Aston Business School

Infobox University
name = Aston Business School

established = 1948
type = Business School
dean = Prof. Michael West
city = Birmingham
country = England
affiliations = Aston University
website = http://www.abs.aston.ac.uk

Aston Business School is the business school of Aston University in Birmingham, England.

Founded in 1967 it offered its first MBA programme in 1968. In 2006 it opened a new £22m extension including new study rooms and two new lecture theatres. [cite web|url=http://guardian.uk.studylink.com/display/provider/provider-info.html?pid=pid-si-20-ast|title=Aston Business School|accessdate=2008-01-26|work=EducationGuardian.co.uk|publisher=StudyLink]

In 2007 it was rated one of the top 30 business schools in Europe by the Financial Times. [cite web|title=European Business school rankings|url=http://rankings.ft.com/european-business-school-rankings|format=|work=Financial Times|publisher=The Financial Times Ltd|accessdate=2008-01-26] It is one of only 27 business schools worldwide to have triple accreditation from the three largest MBA ranking associations - AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS. [cite web|url=http://www.abs.aston.ac.uk/newweb/programmes/undergraduate/documents/OpenDaypresentationSeptember202006.pdf|title=Welcome and Introduction to Aston Business School|accessdate=2008-01-26|last=Hemley|first=Jo|date=2006-09-20|format=pdf|publisher=Aston Business School|pages=3]

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