Overview of the Business School
The University of Aberdeen Business School is a leading international provider of excellence in undergraduate and postgraduate education, at the heart of an ancient Scottish research-led University. We are located on the beautiful North-East coast of Scotland in the vibrant city of Aberdeen, one of the world’s leading centres in business and energy.
We offer undergraduate courses in
Our graduate programmes include
- MSc in Petroleum, Energy Economics & Finance
- MSc Finance & Investment Management
- MSc Health Economics
- MSc Real Estate
- MSc Managing Enterprise and Innovation
- Master In Business Administration (MBA)
We offer PhD supervision in
- Accountancy
- Economics - labour and macro economics, the economics of health and wellbeing, environmental and energy economics, and experimental economics
- Finance - empirical finance
- Management
- Real Estate - property investment and property market analysis
Our international faculty consist of over 40 research active members with world leading academic credentials and strong professional links with the business community. Overall, 90% of research activity in the Business School is of international quality (55% is world leading or internationally excellent: 4* and 3* in the 2008 RAE). The School has three research themes: Economics, Real Estate and Business & Management. Key research areas include:
- Economics - labour economics, the economics of health & wellbeing, and petroleum & energy economics
- Real Estate - property investment and property market analysis
- Business & Management - accountancy, empirical finance, management
Evidence of our world leading expertise and fast growth in intellectual terms is found in the Research Assessment Exercise results of 2008, a UK wide process which evaluates the quality of research. 100% of Economics research, 90% of Real Estate research and 80% of research in Business and Management (including Accountancy and Finance) were judged to be of international quality.
The Business School is engaged in a number of Partnerships. The Henley-Aberdeen Partnership is a unique network between academia and business in the north-east which will give those who participate the opportunity to continually update and embrace their current business strategies and be challenged by new research and innovative ways of viewing issues. We also deliver our MBA programme in partnership with TMC Academy in Singapore, and have “2+2” Honours Degree Programme partnerships with Wuhan University and South China Normal University.
Business School Web Manager: Dr W D McCausland
