Learning at Oxford

For over eight centuries, leaders from across the world have come to Oxford to study and engage in important discussions.

The remarkable community at the School continues this tradition. Our community of academics, students, alumni, staff and friends is truly global, bringing together heads of state, CEOs, Nobel laureates, brilliant young scholars, entrepreneurs and senior policymakers.

We are not just ‘at’ Oxford but an integral part of Oxford University. You will see this when you are sitting at a college dinner next to a student reading history or listening to an expert in law, politics or health.

We run interdisciplinary programmes with faculties across the University and these interactions provide you with greater insights and fresh perspectives to help solve the problems facing business and society. Through challenging debate and discussion with the brightest academics, students and scholars, you will develop your critical-thinking and problem-solving skills, dealing with often ambiguous and complex issues.

Our focus on trends that will define the future, the organisations that will shape it, and their leaders, enables us to uphold the centuries-old traditions of Oxford University.

Park End Street offers outstanding learning and meeting facilities in a stunning contemporary building.

Located in the city centre, next to Oxford’s railway station, is the main campus.

Learning spaces

Facilities include the School's dedicated Sainsbury Library, part of the University of Oxford's network of Bodleian Libraries.

Other learning facilities include:

• a 300-seat auditorium
• oak-panelled lecture theatres
• large, flexible classrooms and seminar rooms
• 18 boardroom-style meeting spaces for small group discussions
• an entrepreneurs’ hub
• a 400-seat outdoor amphitheatre for summer events

Meeting spaces

The School boasts many open spaces where students and teaching staff can meet and talk informally over a drink or dinner.

These include:

• a spectacular club room with a bar, lounge, terrace and garden views
• a café
• large landscaped gardens
• private dining rooms with panoramic views across Oxford’s famous spires