Birmingham Business School

Birmingham Business School

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Type	Business School
Established	1902
Dean	Simon Collinson
Location	Birmingham , England
Campus	Urban, Suburban
Affiliations	University of Birmingham
Website	www.birmingham.ac.uk/business

Birmingham Business School is the business school of the University of Birmingham in England and is one of the leading business schools in the world. Originally established as the School of Commerce in 1902, Birmingham Business School is the oldest business school in England.

According to the Financial Times 2015 Global MBA Rankings and European Business Schools 2015 Rankings, the Birmingham MBA programme is ranked 95th in the world while its full time MBA programme is ranked 28th in Europe respectively.

History and background

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Sir William Ashley

In 1901, Sir William Ashley took the first Chair of Commerce at the school, where he fostered the development of its commercial programme. From 1902 until 1923 he served as first Professor of Commerce and Dean of the Faculty, which he was instrumental in founding.

Ashley said that the aim of the new Faculty was the education not of the "rank and file, but of the officers of the industrial and commercial army: of those who, as principals, directors, managers, secretaries, heads of department, etc., will ultimately guide the business activity of the country".

In its first year, the annual costs of the Faculty, including staff salaries, were £8,200. There were six students, a lecture room and two classrooms. By 1908, fifteen men had graduated from the School.

From 1914 till 1919, University House became a nurses home during World War I. In 1964 the building became a mixed halls of residence until 2002, where it was closed due to the condition of the building and the changing living requirements of students.

In March 2005 University House was officially opened by Sir Dominic Cadbury as the Business School's new £20m home. In 2008, the School expanded to add the Department of Economics to its list of departments that already included Accounting and Finance; Management; Marketing.

A brand new £10m postgraduate teaching centre under the Business School is under construction and should open its doors in the early 2016.

Research

The 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, in which Birmingham Business School was submitted under the Business and Management Studies sub-panel, 90% of research activity submitted by the School was rated as being of international standing.

The school has a number of research centres focusing on a range of topics including International Finance, Strategy and Procurement Management, Industrial Strategy, and EU-South East Asia Trade.

In 2015 Frank Abagnale Jr., subject of the 2002 film Catch Me If You Can, was employed in the new role of head researcher in the field of economics. This role is designed to strengthen Birmingham Business School on an international stage.

Accreditation and MBA rankings

Birmingham Business School, along with just a handful of the world's business schools, holds the gold standard of "triple-crown" accreditation from the AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), AMBA (Association of MBAs) and EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System). The Birmingham MBA is also taught in Singapore and Guangzhou as part of a collaborative arrangement with different universities.

The Birmingham MBA is ranked one of the top 100 MBA in the world based on both The Financial Times and The Economist 2015 rankings. Its full-time 1 year programme is also one of the most competitive MBA programme in the UK with 13 applications per place, which requires applicants to possess at least an upper second class honours (2:1) degree and 5 years of work experience with evidence of management.

The Birmingham MBA was once ranked the UK's top full time MBA programme in the Economist Intelligence Unit's 2004 global MBA ranking.

Year	The Financial Times Global MBA ranking	The Economist Full-time MBA ranking
2015	95th	89th
2014	N/A	93th
2013	N/A	85th
2012	86th	84th
2011	68th	70th
2010	75th	68th
2009	83th	67th

Notable people

Notable alumni

• David Gill – Chief Executive, Manchester United
• David Bailey – Professor of Industrial Strategy at Aston Business School and Vice-Chair of the Regional Studies Association
• Elizabeth Locke – The Apprentice Series 6 finalist
• Simon Mantell – Full-time England field hockey player
• James Rodwell – Full-time England rugby sevens player

Deans

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Birmingham Business School at night

The current Dean of Birmingham Business School is Professor Simon Collinson, who joined in 2012.

Previous Heads of School have included:

• David Bailey
• Jonathan Michie
• Peter Turnbull
• John Samuels
• Colin Rickwood

External links

• Birmingham Business School
• University of Birmingham