includes:
The School also offers a prestigious Masters of Finance programme (both part- and full-time), which is popular with traders employed or seeking employment in "city" (i.e., London based) investment banks.
The School has over 16,000 alumni in more than 100 countries. It is part of the University of London (which is the School's degree-awarding authority), and is located in central London, beside Regents Park.
Faculty Heads include Gary Hamel, originator (with C.K. Prahalad) of the concept of core competencies.
The School's Dean, Laura D'Andrea Tyson, was from February 1995 to December 1996 National Economic Advisor to President Clinton's U.S. administration, and the highest ranking woman then in the White House. As of September 2005, she is on the boards of Morgan Stanley, Eastman Kodak and SBC Communications.
External Ranking
External rankings of business schools typically place London Business School within the top five business schools worldwide, and as the top business school outside the United States. It holds the European Foundation for Management Development 'Equis' accreditation as well as that of the AACSB.
The School's MBA programmes are consistently ranked among the top five business schools in the world.
In 2005, the school's Executive Education Open enrolment programmes were ranked at number 5 in the world for Open programmes and number 6 for Custom programmes – their highest rankings yet in the BusinessWeek survey. Its Executive Education programmes were ranked 8th overall in the 2005 Financial Times annual rankings.
The MBA and Sloan Fellowship MSc programs are accredited through the prestigious AMBA.
In 2005 and 2004, The Financial Times ranked London Business School as the top business school in Europe though a meta-analysis comparing its full-time MBA, Executive MBA and executive education courses.
The School is one of only two UK business schools to have a six-star (6*) research rating from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE).
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