The London Business School (LBS) forms a part of the University of London. Established in 1964, the school has since made major strides in the teaching of business.
Not only was the school the second-ranked Business School in Europe in 2021, they were also ranked number one in the world for their full-time Masters in Finance post-experience programme, along with a number of other accolades, courtesy of the Financial Times Ranking.
The school has two central campus locations; one in London and one in Dubai. Both cities are culturally rich and offer diverse environments for students to be exposed to new opportunities both academically, and for entertainment purposes, presenting a holistic study experience.
Their teaching methods are founded upon four central principles to inform innovative and independent thinking from their students. These principles include:
- Research Excellence
- Diversity
- Innovation
- Learning in practice
On the note of diversity, the school prides itself in creating learning environments that are culturally diverse in both its student and faculty body, as well as through its modes of teaching. The school represents 28 nationalities in its teaching staff alone, whilst 67% of senior faculty leadership roles are held by women.
They have also installed an annual Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging report that aims specifically to monitor equality among all spheres of the school’s structure, whilst taking into account the progresses in diversity that the school continues to make.
Furthermore, LBS offers a number of Master’s degrees, including a Master of Business Administration (MBA) programme that has previously been ranked the number one MBA programme according to Forbes rankings.
These qualifications include:
- Executive MBA (London)
- LBS Sloane Masters in Leadership and Strategy
- Masters in Management
- Global Masters in Management
- Masters in Analytics and Management
- Masters in Financial Analytics
- MBA
- Masters in Finance (full-time or part-time)
- Executive MBA (Dubai)
- Executive MBA-Global
LBS also provides a great number of executive education courses that are available for online and in-contact study. Executive education courses are business management courses that are created specifically with the aim of enriching the skills of those already actively working as leaders and managers in the business world.
Some of these executive education qualifications include courses dedicated to women, such as the newly installed Women in Leadership course, to name just one.
This programme and more like it, whether exclusively online, in-contact, or both, are divided between the following areas of focus:
- General Management
- Leadership
- Strategy
- Finance
- Digital Transformation and Innovation
- Human Resources
Furthermore, the school also has Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) qualifications to be studied in the following research areas:
- Accounting PhD programme
- Economics PhD programme
- Finance PhD programme
- Managements Science and Operations PhD programme
- Marketing PhD programme
- Organisational Behaviour PhD programme
- Strategy and Entrepreneurship programme
LBS guarantees that all students who are accepted for a position in either of the PhD programmes will receive full funding, including a £25,000 stipend for five years.
Furthermore, for students studying towards their Master’s who do not benefit from this funding, the school has made a number of scholarship and bursary programmes available.
For students who are interested in learning more about the London Business School, visit the school’s official website here.
