Warwick Business School

Warwick Business School

Type	Public Business School
Established	1967
Dean	Andy Lockett
Administrative staff	319 (173 academic, 131 professional support, 15 visiting)
Students	7,539 (including 98 visiting/exchange)
Undergraduates	1,186
Postgraduates	3,162 (2,726 MBA and MPA, 438 specialist masters)
Doctoral students	182
Location	Coventry & London, Europe 52°22′56″N 1°33′56″W / 52.3821°N 1.5655°W / 52.3821; -1.5655Coordinates: 52°22′56″N 1°33′56″W / 52.3821°N 1.5655°W / 52.3821; -1.5655
Campus	Semi-rural & Urban
Website	www.wbs.ac.uk

Warwick Business School (WBS) is an academic department of the University of Warwick, originally established in 1967 as the School of Industrial and Business Studies. It is one of the most prestigious and highly selective business schools in the world. Due to the school's historical international outlook its alumni hold leadership positions in corporate, governmental and academic institutions around the globe.

The Business School offers undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD degree programs, as well as non-degree executive education for individuals and companies. Its MBA program, known as the Warwick MBA, is offered as a one-year Full-Time program, an Executive MBA and by Distance Learning (blended learning).

WBS University of Warwick campus is sited on the border of the city of Coventry and the county of Warwickshire in a semi-rural green belt location. WBS London campus is located in The Shard Tower, currently the tallest building in the European Union.

Warwick's School of Industrial and Business Studies (SIBS) was founded in 1967, with Brian Houlden as Chair, a total of five academic staff and 24 students across three programmes (MSc Management & Business Studies, MSc Management Science & Operational Research, Doctoral programme). It quickly gained a reputation for excellent research, particularly in the field of industrial relations. The Industrial Relations Research Unit, founded by Hugh Clegg in 1970 focused on achieving a better understanding of workplace industrial relations in general and workplace trade unionism in particular, in a time when the UK was perceived to suffer greatly from industrial strife and poor economic performance.