University of Exeter Business School

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University of Exeter Business School
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Type Business School
Established1988: Centre for Management 2008: University of Exeter Business School
DirectorProfessor Alexandra Gerbasi
Academic staff
200+
Location
Exeter
,
United Kingdom
Campus Urban
Colours Green and white
            
Affiliations University of Exeter
AACSB
AMBA
EQUIS
Website http://business-school.exeter.ac.uk/
The University of Exeter Business School's Building:One located on Streatham Campus, Exeter University of Exeter Business School.jpg
The University of Exeter Business School's Building:One located on Streatham Campus, Exeter

The University of Exeter Business School is one of the leading business schools in Europe, and is ranked as being among the best business schools in the world. Founded by the University of Exeter in 2008, it is located on the university's Streatham Campus within the city of Exeter. The School offers undergraduate BSc and postgraduate degrees in business, economics, marketing, finance, accounting and management programmes. The school offers the Exeter MBA which focuses on sustainability, a dedicated Master in Management programme and specialised MSc degrees, as well as MRes and PhD research programmes. [1] The school is in the elite 1% of business schools worldwide that possess the distinguished Triple Crown Accreditation from AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS.

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History

The university offered its first MBA in 1988 with the formation of the Centre for Management Studies. In 1998 the University of Exeter Business School was launched with the Departments of Management, Economics, Accounting and Finance merged. At the time of its formation, the Business School employed 38 full-time academics, by 2013 this number had risen to over 200. [2]

College status

The University of Exeter Business School has an international student body made up of 93 different nationalities, faculty from 29 countries, 50 partner institutions in 24 countries worldwide and 20,195 alumni, almost half of whom are based internationally across 155 countries. The table below demonstrates the number of professional services staff and students in the Business School from the 2015/16 academic year [2] across its programmes.

LevelNo.
Staff227
Undergraduate Taught2900
Postgraduate Taught and MBA890
Postgraduate Research92

Reputation

The University of Exeter Business School is a UK-based international Business School which is part of a Russell Group university ranked within the Global Top 100 according to The Times Higher Education World Rankings 2015. [3] It held 7th-place position during both 2015 and 2016 respectively according to The Times and The Sunday Times University Guide 2016. [4]

DATEMILESTONE
1973The University of Exeter launches the UK's first Finance Masters programme.
1988The University of Exeter launches its first MBA programme.
1999Exeter Centre for Leadership is launched.
2004The university's MBA programme is accredited by AMBA (Association of MBAs) for the first time.
2008The University of Exeter Business School becomes a fully integrated business school, with a £21 million investment to support its expansion and internationalisation.
2009The Business School introduces its ‘With Industrial Experience (WIE)’ degree option, giving students placement opportunities to enhance their employability and build their understanding of the international business environment.
2011The Business School's ‘Building One’ is opened, a brand new £18 million teaching space.
2011The Business School's MBA programme becomes the One Planet MBA, and receives AMBA's ‘Highly Commended Award for Innovation’.
2012The University of Exeter becomes a member of the prestigious Russell Group of UK universities.
2013The Business School joins an elite group of international management educators accredited by EFMD Quality Improvement System (EQUIS).
2014Over 73% of the Business School's research is rated either world-leading or internationally excellent in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014.
2015The Financial Times ranks the Business School's MSc Financial Analysis and Fund Management, and MSc International Management programmes in the Top 100 for the first time.
2016The Financial Times ranks the Business School as a Top 100 European Business School for the first time.
2017The One Planet MBA is ranked as a Tier 1 course in CEO Magazine's Global MBA Rankings for the first time.
2017The Business School's disciplines of accounting and finance, management and economics are ranked in The Complete University Guide for the first time, at 5th, 6th and 11th respectively.
2017The One Planet MBA becomes The Exeter MBA, and is ranked number 1 in the Corporate Knights' Better World MBA Rankings.
2017The Business School is one of the first UK universities to join the prestigious QTEM network of global institutions and organisations offering students the opportunity to take part in the quantitatively focused QTEM Programme.
2017The Business School is named the number 1 Business School in the UK for graduate outcomes.
2018The Exeter Centre for circular economy is launched by Dame Ellen MacArthur, and the university is recognised by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation as a Global Pioneer for Circular Economy.
2018The Business School launches two new Degree Apprenticeships, and is the first member of the Russell Group to launch both level 6 and level 7 qualifications in leadership and management.
2018The Business School's WIE degree option is nominated for a QS Reimagine Education Award.
2019The Exeter Centre for Entrepreneurship is launched by successful businesswoman and Dragon's Den star Deborah Meaden.
2019The University of Exeter and Dragon Capital create the “Dragon Capital Chair in Biodiversity Economics”, committing £1.6 million to fund research that encourages market behaviours that foster the preservation of the natural environment.
2019The Business School is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) for the first time.
2019The Business School is triple-accredited, and joins an elite group of less than one hundred business schools globally to achieve the coveted “triple crown” accreditation status.
2019The Economist ranks the Business School's MBA as a top 100 MBA programme and 5th in the world for student quality.
2020Celebrities join Business School professor Gail Whiteman in a virtual call to address Arctic change during ‘digital Davos’, organised by Arctic Basecamp, the climate action campaign group founded by Professor Gail Whiteman.
2020The Exeter MBA is ranked 12th globally and 4th in Europe in Corporate Knights’ Better World MBA rankings 2021.
2021The University of Exeter Business School launches Exeter Expertise, a new Thought Leadership platform where academic research and insights are distilled to help readers tackle the world's greatest challenges.
2021The University of Exeter Business School is re-accredited for a further five years by leading quality assessment body EQUIS.
2021100% of our Business and Management research has internationally excellent impact in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021.
2021We are 9th in the UK for our Business and Management research and 17th in the UK for Economics and Econometrics research in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021.
2022The University of Exeter Business School is re-accredited for a further five years by leading quality assessment body AMBA.
2022The University of Exeter Business School is named 'Business School of the Year' in the Times Higher Education Awards.

Research

The University of Exeter Business School's research is recognised as world-leading and internationally excellent ( REF, 2014 ), and recent years have seen the School benefit from investment into attracting and recruiting leading international researchers, research teams and distinguished professors. With the launch of research centres in the circular economy, environmental economics, entrepreneurship, and the digital economy the Business School now has 11 research centres that provide a focus for research collaboration within the School, across the University of Exeter and externally:

The newly launched Research Methods Centre provides a forum for training PhD students, early career researchers and experienced academics alike to help foster a community of learning and enable faculty to publish in leading academic journals, generate income and deliver impactful research. In recent years the School's research has impacted on many global and national institutions including the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the European Commission as well as HMRC, DEFRA and the Met Office.

Partnerships

The business school maintains international partnerships with other leading business schools in Europe and globally. [5] As well as students visiting the school, Exeter students are able to visit schools within the network for a full academic year. The Business School's 60 partner institutions include:

Notable alumni

Faculty

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References

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  2. 1 2 "About the University of Exeter Business School" . Retrieved 15 December 2017.
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