Surrey Business School (reviews)

Academics at Surrey Business School

Surrey Business School offers a range of undergraduate, postgraduate, research CPD and short courses. The School delivers programs that promote a global and digital mindset, designed around the future of business but also consistent with the requirements of today’s business environment. It specializes in creating opportunities for its students to learn about digital advances, leadership, organizational behaviors and sustainable enterprise. In their studies, students are exposed to real-world business problems in order to prepare them for the start of their professional career. Moreover, Surrey Business School collaborates with organizations and enterprises with the aim of developing solutions to real business challenges.

The University also offers a Study Abroad programme, which gives students the opportunity to gain international experience over the course of their degree programme.

Campus & Student Life

The University’s campus is located in Guildford, England and is just half an hour away from London by train. The community of staff students, coming from almost 130 countries, creates a wonderful international atmosphere and gives students the chance to meet and work with people of various cultures.

The University Library offers everything that a university student needs. It has sections for quiet study and group study. The library provides all the materials students need to support their studies, including over 100 collections.

Surrey Sports Park, which was the training base for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, is the sports facility used by the University, where students can play sports both competitively and socially. There are over 40 different sports clubs, such as football, lacrosse, netball and many more, which students can join.

The campus is also equipped with bars, nightclubs and social spaces, ensuring students can have the time of their lives without having to leave campus.

Career & Alumni

The programmes provided by the University create opportunities for students to make contacts with global businesses of the ranks of Allianz, Microsoft, GymShark, The Walt Disney Company and others. Students can even gain professional experience while still studying by participating in consulting projects, professional training work placements and extracurricular opportunities to work with businesses through programmes like the SurreyIDEA summer school.

Surrey Business school has over 15,000 alumni representing 130 countries around the globe. Alumni of the School get many benefits, such as access to the University of Surrey Alumni Hub, which provides alumni with e-mentoring and careers resources, as well as invites to alumni networking and social events, free lifelong membership of the library, discounted membership of Surrey Sports Park and many more.