Westminster Business School is the business school of the

University of Westminster , mottoeng = The Lord is our Strength , type = Public , established = 1838: Royal Polytechnic Institution 1891: Polytechnic-Regent Street 1970: Polytechnic of Central London 1992: University of Westminster , endowment = £5.1 million ...

. Located at its

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campus in central London, it is one of the capital's leading centres for business education and has a large and diverse staff base with extensive business, consultancy and research achievements. The school is divided into four faculties: School of Applied Management, School of Finance and Accounting, School of Management and Marketing and the School of Organisations, Economy and Society. It awards

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, MSc,

MBA A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...

and PhD degrees and is one of under 70 schools globally to be accredited by

Association of MBAs The Association of MBAs (AMBA) is a global organisation founded in 1967 which focuses primarily on international business school accreditation and membership. Roles Based in London, AMBA is one of the three main global accreditation bodies in ...

in the United Kingdom, and the

AACSB The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, also known as AACSB International, is an American professional organization. It was founded as the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business in 1916 to provide accreditation to ...

in the United States.

History

The University has been delivering management programmes since its antecedent institute, the Royal Polytechnic Institution, was founded in 1838. Westminster Business School was established in 1971, and its MBA programme gained accreditation by the Association of MBAs in 1987.

Accreditations and rankings

Westminster Business School has received accreditations from professional bodies such as the

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, APM, CFA Society of the UK, Chartered Institute of Marketing, The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development accreditation, Chartered Institute of Public Finance, Chartered Management Institute, PMI, The Management Development Network, and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Westminster Business School was ranked 73 in

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list of top business schools in 2020.

References

External links

Westminster Business School
Business schools in England University of Westminster {{UK-edu-stub