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A-Z of Oxford Saïd: Celebrating 25 years

Fri, 2nd September 2022

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The academic year 2021-2022, saw the school celebrate its 25th year.

Since Saïd Business School’s foundation in 1996 the school has gone from strength to strength, to become a young, vibrant and entrepreneurial business school deeply embedded in the world’s most prestigious university. 

The past academic year has seen us celebrate this milestone. Back in January 2022, we launched our Oxford Answers, ‘Business: the next 25 years’ campaign, which saw Oxford Saïd’s academics provide expert thought leadership on the future of business across the next quarter century.

As the academic year draws to a close, we created the A-Z of Oxford Saïd, in tribute to the school’s 25 years, as it enters its 26th…  


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A is for Alumni.

The Oxford Business Alumni network now has 26,000 members worldwide.  

B is for bees.

Business School is home to a number of beehives cared for by the amazing ground staff team. And that’s not the only hive the school has. Oxford Said is also home to the Oxford HIVE or ‘Oxford Hub for International Virtual Education’, the UK's first immersive virtual meeting and presentation experience. 

C is for courses.

We offer 15 degree programmes, a full suite of in-person Open Enrolment courses, a wide range of online Open Enrolment courses, and we work with scores of companies and governments.  

D is for Dean.

There have been six Deans since the school was founded. The current Dean is Soumitra Dutta, who took up the post in June 2022.  

E is for Elumni.

Since 2017 over 25,000 participants have completed our Online Executive Education programmes forming our ever-growing Elumni community.  

F is for flowers.

For their first exam, Oxford students wear a white carnation usually pinned to their gown. Pink carnations feature in interim exams, and the red carnation is donned for the final exam, signalling freedom! 

G is for Global Leadership Centre.

The centre, our future home for Executive Education, is currently being built and has just won a global architecture prize. 

H is for hobbies

There are over 200 college clubs and 80 university sports that students can choose from. 

I is for international.

Our MBA cohort is made up of 94% international students representing 71 nationalities. 

J is for jobs.

Our graduates go on to have highly successful and varied careers. After the MBA, 61% of participants go on to work in consulting and finance.  

K is for knowledge.

From our research to our thought leadership, we place an emphasis on academic excellence.  

L is for libraries.

Oxford Saïd is home to the Sainsbury Library but there are 100 around Oxford. 

M is for Mandela.

Perhaps one of the school’s most famous visitors. Nelson Mandela visited the school back in 2002, opening the Mandela Lecture Theatre.  

N is for the nineties.

The school was founded in 1996. But some of our faculty started even earlier. The longest serving members of faculty are Sue Dopson and Jonathan Reynolds, who started at the school in 1993. 

O is for OBN.

The Oxford Business Network has over 6,000 Oxford members! 

P is for Park End Street.

The state-of-the-art design of Park End Street is the work of leading architects, Jeremy Dixon and Edward Jones, also responsible for the Royal Opera House in London. 

Q is for eQuality.

Oxford Saïd is one of the most gender balanced business schools, with 44% percent of our latest MBA cohort being female.  

R is for Rewley.

Park End Street is built on the site of the 13th-Century Rewley Abbey. The abbey gives its name to the school’s Rewley Fund, which powers the Rewley Scholarship programme. 

S is for sports.

This year’s MBA cohort were victorious at the annual MBAT sporting event held in Paris. 

T is for teaching.

From our faculty members to our associate fellows, hundreds of people teach at the school. 

U is for undergraduate.

We offer an undergraduate course in Economics and Management. 

V is for values.

The school prides itself on its values. They are transformational, collaborative, respectful, purposeful, entrepreneurial and excellence. 

W is for Wafic Saïd.

Back in 1996, Saïd Business School was formally founded thanks to a generous donation from businessman and philanthropist Wafic Saïd.  

X is eXperts.

Our faculty are some of the global authorities on business-related topics.  

Y is for you!

Why not find a programme and come join us? 

Z is for Zoom.

Zoom and other online platforms have helped to connect thousands of people over the course of the pandemic, through meetings and online classes. 

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