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WBS sets high standards in both research and teaching. We have won acclaim and approval from all the leading national and international assessors and accreditation bodies as well as from independent media.

The December 2008 Research Assessment Exercise rated 75 percent of our research at 3* and above, placing us third in the UK. WBS submitted 130 academics for assessment, nearly 90 percent, so this statistic is a real reflection of high quality running across the breadth and depth of research at WBS. HEFCE has separately rated teaching at WBS as ‘excellent’, which is the highest level given in the assessment.

Warwick Business School programmes stack up in rankings and surveys across the board:

• With triple accreditation and high rankings across international newspapers and surveys, WBS is firmly in the top 1% of business schools worldwide.
• WBS was rated as 'excellent' - the highest possible rating - in its most recent teaching quality assessment, managed by The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education.
• The WBS Doctoral Programme is regularly rated in the top 5 in Europe by the Financial Times, as part of its MBA ranking assessment.
• The Financial Times ranks the Warwick MBA 27th in the world for full-time MBAs and 4th in the UK. It is 8th in the world for value for money.
• Forbes magazine ranks the Warwick MBA by full-time study 8th of all the non-US one-year MBA programmes.
• The Economist ranks the Warwick MBA 6th in the UK for full-time MBAs.
• In 2011, the Warwick Executive MBA was ranked in the top 35 in the world by the Financial Times.
• The Warwick MBA by distance learning is rated first in the UK by The Economist.
• It is one of only 45 programmes in the world regularly listed in the Financial Times survey of international distance learning MBA providers.
• The Financial Times ranks our MSc in Finance 5th in the world, making it the UK's top pure finance programme.
• The Financial Times ranks our MSc in Management in the global top 50.
• The Times Good University Guide 2012 ranks us top in the UK for accounting & finance, and third for business studies.
• The Guardian University Guide 2012 rates WBS 2nd in the UK.
• The Complete University Guide 2012 ranks WBS 2nd for accounting & finance.
• The Financial Times lists WBS among the top UK institutions for executive short courses, customised for organisations.