Warwick Business School

Warwick Business School (WBS) is the business school of the University of Warwick and an academic department within the Faculty of Social Sciences. It was established in 1967 as the School of Industrial and Business Studies. The business school offers undergraduate, and postgraduate degree programs, and non-degree executive education for individuals and companies. WBS's main site is on the University of Warwick campus in Coventry. WBS also has a London site, located in The Shard in Southwark, which concentrates on executive education. WBS alumni include Linda Jackson, CEO of Peugeot and former CEO of Citroën, and Bernardo Hees, former CEO of Kraft Heinz and of Burger King. History Warwick's School of Industrial and Business Studies (SIBS) was founded in 1967, with five academic staff including Hugh Clegg as the first Professor of Industrial Relations, and 24 postgraduate students on three courses. The first master's courses were launched in 1968, and undergraduate courses started in 1969. In 1973, WBS joined the Conference of University Management Schools (now the Chartered Association of Business Schools), which had been established in 1971.