www.sbs.oxford.edu

For centuries, Oxford University has educated leaders of all kinds, from Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, to Aung San Suu Kyi, Leader of the Burmese National League for Democracy and Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. Now we are in business! Established in 1996, Oxford University’s Saïd Business School is one of Europe’s newest and fastest growing business schools, and has rapidly acquired a reputation for top-quality, innovative business education.

Best one-year MBA programme in the UK

In 2005 the Financial Times ranked the Oxford University MBA as the best one-year MBA programme in the UK. The Times / Times Higher Education Supplement’s rankings of UK business studies departments placed the School first for the third year running, and Oxford overall stretched its lead as Britain’s top university. Key factors in the School’s success are its research rating, the quality of its undergraduate intake, its expenditure on libraries and information services, and the number of graduates going on to graduate-level jobs or further study.

So what makes business education at Oxford different? Firstly, the Saïd Business School is fully integrated into one of the world’s greatest universities and can draw on the knowledge of faculty in adjacent fields such as economics, international relations, and law, as well as on its own faculty. Our faculty are all at the forefront of their fields and provide intellectual leadership for institutions such as the European Commission, the European Corporate Governance Institute and the World Bank. Their in-depth knowledge across a broad spectrum of research areas includes e-commerce, organisational design, operations management, corporate governance, initial public offerings and technology.

Secondly, our student body is highly diverse. Our students come from dozens of countries and all kinds of backgrounds, both professional and academic. For example, the MBA class of 2004-2005 is made up of 174 students from over 40 countries. When they graduate, our students go to work for all kinds of organisations, from American Express to Greenpeace, all around the world from Australia to Zimbabwe.

Thirdly, all our students are required to apply the knowledge and skills they gain to real world situations; for example, MBA students complete two substantial practical projects as an integral part of the programme. At the same time, they are constantly exposed to the top ranks of the business world. Regular seminars and guest lectures provide a steady stream of networking opportunities, and recent guests at the School have included: Stelios Haji-Ioannou, founder of the easyGroup of companies; Nobel Prize-winning economist, Daniel Kahneman; and Rosalind Hedley-Miller, Vice Chairman of Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein.

Finally, our facilities are second to none. Situated in the centre of Oxford, the purpose-built Saïd Businesses School combines state-of-the-art teaching facilities with classically modern architecture and landscaping. “The architects have created a beautiful, serene building that performs the noble trick of appearing to be brand new and very much of our times, yet routed in the distant past,” said Jonathan Glancey in The Guardian.

MSc in Financial Economics

Currently, Saïd Business School is launching a new gateway to professional finance that promises to open up career-long opportunities. The School is looking for applicants from all over the world and from all kinds of backgrounds for Oxford’s new MSc in Financial Economics, which starts in October 2005. In particular, the University is seeking 35 exceptional individuals who intend to forge successful and influential careers in the financial world, whether in investment banking, financial markets, hedge fund management, private equity, asset management or as a future finance director.

For further information about Saïd Business School, please visit www.sbs.oxford.edu, or for information on the MSc in Financial Economics, please visit www.sbs.oxford.edu/mfe.

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