London Business School

London Business School was established in 1964 as the London Graduate School of Business Studies, following the Franks Report’s recommendation that Britain needed major postgraduate business schools. It was registered as a company in 1965, recognised by the University of London, and in 1970 Queen Elizabeth II opened its Regent’s Park campus. In 1986 it took its current name and was incorporated by Royal Charter, giving it the right to award its own degrees. Today London Business School is a postgraduate-only business school and a member institution of the University of London, with around 2,275 students from more than 130 countries. Its flagship programme is the full-time MBA, lasting 15 to 21 months, alongside Executive MBA degrees in London and Dubai, a Global Executive MBA with Columbia Business School, Masters in Finance and Management, and a PhD programme. The school’s faculty includes leading researchers in finance, economics, management and marketing, and its alumni network spans the world’s major companies, banks and consultancies. Its location in central London, beside Regent’s Park, places students at the centre of one of the world’s great financial and business capitals.