Added: 01/11/2006 |
British business schools in the vanguard of MBA educationIn addition to the venerable Oxford and Cambridge, the UK is the home of a large number of institutions, which rank among the best in the world.
By a significant margin London Business School (LBS) is a top MBA school in the UK. It is one of few B-schools in the country, which can boast to have international classes. The fact that London is the world's most multicultural city also adds to the LBS's international reputation and it consistently ranks in the top ten international schools all over the world.
Undoubtedly, LBS is well-informed about this advantage, but it is not going to stop half way and it intends becoming the most prominent global business school.
The LBS's worldwide impact is incomparable to other schools. Every year the school enrolls one thousand students and six thousand executive education participants, who come from hundred and nine countries. More than hundred world famous faculty staff originates from over thirty countries and makes an internationally esteemed research, including the annual Global Entrepreneurship Monitor and Global Investment Returns Yearbook.
The twenty four thousand international alumni of LBS use their global business talents in leading big enterprises, running governments and starting new businesses in about hundred countries across the globe.
Earning your MBA at Cranfield, one of the premier British business schools, in short means a team work and case studies. Cranfield is the second in the UK MBA ranking. The strength of the school lies in the field of human resources development, as well as marketing and operations management. The school tends to attract experienced business professionals, who have succeeded within their professional spheres and plan to advance in general management.
Founded in 1964, Manchester Business School is one of the oldest of all European MBA programmes. At that time MBS distinguished itself through the so-called Manchester method, which implies students' work in teams on real-life business consultancy cases; thus, gaining a practical experience to add to academic knowledge.
Warwick Business School, together with Lancaster and London business schools, have for a number of years enjoyed being the only British business schools to get top government rankings for their business faculty researches. Marketing is Warwick's strong aspect, which results in a countless number of forms for their MBA, ranging from full-time, part-time and modular, to distance learning - the assortment is broader than in any other school of the world.
WBS prides on being the first UK institution to gain accreditation from three major international accrediting bodies: AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (USA), European Foundation for Management Development (Europe) and The Association of MBAs (UK).
Lancaster University management school may boast a faculty that has attained a distinction for its research and has attracted a support from many blue-chip UK corporations, which is the most important. The school's profile has also been raised by a policy of encouraging a high percentage of women on the course. Lancaster is particularly strong in change management and management learning.
Lancaster has recently become a big winner in Europe, obtaining high scores on the Financial Times doctoral ranking. British business schools in general do especially well in this rank.
British business schools top the European community of B-schools according to the latest Financial Times ranking. Ten of the top twenty schools are based in the UK, with London Business School taking the number one position. The University of Oxford's Sand school of business is ranked number seven. Four of the top ten niches are filled by London-based schools - LBS, London School of Economics, the Cass school at City University and Imperial College's Tanaka business school.
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