Rachel Killian, marketing & recruitment manager

Warwick Business School is part of the University of Warwick

Rachel Killian, marketing & recruitment manager

Full-time MBA: 37th in the world (FT 2009 ); Executive MBA: 29th in the world (FT 2008 ); Distance Learning MBA 3rd in the world (EIU Which MBA?)

1967

Professor Howard Thomas (dean)

Financial Times (2007): 23rd in world, 3rd in UK

1:15

180 academic staff, 120 managers and support staff

100 new students on Executive MBA each year, 300-400 new students on Distance Learning MBA each year; 50 new students on Global Energy MBA each year

38%

35% on full-time MBA

85% on full-time MBA, 56% on Distance Learning MBA, 30% on Executive MBA

5% sponsored on full-time MBA, 32% employer contribution on Distance Learning MBA, 74% employer contribution on Executive MBA

95% on full-time MBA, 68% on Distance Learning MBA, 26% on Executive MBA

Full-time MBA £21,400, Distance learning MBA £5,200 per annum (3 years), Executive MBA £8,000 per annum (3 years), Global Energy MBA £9,500 per annum (3 years)

WBS is a leading international business school, one of the largest in Europe, and first in the UK to gain accreditation from the leading management education associations in the US, Europe, and the UK. WBS provides business education at all levels. Today, WBS has more than 8,000 students from 132 countries, and its active alumni association has more than 25,000 members. WBS has active links with 800-plus organisations across the spectrum of business activity, for teaching, research and sponsorship purposes. Working in partnership with organisations on global, national and local projects, WBS attributes its success to the close relationships it builds with its clients. Organisations from all sectors come to WBS for many reasons: to sponsor managers and directors on MBA and executive development programmes, to collaborate on and learn from leading-edge research, and to access the expertise of faculty in their sector and subject areas.

As a large business school, WBS offers a comprehensive range of business and management education and research and the large number of academic staff mean that subject coverage is greater in both depth and breadth than many other institutions. Within MBA teaching, WBS alumni record specific strengths in strategy, marketing, finance and operations management. The new Global Energy MBA, launched in May 2009, combines the development of strategic leadership skills with a focus on the international energy industry.

The Warwick MBA has more than 650 companies sponsoring individuals or groups of students, including: Airbus, Amey, BNP Paribas, Cadbury, Centrica, Deloitte, E.ON, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, KPMG, Oracle, Schlumberger, Texaco and Vodafone.