The Saïd Business School has one of the most modern of the dreaming spires of Oxford

Saïd Business School (SBS) is the business school of the University of Oxford in England. It is the University's centre of learning for graduate and undergraduate students in business, management and finance. Established in 1996, the Saïd Business School is one of the youngest first-tier business schools. In spite of its age, it is consistently ranked as one of the world's top business schools and among Europe's leading business schools.

[edit] Degree programmes

Saïd Business School's main degree programmes are its one-year MBA, the 21-month Executive MBA, the DPhil Programme and the one-year MSc in Financial Economics in cooperation with the Economics Department3.

The School runs the MSc in Major Programme Management in association with the BT Centre for Major Programme Management. It also offers two MEng programmes and a super BA programme in Economics and Management, also jointly with the Department of Economics.^[1]

[edit] Reputation

The MBA programme was ranked 10th among non-US MBA programs in the 2008 Business Week MBA rankings.^[2] It was ranked 20th worldwide and 3rd in the UK in the Financial Times Global MBA Rankings 2009.^[3] In David Marquand's view, the School is the future of Oxford University and is likely to significantly impact public policy .

[edit] History

A bust of Wafic Saïd in Saïd Business School, Oxford.

The Oxford Centre for Management Studies (OCMS) was founded in 1965. It was the precursor to both what is now Saïd Business School and to Templeton College, the University's business-focused postgraduate college. Initially, OCMS was an "associate institution" of the University, providing executive, graduate and later undergraduate courses in Management Studies. OCMS was renamed Templeton College in 1983, and the University of Oxford School of Management Studies was created in 1991, taking over the undergraduate and graduate degree courses from the college.^[4] Saïd Business School was formed in 1996 out of the School of Management Studies.

The new business school building was completed in 2001 with a £23 million benefaction from Syrian businessman Wafic Saïd. The building includes an amphitheatre and the Sainsbury Library, and was designed by Edward Jones and Sir Jeremy Dixon. It was built on the site of Oxford Rewley Road railway station. The opening on 5 November 2001 was accompanied by protests by students mainly because of the controversial nature of Wafic Saïd's donation (his wealth is partly derived from advising on defense related contracts between the UK and Saudi-Arabia, in particular the Al Yamamah contract^[5]).

Since 2005, SBS also runs Oxford University's business executive education programme (formerly run by Templeton College). As part of the development of executive education, the school had a groundbreaking ceremony to build an additional building on the Park End Street site (also designed by Dixon and Jones). Wafic Saïd has agreed to donate a further £15 million to fund the building; the remainder will be fundraised by the University as part of their main fundraising campaign.

SBS also has a close relationship with the Skoll Foundation^[6] via the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship^[7] which promotes social entrepreneurship.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website of Saïd Business School
• Oxford Business Alumni
• "Brash addition to Oxford's spires" — The Times Online

Coordinates: 51°45′12″N 1°16′07″W / 51.75339°N 1.26849°W / 51.75339; -1.26849