If you are exploring career opportunities at organisations unfamiliar with business schools in the UK, then perhaps. However if you at looking at commercial organizations in the UK, and especially in London, then Bayes is a star-quality brand and undergrad-focussed colleges like UCL, King's and QMUL are nowhere close. UCL has only one of three triple crown accreditations (the easiest, AMBA) so it's nowhere near the second tier. It has a tiny careers team (Mara and Kate, plus Hatty who also supports SOAS students) to support 13 different degrees. The FT 100 ranking has four tiers within in, and there is a fifth 'secret' tier as discussed in my post. UCL is in none of those. UCL is not in the top 20 UK business schools.
PS I do think it might be different if you were looking at undergraduate options. Although the NSS and TEF show that "education" (e.g. student satisfaction and teaching quality) at the biggest UoL colleges is generally poor in most departments, their "inputs" (selectivity and in-demand London locations) do mean that the LSE, UCL, City and King's all attract great undergraduate students, and that talent creates excellent career prospects, better than arguably better business schools like Manchester and Lancaster. In terms of undergrad selectivity, King's is 3rd in the UK, UCL is 5th, Bayes is 7th and LSE is 11th. However, at the postgraduate level it's really the quality of the business school that matters. In terms of research quality, for example, the LSE is 1st among the major universities, Bayes is 4th, Kings is 11th and UCL is 20th, just above Aberdeen.
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If you are exploring career opportunities at organisations unfamiliar with business schools in the UK, then perhaps. However if you at looking at commercial organizations in the UK, and especially in London, then Bayes is a star-quality brand and undergrad-focussed colleges like UCL, King's and QMUL are nowhere close. UCL has only one of three triple crown accreditations (the easiest, AMBA) so it's nowhere near the second tier. It has a tiny careers team (Mara and Kate, plus Hatty who also supports SOAS students) to support 13 different degrees. The FT 100 ranking has four tiers within in, and there is a fifth 'secret' tier as discussed in my post. UCL is in none of those. UCL is not in the top 20 UK business schools. <br><br>PS I do think it might be different if you were looking at undergraduate options. Although the NSS and TEF show that "education" (e.g. student satisfaction and teaching quality) at the biggest UoL colleges is generally poor in most departments, their "inputs" (selectivity and in-demand London locations) do mean that the LSE, UCL, City and King's all attract great undergraduate students, and that talent creates excellent career prospects, better than arguably better business schools like Manchester and Lancaster. In terms of undergrad selectivity, King's is 3rd in the UK, UCL is 5th, Bayes is 7th and LSE is 11th. However, at the postgraduate level it's really the quality of the business school that matters. In terms of research quality, for example, the LSE is 1st among the major universities, Bayes is 4th, Kings is 11th and UCL is 20th, just above Aberdeen.
