London Business School is one of the world's elite business schools. We shape business practice and transform careers across the globe. Our academic strength drives original and provocative business thinking, empowering our people to challenge conventional wisdom in a truly unique academic environment.
Above all, we're an academic institution with an unquenchable thirst for learning. Our fundamental academic strength drives original, provocative and actionable thinking. Our teaching, consulting, research, service delivery and ethical standards are world-class. Academically rigorous ourselves, we expect extraordinarily high standards from all of our students and participants.
We are a global school. Our students, staff, faculty, alumni and corporate partners come from all over the world. We use our diversity to create a multi-portfolio, multicultural learning environment embodying the global ambitions of big business, small business and entrepreneurs alike.
At London Business School, we strive to have a profound impact on the way the world does business, and the way business impacts the world. Our communal spirit creates an environment where we support and inspire, helping our people achieve their fullest potential. We challenge how things are done and we teach our students to constantly question and innovate. We believe in providing our students with the most diverse, world-class and rewarding business education in the world. Over four decades, our graduates have increased tenfold and our executive programme participants twenty fold. One thousand alumni have become more than 42,000, with 113 alumni clubs stretching across every continent.
We nurture a courageous attitude in our people: to question the norm and not be afraid to admit they do not always have the answer. We draw energy and ideas from our immensely diverse community, while respecting individual and cultural values. Our faculty, students and alumni are engaged, passionate and ambitious: determined to push boundaries and experiment. We are constantly evolving to reflect the ever-changing business landscape; always looking to improve and explore new avenues. That's why we will continue to influence how the world does business, for generations to come. We are the only non-US business school to have been ranked number one in the world for our full-time MBA programme (Financial Times) and we hold the highest average research score of any UK higher education institution. We have over 130 world-leading core faculty members representing over 30 countries. Our faculty are influential experts who generate a wealth of thought leadership by combining the best of academia and real world problem-solving. We are at the forefront of business expertise, now and for generations to come.