University of Edinburgh Business School
The University of Edinburgh Business School enjoys a long tradition of teaching and research. The School offers undergraduate, postgraduate and executive education programmes in business and management and provides a platform for research, discussion and debate on a wide range of business issues.
Part of the University of Edinburgh one of the world’s top 40 universities with a rich heritage of delivering education for over 400 years, the Business School has an international student body typically representing more than 25 countries.
In August 2010 the School relocated to a new building at Buccleuch Place, located at the heart of the University campus. This state-of-the-art space features eight lecture theatres, multiple syndicate rooms, an executive education suite, student study centre and online resource, cafe and significant flexible space for staff and students. The building has been designed and specified to meet the current and anticipated future needs of the School’s portfolio of activities and represents an investment of £17m by the University.
The School’s teaching and research covers six main subject areas – accounting & finance, entrepreneurship & innovation, management science & business economics, marketing, organisational studies and strategy & international business. An emerging area of expertise for the Business School is carbon management through an innovative partnership with the School of GeoSciences.
The School is accredited by EQUIS and AMBA and consistently ranked in the Financial Times and Economist MBA Rankings – reflecting not just a long history of business teaching but also the substantial experience of a faculty comprising more than 80 teaching staff. Core to the School’s philosophy is a close interaction with the corporate world through industry-based research and consultancy.
The School aims to attract excellent staff and students from around the world; to provide an intellectual environment which fosters debate and world-class research and to build strong connections to the world of business.