Business classes began at Western University under the Faculty of Arts in 1922. In the fall of 1948, they established Canada’s first MBA program. By 1950 The School of Business Administration was established as a separate faculty at Western and they issued their first MBA degree. It wasn’t until 1995 that the university took the moniker Ivey School of Business. Today, they offer Full-Time graduate MBA and Executive MBA programs. Ivey School of Business is AACSB accredited and was ranked #1 Full-time MBA by Bloomberg in 2015.

Location(s)

Ivey Business School is located in Canada and maintains international campuses in Hong Kong and Mumbai, India. Ivey’s main teaching center is on Western University’s campus in London, Ontario, Canada. It also offers off-campus programs within London at the Ivey Spencer Leadership Centre. London, Ontario is located midway between Toronto and Detroit, Michigan.

Facilities

Ivey’s main facilities are the Richard Ivey Building on Western Road in London, Ontario. The Richard Ivey Building was officially opening in September 2013 as the new home to HBA, MBA, PhD, and MSc students.

The Richard Ivey Building is 270, 000 square feet and contains the following:
Fifteen 78-seat Classrooms

Five 50-seat Classrooms

112 Faculty Offices

52 Traditional Breakout Rooms

36 Staff Meeting rooms

9 Conference rooms

7 Lounges

8 Open Concept Work Areas

One 640-seat Auditorium

Ivey has off-campus classrooms in London, Ontario as well. The Spencer Leadership Centre is located a short distance from Western’s main campus and is home the Ivey’s Executive Education programs.

Ivey also teaches EMBA courses in the Tangerine Leadership Centre. The Centre is located in downtown Toronto’s business district in the Exchange Tower. This location has over 7, 500 square feet of space which includes: 2 tiered amphitheater classrooms, 5 boardrooms and 15 breakout rooms.

Faculty

Ivey maintains a faculty size of around 98 professors and 11 lecturers. According to Financial Times’ Global MBA rankings, 99 percent of the faculty holds a doctorate and they rank 26 in the world for research. If class attendance is a reflection of the quality of staff, then Ivey ranks well there too with 95 percent attendance.

Student Body

The 2016 Ivey has about 141 students enrolled in their full-time and accelerated MBA program. They have an additional 108 students in their Canadian EMBA program

Source: www.metromba.com