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London Business School (LBS) is a business school and a constituent college of the University of London, located in central London, England. It was established in 1964, after the Franks Report recommended the establishment of two business schools.
LBS offers various academic programmes including the Masters of Business Administration (MBA and EMBA), Sloan Fellowship for experienced business executives (MSc), Masters in Finance (MiF), Masters in Management for students with up to two years of work experience (MiM), PhD, and non-masters classes for business executives.
Over 1,800 degree students from 130 countries graduate from the school each year. A further 10,000 executives attend the school executive education programmes each year. The school has over 35,000 alumni in more than 135 countries, organised through 65-plus alumni clubs.
The school holds the European Foundation for Management Development Equis, accreditation as well as that of theAACSB and AMBA.The MBA, Executive MBA, Sloan Masters in Leadership and Strategy, and Master's in Management programmes are accredited through AMBA.
History
It was established in 1964, after the Franks Report recommended the establishment of two business schools, as part of existing universities (London Business School and Manchester Business School), but with considerable autonomy.
It has collaborations with the nearby University College London and the Modern Language Centre at King's College London.
In December 2006 launched its operations in Dubai, which include an executive MBA degree and Executive Education programmes.
