The University of Exeter Business School is one of the leading business schools in Europe, and is ranked as being among the best business schools in the world. Founded by the

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in 2008, the University of Exeter Business School spans two vibrant campuses covering the South West, UK:

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within the city of

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and Penryn Campus near the town of Falmouth in

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. The Business School offers undergraduate

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and postgraduate degrees in business, economics, marketing, finance, accounting and management programmes. The school is also home to The Exeter

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which focuses on

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, a dedicated

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programme and specialised

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degrees, as well as

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and

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research programmes. The school is in the elite group of business schools worldwide that possess the distinguished Triple Crown Accreditation from

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and

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. The University of Exeter Business School has an international student body made up of 112 different nationalities, with 60 partner institutions in 25 countries worldwide and 27,201 alumni, over half of whom are based internationally across 160 countries.

History

Research

The University of Exeter Business School's research is recognised as world-leading and internationally excellent ('' REF, 2014''), and recent years have seen the School benefit from investment into attracting and recruiting leading international researchers, research teams and distinguished professors. With the launch of research centres in the circular economy, environmental economics, entrepreneurship, and the digital economy the Business School now ha
11 research centres
that provide a focus for research collaboration within the School, across the

and externally:
Centre for Entrepreneurship

Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning

Centre for Simulation, Analytics and Modelling (CSAM)

Exeter Centre for Social networks (ECSN)

Exeter Centre for Circular Economy (ECCE)

Exeter Centre for Leadership (ExCL)

Initiative in Digital Economy (INDEX)

Exeter Centre for Sustainable Finance (ESF)

Land, Environment, Economics and Policy Institute (LEEP)

Tax Administration Research Centre (TARC)

Research Methods Centre (RMC)
The newly launched Research Methods Centre provides a forum for training PhD students, early career researchers and experienced academics alike to help foster a community of learning and enable faculty to publish in leading academic journals, generate income and deliver impactful research. In recent years the School's research has impacted on many global and national institutions including the

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, the

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and the

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as well as

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, DEFRA and the Met Office. We are using our insight and expertise to redefine the role of business globally and to teach our students how to use sustainable and responsible business principles to become successful leaders. Our research expertise focus on three important themes, all of which are helping address climate change and other global issues such as biodiversity loss, rising poverty and social inequalities: Environmental Sustainability, Technological Transformation and Responsible Leadership. You can find out more on our Thought Leadership platform
Exeter Expertise
where our academic research and insights are distilled to help readers tackle the world's greatest challenges.

Reputation

The University of Exeter Business School is part of an elite group of business schools worldwide that possess the distinguished " triple-crown" accreditation from the

(Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business),

(Association of MBAs) and

(European Quality Improvement System). The School is a UK-based international Business School which is part of the

, a

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amongst the top 150 universities worldwide according to ''the

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2022'' and ''

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2022'', two of the most influential global league tables. ''The Times and the Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023'' ranks Exeter in 13th position in the UK. ''The Guardian University Guide 2023'' lists Exeter in 15th place in the UK. Exeter is ranked 14th in the UK of universities targeted by the largest number of top employers in 2021-2022, according to the Graduate Market in 2022 Research Report. The

has four times been awarded a prestigious

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. The most recent award in 2020 was made to a team of scientists for the pivotal role they have played to expose the devastating effect that plastics pollution has on the health of humans and wildlife.

Partnerships

The business school maintains international partnerships with other leading business schools in Europe and globally. As well as students visiting the school, Exeter students are able to visit schools within the network for a full academic year. The Business School's 60 partner institutions include: *

BI Norwegian Business School BI Norwegian Business School () is the largest business school in Norway and the second largest in all of Europe. BI has in total four campuses with the main one located in Oslo. The university has 845 employees consisting of an academic staff o ...

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Bocconi University Bocconi University ( it, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, ) is a private university in Milan, Italy. Bocconi provides education in the fields of economics, finance, law, management, political science, public administration and computer sci ...

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Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

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LUISS Business School Luiss Business School is a leading Italian business school, specialized in business and management studies. Founded in 1986, Luiss Business School is the business school of the Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli, (L ...

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Copenhagen Business School Copenhagen Business School (Danish'': Handelshøjskolen i København'') often abbreviated and referred to as CBS (also in Danish), is a public university situated in Copenhagen, Denmark and is considered one of the most prestigious business schoo ...

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Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

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EDHEC EDHEC Business School (french: Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales du Nord) is a French grandes écoles business school with campus locations in: Lille, France; Nice, France; Paris, France; London, UK; and Singapore. EDHEC offers its flagship M ...

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The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong (HKU) (Chinese: 香港大學) is a public research university in Hong Kong. Founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese, it is the oldest tertiary institution in Hong Kong. HKU was also the fir ...

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Hong Kong University of Science & Technology The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) is a public research university in Clear Water Bay Peninsula, New Territories, Hong Kong. Founded in 1991 by the British Hong Kong Government, it was the territory's third institution ...

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Fudan University Fudan University () is a national public research university in Shanghai, China. Fudan is a member of the C9 League, Project 985, Project 211, and the Double First Class University identified by the Ministry of Education of China. It is als ...

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University of Munich The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich or LMU; german: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It is Germany's List of universities in Germany, sixth-oldest u ...

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Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...

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Mannheim Business School Mannheim Business School (MBS) is the umbrella organization for management education at the University of Mannheim. The school offers four international MBA programs: the Mannheim Master of Business Administration (part-time and full-time), the M ...

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Mannheim Mannheim (; Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (german: Universitätsstadt Mannheim), is the second-largest city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg after the state capital of Stuttgart, and Germany's 2 ...

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WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management The WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management is a top German business school with campuses in Vallendar and Düsseldorf, Germany. WHU was founded in 1984 by the Koblenz Chamber of Commerce as the Wissenschaftliche Hochschule für Unternehmens ...

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University of Amsterdam The University of Amsterdam (abbreviated as UvA, nl, Universiteit van Amsterdam) is a public research university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The UvA is one of two large, publicly funded research universities in the city, the other being ...

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HEC Lausanne HEC Lausanne (standing for ''Faculté des Hautes études commerciales''), also called the Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Lausanne, is the affiliated business school of the University of Lausanne. Since 1911, HEC Lausanne h ...

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Lund School of Economics and Management The Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM) or ''Ekonomihögskolan i Lund'' is a business school at Lund University in Lund, Sweden. The educational quality is certified by EQUIS, AMBA, and AACSB. It was founded and financed ...

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Notable alumni

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– former

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(2007–2014) *

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Matthew Holmes –

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Sajid Javid Sajid Javid (; born 5 December 1969) is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care from June 2021 to July 2022, having previously served as Home Secretary from 2018 to 2019 and Chancellor of the Exchequer f ...

MP – former

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and

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* Col Mark Lancaster (MBA) –

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* Bob Quick QPM (MBA) – Former Assistant Commissioner *

Sam Skinner (rugby union) Samuel George Skinner (born 31 January 1995) is a professional rugby union player who plays as a lock for United Rugby Championship club Edinburgh. Born in England, he represents Scotland at international level after qualifying on ancestry gro ...

– Exeter Chiefs and Scotland rugby player *

Jack Maunder Jack Maunder (born 5 April 1997) is an English rugby union player who plays Scrum-half for Exeter Chiefs in the Aviva Premiership. Club career In October 2016, Maunder made his club debut for the Exeter Chiefs against ASM Clermont Auvergne ...

– Exeter Chiefs rugby player * Henry Staunton – Media mogul

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