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| Motto | Where science means business |
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| Established | 2003 |
Parent institution | Imperial College London |
| Accreditation | AACSB,EQUIS,AMBA |
| Dean | Peter Todd |
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| Website | imperial.ac.uk/business-school |
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Imperial Business School is the business school ofImperial College London. Established in 2003, the business school was opened byQueen Elizabeth II.[1]
Imperial Business School offers primarily post-graduate education programmes, including anMBA,Master's specialisations,PhD, andexecutive education. Degrees holdtriple accredidation in the UK (AMBA), US (AACSB) and Europe (EQUIS).
In the most recentResearch Excellence Framework, the school ranked second in the UK for business and management.[2] In the latestQS MBA by Career Specialisation Rankings, Imperial’s MBA programme ranked third worldwide and first in Europe for entrepeneurship.[3][4]
In 1851, theGreat Exhibition (the firstWorld's Fair) was organised byPrince Albert, husband ofQueen Victoria. The Great Exhibition was a financial success, where its profits funded the building of theVictoria and Albert Museum,Natural History Museum,Science Museum,Royal Albert Hall and colleges inSouth Kensington.[5]
In 1907, Imperial College London was established byroyal charter, unifying several of these colleges - theRoyal College of Science, theRoyal School of Mines and theCity and Guilds of London Institute - into a university.
In 1909,King Edward VII laid the foundation stone for theRoyal School of Mines building, which is now part of the present-day Business School facilities.
In 1955, Imperial College London offered its first postgraduate course in business, an MSc in Production Engineering and Management.[6]
In 1965, Imperial College London and theLondon School of Economics co-sponsored the founding of theLondon Business School.[7][8]
In 1971, a Department of Management Science was established at Imperial. This was followed in 1978 by the Department of Social & Economic Studies.[9]
In 1987, the Management School was founded through the merger of the Departments of Management Science and Social & Economic Studies. It focused on integrating management studies with emerging technology and entrepreneurship.
In 2003, the Imperial Business School was elevated to Faculty status, alongside the Faculties of Natural Science, Medicine and Engineering.
In 2004,Queen Elizabeth II accompanied byThe Duke of York held a royal opening of Imperial's new business school.[1]
In 2021, Imperial College London’s new White City campus opened, providing additional space and facilities for innovation and entrepreneurship activities.[10]
Imperial Business School is based at Imperial College London’sSouth Kensington campus. The school’s main building – an all-glass structure designed bySir Norman Foster – was inspired by theCrystal Palace of 1851, reflecting the College’s historical origins from the Great Exhibition. The glass-fronted design incorporates the 19th-century vaults of the adjacentRoyal School of Mines building, blending modern architecture with Victorian heritage.
In addition to its South Kensington facilities, the Business School has a presence at Imperial’sWhite City campus. This campus serves as an innovation and entrepreneurship eco-system for the university.[11] Resources available to the Business School at White City include Imperial's White CityIncubator, the Scale Space, the Translation & Innovation Hub, the Invention Rooms, and ahackspace for manufacturing equipment and training.
The business school offers undergraduate and primarily postgraduate education - includingMBAs,Master's,PhDs, andExecutive Education. Degrees holdtriple accreditation in the UK (AMBA), US (AACSB) and Europe (EQUIS).
The school is organised around five themes:
| Business school rankings | |
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| Europe MBA Rankings | |
| QS (2026)[21] | 8 |
| FT (2025)[22] | 10 |
| Global MBA Rankings | |
| QS (2026)[23] | 19 |
| FT (2025)[24] | 39 |
Imperial Business School is one of the four faculties ofImperial College London, a world-leading university for science, technology, engineering, medicine and business (STEMB). The school's reputation is closely related to that of its parent university. In 2026,Imperial College London was ranked 2nd globally and 1st in Europe in theQS World University Rankings[25] and 8th globally and 3rd in Europe in theTimes Higher Education World University Rankings.[26]
In the most recentResearch Excellence Framework (REF), a national higher education funding bodies assessment, the business school was ranked 2nd in the UK for business and management studies.[27]
In 2026, the school's MBA programme was ranked 8th in Europe by theQS MBA Rankings and 10th in Europe by theFinancial Times MBA Rankings.[28] The school's MBA programme was ranked 3rd globally and 1st in Europe for Entrepreneurship in the latestQS MBA by Career Specailisation Rankings.[29][30]
The 2026QS Business Master's Rankings ranked its MSc in Marketing 7th globally,[31] MSc in Business Analytics 8th globally,[32] MSc in Management 9th globally[33] and MSc in Finance 14th globally.[34]
In 2026, Imperial was ranked 1st in the UK for career prospects byThe Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide,[35] theGuardian University Guide[36] and theComplete University Guide.[37]
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