Rankings, achievements and accreditation
As a world-class business school, embedded in the world’s top University, we are honoured to have been acknowledged in a number of ways.
Recent research community awards and achievements
- Andrew Stephen, L’Oréal Professor of Marketing and Deputy Dean for Faculty and Research, was recognised by the American Marketing Association in 2025 as the top marketing academic in the UK for the ninth year running, placing him second across Europe.
- Dimitrios Tsomocos, Professor of Financial Economics at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, and a fellow at Oxford college St Edmund Hall, has been given one of the highest honours in the world of Economic Theory: a fellowship at the internationally renowned Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET).
- Paul Chapman, a Senior Fellow in Operations Management at Oxford Saïd, has been appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to Project Delivery in 2025 New Year’s Honours list.
- A €1.7 million grant has been awarded to Martin Schmalz, Professor of Finance, Economics, and Real Estate, for ground-breaking research into the ownership of companies.
- Pinar Ozcan, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Academic Director of the Entrepreneurship Centre was honoured with the 2024 Educational Impact Award from the Strategic Management Society.
Rankings
We are a world-class business school, fully integrated into the world's top university.
Here are just a few of our recent accolades.
Oxford University
- 1st in the world for record eighth year in a row in the 2024 Times Higher Education World University Rankings
Accounting and Finance
- 4th in the world – QS Top Universities
Business and Management
- 3rd in the world – Times Higher Education
- 5th in the world – QS Top Universities
Degree programmes
BA in Economics and Management
- 1st in the UK – The Complete University Guide
- 2nd in the UK – The Guardian
MSc Financial Economics
- 1st in the world – QS Top Universities
- 1st in the UK – Financial Times
- 9th in the world – Financial Times
Oxford Executive MBA
- 1st in the world – QS Global EMBA Ranking
- 11th in the world – Financial Times
- 1st single school programme in the UK – Financial Times
Oxford MBA
- 2nd in the UK, 9th in Europe - Financial Times' Global MBA Ranking
- 7th in Europe - QS Europe MBA Ranking
- 7th in Europe - Bloomberg Best B-Schools Ranking
- 16th in the world - QS Global MBA Ranking
Executive Education
- Open programmes: 2nd in the UK, 6th in the world
- Custom programmes: 3rd in the UK, 18th in the world