About the Surrey Business School
The Surrey Business School is an entrepreneurial school that takes pride in the high quality of its research and teaching and the employability of its graduates. We provide an education that combines academic rigour with business application. Located in one of the UK’s most dynamic regional economies thirty miles from London, we are able to draw upon the experience of leading-edge businesses, from major international corporations to innovative start-up companies, ensuring our graduates acquire the knowledge and skills employers value.
Accreditations
We are one of only 15 UK business schools accredited by AACSB – an international benchmark of excellence. Our MBA programme is accredited by AMBA.
Employability
In 2009 (the latest available statistics), 96.9 per cent of our graduates entered employment or further study, compared with the national average of 89.9 per cent. This is the best figure of any chartered university in the UK. Our innovative and highly successful Careers Service is available for all students.
For undergraduates our exceptional Professional Training Programme prepares you for the world of employment. You will have the option of spending a year working in industry in a paid placement, giving you a real advantage in the jobs market and placements last year included: HSBC; 3M; American Express; Bank of England; BMW UK; Deloitte & Touche; Ernst & Young; Exxon Mobil; Fujitsu-Siemens; Glaxosmithkline; Hewlett Packard; IBM; Lockheed Martin; Microsoft; PepsiCo; Porsche Cars; SC Johnson; Sony; Unilever; Walt Disney; Warner Brothers and Xerox.
Our students who graduated in 2010 (latest available data) went on to work for: Abbey Road Studios; Accenture; Apple Inc.; Asda; AXA Insurance; Barclays Bank; Boots; Cadbury; Compass Group; Debenhams; DHL; Ernst and Young; Fujitsu; Gala Coral; Harrods; Hewlett Packard; HSBC; IBM; Intel; Intercontinental Hotels; JP Morgan; Marks & Spencer; Mars; Microsoft; Millwall PLC; P&O; Pricewaterhouse Coopers; Rand Merchant Bank; RBS; Samsung; Santander; SEB Sweden; Tesco; UBS.
The average starting salary was £24,000.
We also offer the opportunity to study abroad for a semester in one of our 18 partner universities in the USA, mainland Europe and Australasia.
Enterprise
We are a leader in Student Enterprise. In our curriculum and out-of-class activities we give you exciting opportunities to develop the enterprising spirit we know employers value and that will help if you want to start your own business. The Student Enterprise Centre is located within Surrey Business School and is a base for award-winning student societies such as Surrey Entrepreneurs and SIFE.
Our Students
SBS has 1,800 internationally diverse students (just over 1,000 being undergraduates), 49% female, 51% male. As an undergraduate at Surrey Business School you will be studying with other exceptional students. Our entry qualifications – AAB – ensure that we attract the most gifted students for all our programmes. Our postgraduate programmes attract a diverse cohort of well qualified students committed to developing business skills that make them internationally competitive.
Teaching
We pride ourselves on offering courses that are both academically rigorous and practically relevant. We make extensive use of guest speakers from business and industry and embed our own internationally excellent research into our classes. Many of our staff have attended the highly acclaimed International Teachers’ Programme to ensure they are pedagogic leaders in their fields.
Our Staff
You will be taught by excellent academics, many of whom have considerable direct business experience. We have staff from18 different countries, 40% female, 43% under 40 years of age, over three quarters of whom hold doctorates. Our staff publish their research in some of the world’s top business journals such as Journal of Finance, Organization Studies, British Journal of Management, Academy of Management Learning and Education, Journal of Management Studies and contribute expert comment through the national press and media.