Saïd Business School
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| Name | Saïd Business School |
| Established | 1996 |
| Type | Public |
| Location | Oxford, England |
| Affiliations | University of Oxford |
Saïd Business School is the business school of the University of Oxford, located in Oxford on the Saïd Business School site. It offers a range of postgraduate programmes including an MBA, Executive MBA, and specialised masters, and engages with global institutions and corporations such as McKinsey & Company, Goldman Sachs, Shell plc, BP, and Microsoft. The school hosts research centres that collaborate with organisations including the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, United Nations, European Commission, and Bank of England.
History
The school was established during the tenure of Tony Blair's premiership and founded with a major donation from Wafic Saïd, opening in 2001 under the chancellorship of Lord Patten of Barnes. Early leadership included figures connected to institutions like Harvard Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Business, INSEAD, London Business School, and Judge Business School. The building project involved architects associated with commissions also undertaken by Sir Norman Foster and projects near Christ Church, Oxford and Radcliffe Camera. Over time the institution developed doctoral links with Oxford University Department for Continuing Education, partnerships with Oxford Martin School, and co-operation with the Blavatnik School of Government and St Anne's College, Oxford.
Campus and facilities
The school occupies a modern building adjacent to Pembroke College, Oxford, the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, and the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter. Facilities include lecture theatres equipped for collaborations with firms like Deloitte, PwC, KPMG, and Ernst & Young, executive education suites used by delegations from Toyota Motor Corporation, BP, HSBC, and Santander Group, and seminar rooms hosting visiting faculty from Columbia Business School, Wharton School, Sloan School of Management, and Rotman School of Management. Libraries integrate resources from the Bodleian Library, and the campus incorporates dining and accommodation used by students who also affiliate with colleges such as St Catherine's College, Oxford, Magdalen College, Oxford, and Worcester College, Oxford.
Academic programs
Programmes include the flagship MBA drawing applicants from companies including Amazon (company), Google, Facebook, Apple Inc., and Tesla, Inc., an Executive MBA designed for senior managers from organisations like Siemens, Unilever, Nestlé, and Procter & Gamble, and specialized masters in areas connecting with Oxford Department of Economics and Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment. Doctoral programmes align with doctoral students who publish alongside scholars from London School of Economics, University of Cambridge, Yale University, Princeton University, and University of Chicago. Short courses and executive education attract participants from World Economic Forum, International Labour Organization, African Development Bank, and national ministries including HM Treasury and UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Research and centres
Research is organised through centres and institutes comparable to Oxford Martin School collaborations, including initiatives in finance, social entrepreneurship, and sustainability that engage with CERN, NASA, European Space Agency, and Natural Environment Research Council projects. The school's research centres collaborate with think tanks and policy groups like Chatham House, Institute for Public Policy Research, Brookings Institution, Centre for Economic Policy Research, and RAND Corporation. Faculty research has appeared alongside work from scholars affiliated with NBER, SSRN, Journal of Finance authorship networks, and contributors to reports for Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and G20 summits.
Admissions and rankings
Admissions processes attract applicants from feeder institutions such as Eton College, Harrow School, King's College London, Imperial College London, and international universities including Tsinghua University, Peking University, National University of Singapore, University of Melbourne, and University of Tokyo. Rankings feature in league tables produced by publishers alongside Financial Times, The Economist, Bloomberg Businessweek, and QS World University Rankings, with comparisons to INSEAD, Harvard Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Business, London Business School, and Wharton School.
Notable people
Alumni and affiliates include executives, politicians, and scholars who have worked with or at organisations such as BP, HSBC, Barclays, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Shell plc, Unilever, Procter & Gamble, McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group, KPMG, PwC, Deloitte, Amazon (company), Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple Inc., Tesla, Inc., World Bank, International Monetary Fund, United Nations, European Commission, and national governments including UK Cabinet members and ministers from India, Nigeria, and Kenya. Visiting faculty and speakers have included leaders from Barack Obama's administration, scholars from Michael Porter's network, and economists associated with Paul Krugman, Joseph Stiglitz, and Amartya Sen.
Outreach and partnerships
The school maintains outreach programmes and partnerships with global institutions and corporations such as Oxfam, Médecins Sans Frontières, Rothschild & Co, BlackRock, Vanguard Group, Bloomberg L.P., Reuters, Financial Times, and The Economist. It participates in entrepreneurship initiatives tied to Startup Grind, Entrepreneurship Development Programme, incubators linked with Oxford University Innovation, accelerators supported by Seedcamp and Y Combinator alumni networks, and collaborative projects with regional consortia including Oxfordshire County Council and the Greater London Authority.