Imperial College Business School

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Imperial College Business School
Imperial College London Business School logo.png
MottoImperial means Intelligent Business
Established2003
Parent institution
 Imperial College London
Accreditation AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA
Dean Peter Todd
Location
London
Website imperial.ac.uk/business-school

Imperial College Business School is the business school of Imperial College London. The business school was established in 2003 and opened by Queen Elizabeth II. The school is known for its entrepreneurial culture, which merges business disciplines with a science-based curriculum. [1]

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Imperial College Business School offers a range of postgraduate programmes, including MBA degrees, specialised master's degrees, PhD programmes, and executive education. According to the 2023 QS MBA Rankings, Imperial's MBA programme ranked third in the world for entrepreneurship. [2] In the latest Research Excellence Framework, the business school ranked second in the UK for business and management. [3]

History

In 1851, the Great Exhibition, the first World's Fair, was organised by Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria. The proceeds from this event were used to establish museums and royal colleges in South Kensington, to become a centre for science, culture, and industry. [4]

In 1907, Imperial College London was established by Royal Charter, unifying the Royal College of Science, Royal School of Mines, and City and Guilds of London Institute into one university.

In 1909, King Edward VII laid the foundation stone for the Royal School of Mines building, which is part of the present-day Business School facilities.

In 1955, Imperial's first MSc in Production Engineering and Management was launched at 14 Prince's Gate. [5] In 1961, Imperial launched an MSc in Operational Research and Management Studies. In 1964, executive education short courses were first given in Operational Research.

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Imperial College Business School

In 1965, Imperial College London and the London School of Economics co-sponsor the founding of the London Business School. The Rector of Imperial and Director of LSE joined the governing body, guiding the establishment of LBS. [5]

In 1971, a Department of Management Science was created, followed by the establishment of the Department of Social & Economic Studies in 1978. [6]

In 1987, the Departments of Management Science and Social & Economic Studies merged to form a Management School at 53 Prince's Gate.

In 1989, an Executive MBA was launched. [7] In 2001, an Entrepreneurship Centre was established. In 2002, a Distance Learning MBA was introduced. In 2003, an Innovation and Entrepreneurial group was established.

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View from the entrance. Across the street is the Brevan Howard Centre for Financial Analysis.

In 2003, the school is elevated to Faculty status, alongside the Faculties of Natural Science, Medicine and Engineering. In 2004, Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of York officially opened the business school. [8]

In 2021, Imperial's White City Campus opened, whose operations are focused around innovation, entrepreneurship, and multidisciplinary research.

Campus

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Royal School of Mines

The business school is located on Imperial College London's main campus in South Kensington. Its modern glass architecture was inspired by the Crystal Palace of the Great Exhibition, reflecting the college’s historical origins. Designed by Sir Norman Foster & Partners, the building was opened by Queen Elizabeth II and incorporates the 19th-century vaults of the Royal School of Mines.

The business school has additional facilities on Imperial College London's White City campus, which serves as an innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem for collaboration between students, faculty, entrepreneurs, and industry. Included on the White City campus is the Scale Space, set up as a community to help innovative companies accelerate growth. Located there are Imperial's Translation and Innovation Hub, Imperial's White City Incubator, Invention Rooms, and a Hackspace for manufacturing equipment and training. [9]

Academics

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Translation & Innovation Hub

The business school offers undergraduate and primarily post-graduate education: including MBA degrees, specialised master's degrees, PhD programmes, and executive education. [10]

Degrees hold triple accreditation from AACSB in the US, AMBA in the UK, and EQUIS in Belgium.

The school is organised around five themes:

Research

Imperial operates the following research centres:

Rankings and reputation

Business School
International Rankings
European MBA Ranking
QS (2025) [11] 7
Financial Times (2024) [12] 10
Global MBA Ranking
QS (2025) [13] 18
Financial Times (2024) [14] 39

Imperial College Business School is part of Imperial College London. In the 2025 QS World University Rankings, Imperial was ranked 2nd in the world, behind MIT, as well as 9th in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. [15] [16]

The business school is known for its entrepreneurial culture, which merges business disciplines with a science-based curriculum. It features some of the UK's best-resourced entrepreneurial facilities and the largest entrepreneurial mentoring system inspired by MIT. [17] The Enterprise Lab has a 79 per cent startup survival rate. [18]

In the 2025 QS MBA Rankings, Imperial's MBA programme was ranked 7th in Europe, and in the 2024 Financial Times MBA Rankings, it was ranked 10th in Europe. The 2023 QS MBA Rankings by Career Specilisation for Entrepreneurship ranked Imperial's MBA programme 3rd in the world and 1st in Europe. [19]

In the 2025 QS Business Master's Rankings, Imperial was ranked 6th in the world for a Master's in Marketing, 8th in the world for a Master's in Business Analytics, 14th in the world for a Master's in Finance, and 15th in the world for a Master's in Management. The 2024 Financial Times also ranked Imperial 15th in the world for a Master's in Finance.

In the latest Research Excellence Framework, the business school was ranked 2nd in the UK for business and management studies. [3]

In 2024, Imperial ranked 1st in the UK for highly-skilled employment or further studies, according to the Complete University Guide, the Guardian University Guide, and the Times Good University Guide. [20] [21] [22] A 2021 analysis by the Higher Education Statistics Agency found that Imperial graduates have the highest median salaries across all subjects in the UK. [23]

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