Warwick Business School, also known as WBS, is the largest academic department of the University of Warwick with over 7,500 students. Established in 1967 as the School of Industrial and Business Studies, it now offers undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD degree programmes, as well as non-degree executive education for individuals and companies. Its MBA programme, known as the Warwick MBA, is offered as a one-year full-time programme, an executive MBA, and by distance learning. The Dean of Warwick Business School is Professor Howard Thomas, formerly Dean of UIUC College of Business.

WBS is sited in three buildings on the University of Warwick campus straddling the border of the City of Coventry and the County of Warwickshire in the UK. Its Green Belt location at the heart of England means that it retains the benefits of good national and international transport links and access to city culture despite its relatively rural setting.

USBE; Umea School of Business, or Handelshögskolan i Umeå, is a Business school at Umeå University in the mid-north of Sweden. USBE is one of Sweden's five business schools, about 2000 students currently studies at USBE. The School offers four Bachelor programs, seven Master`s degrees programs, EMBA-Prague program and doctoral programs. The International atmosphere is important to the school and offers one Bachelor program (International Business program), all Master's programs, and all doctoral programs entirely in English, USBE also accept a large number of international students as exchange or degree students.

The University of Southampton is a British university situated in the city of Southampton, on the south coast of Great Britain. The university has a world-wide reputation for high-quality research, and is a member of the Russell Group of research-led British universities. According to The Sunday Times newspaper league table, Southampton is perennially in the top ten for research (its primary focus), while in 2002 it came 3rd overall (out of around 200 British institutions). Southampton is a member of the Worldwide Universities Network and has close links with MIT in the United States.

The University of Manchester is a large university located in Manchester, England. With over 35,000 students studying 500 academic programmes, more than 10,000 staff and an annual income in excess of £500,000,000, it is amongst the biggest higher education institutions in the UK. The present University was formed in 2004 by the dissolution of the Victoria University of Manchester (commonly known as the University of Manchester before the dissolution) and UMIST (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology) and the formation of a single institution.

The Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz is an institute of higher education in Mainz, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany. With approximately 35,000 students (2005) in about 150 schools and clinics, it is among the top ten largest universities in Germany. Starting on January 1, 2005, the university was reorganized into 11 faculties of study.