Tanaka Business School
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Tanaka Business School is the business school of Imperial College London. It is located on the South Kensington campus in West London.
Its present building resulted from a £27 million gift from the Japanese-American businessperson, Gary Tanaka, a PhD graduate. It was designed by Foster and Partners and Buro Happold. It consists of a large cylindrical structure within the new entrance lobby to Imperial College. The entrance lobby has an ETFE roof. The business school building was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 2004.
Tanaka Business School is often rated as one of the best in the UK[citation needed]. It offers a full time MBA that is ranked 1st in Europe and 5th in the world for entrepreneurship by the Financial Times and a part time Executive MBA programme that is ranked 4th in Europe.
The School also has Master's programmes in Finance, Risk Management and Financial Engineering, Actuarial Finance, International Health Management, and boasts the top ranking[citation needed] MSc Management program. The School also has a thriving PhD programme.
Tanaka Business School is accredited by EQUIS and has programmes and courses accredited by AMBA.
Students from Tanaka Business School have won various prizes at business plan competitions including Idea to Product competition held in Texas, USA. Smart Bougie, won the 2006 competition.
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