University of Edinburgh Business School

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The University of Edinburgh Business School ( OAs ) - formerly University of Edinburgh Management School - is the business school of the University of Edinburgh and offers since 1918 economics courses.

The business school is accredited in both AMBA and EQUIS and in one of the most prestigious British and European management schools. In international comparison the UEMS 2007 was ranked by the Financial Times ranked 8th in the UK, 16 in Europe and 54 worldwide. 2005 The Economist placed the UEMS number 7 in the UK and 14 in Europe.

History

The University of Edinburgh 1916 was invited by the Chamber of Commerce Edinburgh to establish a course of study for its members. It was then in 1918 the Bachelor of Commerce ( BCom ) launched and the Chair of Accounting and Business Method, which was the first of its kind in Scotland, was founded. First part of the Faculty of Arts soon became the Department of Business Studies and the Department of Accounting and Business Method founded.

Only in the 21st century of BCom has been replaced by the Master of Arts ( MA) in Business Studies. The Master of Business Administration (MBA) was first offered in 1980. Since then, over 3,500 students have graduated from this program. The first MSc program was introduced in 1996.

Since August 2010, the Business School is housed in a newly built building in the center of the university campus and in the heart of Edinburgh city center. The new building provided an investment of £ 17 million for the University dar. It includes all staff offices, eight lecture halls, several work rooms, executive education suite and a cafe. In addition, be shared by the Business School and the historic and modern buildings of the University of Edinburgh.

Academic Units

At the OAs eight competence centers and research institutions have been established. It also cooperates with some external research centers. The WPA provides various studies and research programs with a strong focus is placed on teaching and research in the following areas:

  • Accounting and Finance
  • Management Science and Business Economics
  • Marketing
  • Strategy and International Business
  • Entrepreneurship and Innovation
  • Organization Studies

The WPA has, in addition to financial management, including a strong focus on innovation and entrepreneurship and hosts various business plan competitions. Courses and lectures are also in collaboration with the Edinburgh - Stanford Link, in which entrepreneurs and investors lecture organized. The E-Club since 2005 promotes the entrepreneurial activities at the university.

The students are advised and trained by the Edinburgh Careers Service team at career, personal development and soft skills. The students also benefit from the international alumni network and up to 50 guest speakers, who report annually to the OAs. The OAs alumni network comprises 10,000 members in over 120 countries.

MBA

The MBA is currently a full-time MBA (12 months) and Part-time Executive MBA (27 months) offered. The full-time MBA is also offered as a modular MBA, the flexible ( up to 48 months ) can be traversed. In addition to the usual case studies and group projects while studying, the full-time MBA still includes a 3-month consulting project ( Lothians Consulting Project) in collaboration with different companies. In International Business MBA students spend three months in one of the partner universities worldwide, and then run through another MBA internship in a company.

Partner universities

  • École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris, France and Shanghai, China Tongji University
  • Fisher College of Business, Ohio, USA
  • Fuqua School of Business, North Carolina, United States
  • Kellogg School of Management, Chicago, USA
  • Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • ESSEC, Cergy (near Paris ), France
  • Schulich School of Business, Toronto, Canada
  • Graduate School of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
  • Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Sydney, Australia
  • EADA Business School, Barcelona, ​​Spain
  • Politecnico di Milano School of Management (MIP ), Milan, Italy
  • Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  • IPADE, Mexico, Mexico

Postgraduate programs

In addition to the MBA programs, the UEMS offers a number of Master's (MSc) and research ( MSc / PhD) programs such as:

  • MSc in Banking and Risk Management
  • MSc in Finance and Investment
  • MSc in Human Resource Management
  • MSc in Accounting and Finance
  • MSc in International Business and Emerging Markets
  • MSc in Management
  • MSc in Carbon Management
  • MSc in Marketing
  • MSc in Marketing and Business Analysis
  • PhD / MSc Research degrees in Management and Economics

Others

The tartan of the OAs is in the Scottish Register of Tartans registered under the STA Reference 6107th

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