Achievements
WBS has achieved a global reputation for excellence in only 40 years. The performance of our degree programmes continues to excel:
- Our undergraduate programme is consistently ranked amongst the best business and management degrees in the UK; The Guardian ranks it 10/10 for job prospects
- Our portfolio of masters courses provides highly specialised learning in areas of business that are increasingly important in the search for sustainable competitive advantage
- Over 20 years of blended learning experience enable WBS to deliver the Warwick MBA to over 2,500 experienced managers each year, wherever they are in the world
- Our long-standing commitment to work across the private, public, and voluntary sectors created the Warwick MPA, the first MBA for the public sector in the UK.
Our reputation means WBS graduates are highly sought after by business leaders; you can find them in senior positions around the world. Our expertise is clear from our diverse list of clients and sponsors, including Accenture, AT Kearney, The Bank of England, Barclays, BP, British Antarctic Survey, The Cabinet Office, Capgemini, Deutsche Post, Experian, GlaxoSmithKline, Grant Thornton, IBM, Islamic Bank of Britain, Johnson & Johnson, JPMorgan, Nestlé, PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble, SABMiller, Siemens, UBS Investment Bank, Unilever, and Vodafone.
A brief history of WBS
- 1965
- The University of Warwick founded by Royal Charter
- 1967
- WBS created as the School of Industrial and Business Studies (SIBS), with 5 staff, 24 students and 3 courses
- 1977
- 10 years old, with 204 students, 41 staff
- 1981
- The Warwick MBA brand is launched
- 1984
- SIBS is rebranded as Warwick Business School
- 1986
- The Warwick MBA by distance learning launches
- 1987
- 20 years old, with 815 students, 104 staff, and turnover of £3.1m
- 1989
- Achieve 5* rating for teaching excellence
- 1990
- 100 academic staff employed
- 1997
- 30 years old, with 3,160 students, 263 staff, and turnover of £12.4m
- 1999
- WBS is the first business school in the world to hold accreditation from all three global management education bodies: AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB
- 2000
- 2,000th person graduates with the Warwick MBA by distance learning
- 2003
- The Guardian survey of top employers rates WBS graduates as the most employable in the UK
- 2006
- The Times Good University Guide rates WBS as the best overall undergraduate business education provider in the UK
- 2007
- 40 years old, with 7,000 students, 357 staff, turnover of £36.3m, and 26 courses
