Edinburgh Business School

Type	Public
Established	1990 (HW est. 1821)
Director	Professor Keith Lumsden MA, PhD, FRSE
Location	Edinburgh , Lothians , Scotland

Edinburgh Business School is the Graduate School of Business of Heriot-Watt University (est. 1821), Edinburgh, Scotland. Heriot-Watt University is the eighth oldest higher educational institution in the UK, and awards degrees by Royal Charter. There are currently over 9,900 active students studying Edinburgh Business School programmes and more than 13,800 graduates across 150 countries worldwide.

Programmes

The School offers a range of postgraduate programmes including a Master of Business Administration (MBA) programme, the largest international programme of its kind in the world according to Financial Times' 2011 Online MBA listing . The MBA is offered on-campus and by distance learning, and all subjects are assessed by written examinations.

All 7 core courses and 3 of the electives are also available in Arabic, Chinese and Spanish. Additionally, 3 core courses and one elective course are also available in Russian, with the remaining four core courses to be ready by the end of 2011.

Examinations are run in over 360 centres around the world, each June and December.

A Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) programme was introduced in 2003 and currently has 60 students pursuing their DBA research with guidance from a mentor or supervisor. Various Master of Science (MSc) degrees in a number of specialisms are also available at the School.

Over 40% of Fortune 500 companies have students on the MBA programme.

ACCA partnership

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and Edinburgh Business School at Heriot-Watt University has a joint agreement to enable ACCA Part 3 students, affiliates and members to gain a fast track entry through free-of-charge credit transfer and exemption when they matriculate for the MSc in Financial Management by distance learning or face-to-face study at a global network of centres.

Panmure House

Edinburgh Business School acquired Panmure House, the home of Adam Smith and an important historic building in Scotland in September 2008.

It is the intention of Edinburgh Business School to preserve and re-instate the building to reflect the lifestyle of Adam Smith and to use Panmure House to promote the study of business and economics and provide facilities for educational seminars and meetings.

African Scholarships

Edinburgh Business School launched a major scholarship initiative in Southern Africa in 2009. The scheme, managed in partnership with the Canon Collins Trust is for individuals in Southern African countries and is open to disadvantaged individuals resident in Africa who would find funding their MBA studies impossible.

On September 13th 2010, Edinburgh Business School announced a scholarship programme for Africa which would allow 250 people to study its flagship MBA programme. The scholarship programme has been endorsed by Graça Machel, wife of South African president Nelson Mandela, and will enable disadvantaged applicants across Africa to gain skills and expertise in management and business, helping them to effect change in their organisations and communities.

External links

• Edinburgh Business School, official site
• EBS Watercooler Portal Site Portal site containing study notes, photos and portal to EBS Watercooler Discussion Board on Delphi Forums site. Site is run by and for EBS students
• The Watercooler site, Discussion Forum on Delphi Forums site run by and for EBS students
• acca forum