Essex Business School

We’re a business school on a mission. We develop responsible leaders who can drive growth in sustainable organisations, operating in ethical economies.

We’re a growing, ambitious and international community of more than 2,000 researchers, students and entrepreneurs. We’re the largest department at the University of Essex and provide undergraduate, Masters and PhD courses at our Colchester and Southend campuses.

We encourage you to research, question and challenge assumptions. You gain an academically rigorous, highly-relevant business education from world-leading academics and practitioners. We’re working to solve real-world business challenges in competitive, global environments.

If you have the drive and determination to make a difference, welcome to a business education that will accelerate your career:

- ranked in the UK’s top 25 for research excellence and research intensity (REF,2014)
- home to the UK’s first zero-carbon business school building at our Colchester Campus
- courses in management, marketing, accounting, finance and entrepreneurship
- our campuses are each just an hour from London