Leeds University Business School

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Leeds University Business School
LUBS Building.jpg
Type Business School
Established
  • School of Economic Studies – 1965
  • School of Management Studies – 1965
  • School of Business and Economic Studies – 1988
  • Leeds University Business School 1997
  • Faculty of Business – 2003. [1]
Dean Julia Bennell [2]
Academic staff
200 [3]
Students4,000
Undergraduates 2,000
Postgraduates 2,300 Masters students and over 100 Postgraduate Researchers
Location,
England

53°48′29″N1°33′11″W / 53.808°N 1.553°W / 53.808; -1.553
Affiliations University of Leeds
Website https://business.leeds.ac.uk

Leeds University Business School is a business school in the University of Leeds, [4] in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The school is accredited by AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS.

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Location

Leeds University Business School is housed in several buildings at the University of Leeds, including the 19th-century Maurice Keyworth building (previously Leeds Grammar School), Charles Thackrah building and Clarendon building. The School also shares the Newlyn building and Esther Simpson building with the School of Law, which officially opened in October 2019 and March 2022 respectively. Leeds University Business School is situated on the western campus of the University of Leeds, located 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Leeds city centre. The Marks & Spencer company archive is also housed here, containing over 60,000 artefacts and pieces moved there in 2009 from London to Leeds, the birthplace of the company. Further buildings include the Liberty Building, home to the Faculty of Law, and Western Lecture Theatre. [5]

Profile and reputation

For business and management research, Leeds was ranked twelfth in the UK for the quality of its research and fifth for research power in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework. It had 145 research active full time equivalent staff in business and management, making it the sixth largest group in the UK. [6]

Alumni

Notable Business School alumni include:

Current notable academics

Leeds University Business School has over 200 academic staff. [7]

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References

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  2. "New Executive Dean for Leeds University Business School". Leeds University Business School. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  3. "About the University of business | Facts and figures". University of Leeds. 16 November 2006. Retrieved 1 January 2007.
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  7. "Academics at Leeds University Business School". Leeds University Business School. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.