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| Type | Business School |
|---|---|
| Established |
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| Dean | Julia Bennell[2] |
Academic staff | 200[3] |
| Students | 4,000 |
| Undergraduates | 2,000 |
| Postgraduates | 2,300 Masters students and over 100 Postgraduate Researchers |
| Location | , England 53°48′29″N 1°33′11″W / 53.808°N 1.553°W |
| Affiliations | University of Leeds |
| Website | https://business.leeds.ac.uk |
Leeds University Business School is a business school in the University of Leeds,[4] in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The school is accredited by AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS.
Leeds University Business School is housed in several buildings at the University of Leeds, including the 19th-century Maurice Keyworth building (previously Leeds Grammar School), Charles Thackrah building and Clarendon building. The School also shares the Newlyn building and Esther Simpson building with the School of Law, which officially opened in October 2019 and March 2022 respectively. Leeds University Business School is situated on the western campus of the University of Leeds, located 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Leeds city centre. The Marks & Spencer company archive is also housed here, containing over 60,000 artefacts and pieces moved there in 2009 from London to Leeds, the birthplace of the company. Further buildings include the Liberty Building, home to the Faculty of Law, and Western Lecture Theatre.[5]
For business and management research, Leeds was ranked twelfth in the UK for the quality of its research and fifth for research power in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework. It had 145 research active full time equivalent staff in business and management, making it the sixth largest group in the UK.[6]
Notable Business School alumni include:
Leeds University Business School has over 200 academic staff.[7]
