Warwick Business School Rises Further in International Business School Rankings

Warwick Business School (WBS) has risen to 36th position in the influential Financial Times World MBA rankings, making it 4th in the UK and 10th in Europe. WBS has now risen 18 places over the past two years.

"The quality of our faculty, flexibility of programmes, the relevance of our research and our links with a wide range of business, industry and commerce have all contributed to cementing Warwick Business School as one of the leading business schools in the world" said Professor Howard Thomas, Dean of WBS.

"The MBA (Masters in Business Administration) has increasingly become the required qualification for those managers and executives who wish to rise to the higher echelons of management" said Vincent Hammersley, Director of Communications at WBS. "With over 2000 business schools world wide, this confirmation that Warwick Business School is one of the very best is of great value to us, to all those who have completed an MBA at WBS and to our corporate partners."

Although this survey focused on the full-time MBA, the Warwick MBA is also delivered by modular, evening and distance learning programmes. Its doctoral programme is in the top three in the world, its specialist masters programmes and undergraduate programmes are also regarded as amongst the highest quality available.


One of Europe's largest business schools and the largest department of the highly-rated University of Warwick, WBS is fully accredited. Our teaching is rated excellent and 75 percent of our research is rated at 3* and above, placing us 3rd in the UK.
Over 8,000 students from 130 countries currently study here. Their interaction with top faculty creates a multicultural learning environment, enhanced by outstanding teaching and study facilities and a top-quality campus.
Our teaching covers the full range of business education, from undergraduate and masters degrees to the Warwick MBA, doctoral research, and executive education.

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