In 1909, King Edward VII laid the foundation stone for the Royal School of Mines building, which is now part of the present-day Business School facilities.
In 1955, Imperial College London offered its first postgraduate course in business – an MSc in Production Engineering and Management.[6]
View from the entrance. Across the street is the Brevan Howard Centre for Financial Analysis.
In 1971, a Department of Management Science was established at Imperial. This was followed in 1978 by the Department of Social & Economic Studies.[9]
In 1987, the Management School was founded through the merger of the Departments of Management Science and Social & Economic Studies. It focused on integrating management studies with emerging technology and entrepreneurship.
In 2003, the Imperial Business School is elevated to Faculty status, alongside the Faculties of Natural Science, Medicine and Engineering.
In 2021, Imperial College London’s new White City campus opened, providing additional space and facilities for innovation and entrepreneurship activities.[10]
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Royal School of MinesTranslation & Innovation Hub
Imperial Business School is based at Imperial College London’s South Kensington campus. The school’s main building – an all-glass structure designed by Sir Norman Foster – was inspired by the Crystal Palace of 1851, reflecting the College’s historical origins from the Great Exhibition. The glass-fronted design incorporates the 19th-century vaults of the adjacent Royal School of Mines building, blending modern architecture with Victorian heritage.
In addition to its South Kensington facilities, the Business School has a presence at Imperial’s White City campus. This campus serves as an innovation and entrepreneurship eco-system for the university.[11] Resources available to the Business School at White City include the Imperial’s White City Incubator, the Scale Space, the Translation & Innovation Hub, the Invention Rooms, and a hackspace for manufacturing equipment and training.
In 2026, the school's MBA programme was ranked 8th in Europe by the QS MBA Rankings and 10th in Europe by the Financial Times MBA Rankings.[28] Drawing upon Imperial College London's history in science and technology, the business school has developed a reputation for its strength and emphasis in innovation and entrepreneurship.[29] The latest QS MBA Career Specailisation Rankings for Entrepreneurship has placed the MBA programme 3rd globally and 1st in Europe.[30]
The 2026 QS Business Master's Rankings ranked its MSc in Marketing 7th globally,[31] MSc in Business Analytics 8th globally,[32] MSc in Management 9th globally,[33] and MSc in Finance 14th globally.[34]
↑ Science, London School of Economics and Political. "History of the department". London School of Economics and Political Science. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
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