LBS welcomes its new class intake in London and Dubai
The LBS community swells its ranks with more than 1,400 students joining from across the globe
London Business School (LBS) has welcomed new and returning students to its London and Dubai campuses for the start of the 2024/25 academic year.
Some 1,404[1] new students have joined the LBS community in the last few weeks, with more set to join over the coming 12 months.
431 students make up our London MBA2026 class, while 93 Executive MBA (EMBA) students have joined the School’s EMBA programmes in London and Dubai. The School has also welcomed 179 students across its full- and part-time Masters in Finance (MiF) programmes.
An additional 701 students from across LBS’ Graduate Masters portfolio – Masters in Management (MiM), Global Masters in Management (GMiM), Masters in Financial Analysis (MFA) and Masters in Analytics and Management (MAM) – have joined LBS at its London campus. They represent a total of 71 different nationalities and bring with them subject knowledge ranging from management to mathematics; architecture to Arabic; finance to Filipino.
Highlights from this year’s incoming classes to date[2] include:
- 431 MBA2026 students, 45% of whom are female, with 65 nationalities represented across the class
- 701 Graduate Masters students, comprising 401 Masters in Management/Global Masters in Management students, 222 Masters in Financial Analysis students and 78 Masters in Analytics and Management students. All programmes across the School’s Graduate Masters portfolio have achieved gender parity
- 134 full-time Masters in Finance students, representing 47 nationalities
- 45 part-time Masters in Finance students, representing 28 nationalities
- 52 EMBA Dubai (September intake) students, 52% of whom are commuters[3], bringing with them on average 15 years’ work experience
- 41 EMBA London (September intake) students, 34% of whom are commuters, bringing with them on average 14 years’ work experience. 58% of the class are female.
Students on these programmes bring with them a broad spectrum of work experience, ranging from careers in consulting and finance to industries as varied as aerospace and aviation, renewable energy, luxury and designer goods, IT and technology, property/real estate, transportation and logistics, and the Not-for-Profit sector.
Some of the diverse interests and careers represented on campus this year are:
- An ex-NFL player, a national ski champion, with other students bringing sporting prowess in archery, volleyball, rugby, high jump and ultra marathon running
- A Royal Navy Navigation Officer
- Numerous entrepreneurs, one of whom was awarded an MBE for services to entrepreneurship, social mobility and financial inclusion
- Top-ranked global gamers
- Several keen aviators with a private pilot license
- A local government official.
Paul Harvey, Executive Director Recruitment and Admissions at LBS says:
“We are delighted to see an increase in the overall number of students joining us in London and Dubai. Interest in our Graduate Masters programmes has grown in particular, with 701 students in total joining our MiM, GMiM, MFA and MAM programmes, up from 600 last year.
“We are also proud to note the increase in the number of female students on many of our programmes. We have welcomed the largest number of female students in the School’s history, something which we are delighted by. Increasing diversity is a priority for the School and one way in which we are aiming to do this is through our Forever Forward fundraising campaign, which seeks to double the number of scholarships offered at the School.”
[1] Figure correct at date of publication (26 September 2024)
[2] The next intakes of the LBS Sloan Masters in Leadership and Strategy, EMBA London and EMBA Dubai programmes will commence in January 2025
[3] Both EMBA London and Dubai are part-time programmes which require travel for those students not residing in London or Dubai, hence use of the term ‘commuters’
