Norwich Business School (NBS) is one of seven schools within the University of East Anglia's Faculty of Social Sciences. The School has a campus location, based in the Thomas Paine Study Centre, and has approximately 1,800 registered students. In the National Student Survey 2018, UEA was ranked 2nd in the UK for finance, 5th in the UK for business studies and 10th in the UK for marketing (overall satisfaction rankings). In 2019, the School received an

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Bronze award, recognising work undertaken to address gender equality in higher education and research.

Research

UEA is ranked 9th in the UK for quality of its business and management studies research in the Research Excellence Framework 2014 (Times Higher Education Analysis).

Projects

Graduate Job Programme The Graduate Job Programme is a recruitment service offered by Norwich Business School for final year undergraduate students. Participants take part in a rigorous assessment centre experience before being matched with regional employers who are looking to recruit business graduates to their team on a nine-month to permanent basis. Employability Prizes Employability Prizes are built in to a number of modules at Norwich Business School. They give students the chance to present their academic work to a panel of employers, in order to gain feedback, networking opportunities and a prize for the winning team.

Notable alumni

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of the Scottish Football League * Sir Peter Fahy, Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police * Marcus Flather, cardiologist and recognised expert in clinical trials

Notable Academics

Catherine Waddams Catherine Mary Waddams (born 12 July 1948) is a British economist and academic, who specialises in industrial organization, privatisation, regulation, and competition. Since 2000, she has been Professor of Regulation at Norwich Business School, U ...

, Professor of Regulation *

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, Professor of Competition Policy

History

The name Norwich Business School and acronym NBS was first adopted in 2005. Previously, NBS had been known as The School of Management, which was formed in 1996 by the alliance of the School of Management and the School of Accounting and Finance. Despite adopting Norwich Business School as the new name of the school, NBS continues to teach degree courses in these subject areas.

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