位于加拿大安大略省伦敦市的西安大略大学（University of Western Ontario），简称 Western，于1878 年建校，原名叫做安大略伦敦西部大学（Western University of London Ontario），为加拿大最古老及最好的大学之一。西安大略大学所在地就叫伦敦市，不过此伦敦非彼伦敦。这是因为早期从英国来的移民怀念故国，把这里新建的城市以英国城市命名，所以加拿大有很多地名和英国相同，例如伦敦市（London）、剑桥市（Cambridge）等等。
西安大略大学比较偏重人文艺术方面的学科，最有名的是她的Ivey商学院。西安大略大学是国际公认的MBA巨擘，2004年被Newsweek评为美国之外最好的商学院第6名。她的MBA不论是在加拿大国内还是国际上都是极为抢手。西安大略大学的Ivey商学院也是世界上拥有最典型的案例教学的三所学校之 一，其他两所是哈佛大学（Harvard University）和弗吉尼亚大学（University of Virginia）的Darden 商学院。西安大略大学的其他人文专业如政治社会学，心理学都非常有名。她的医学院也是加拿大一流。
整体来讲，西安大重视文科，没有单独的工学院，但设有理工学院。工程方面有不少先进设备，但总体实力略逊一筹，跟加拿大理工科的佼佼者华铁卢大学 （University of Waterloo）正好相反。所以，一般来说人们一提起西安大略大学，总是和她的商学院以及MBA联系在一起。
Ivey's Mission Statement
To develop business leaders who think globally, act strategically and contribute to the societies within which they operate.
The Richard Ivey School of Business (Ivey) offers degree programs at the undergraduate level (Honours Business Administration) and post graduate levels (12-Month MBA, Executive MBA and PhD) as well as non-degree open enrollment and customized corporate programs through its Executive Development facilities in London, Toronto and Hong Kong. Ivey is affiliated with The University of Western Ontario with its main campus located in London, Ontario, midway between Toronto and Detroit.
The business school also has three executive teaching facilities: Ivey's ING Leadership Centre located in the Exchange Tower in Toronto’s financial district, at the Spencer Leadership Centre in London and the Cheng Yu Tung Management Institute in the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, where it offers both Executive MBA and Executive Development programs.
International Accreditation
All Richard Ivey School of Business degree and executive development programs are accredited by the European Federation of Management Development (EFMD) through EQUIS ?C the leading international system of quality assessment, improvement, and accreditation of higher education institutions in management and business administration. Read more.
Case Study Method
Since Ivey’s inception in 1922, the case study method has been the keystone of the school’s approach to learning. The case method is active learning by doing. Each case provides the student with an opportunity to stand in the shoes of the decision-maker, analyzing the business issue presented, making judgments and determining a course of action. Ivey is the only school in Canada that adheres to the case study method. A relatively small number of schools are dedicated to the case study method of learning, including Harvard Business School in Boston and Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia.
The Richard Ivey School of Business is the largest producer of business cases after Harvard Business School, and the world’s foremost producer of Asian case studies. Top-tier Canadian and International business schools use Ivey cases to support discussions on business theory.
Cross-Enterprise LeadershipTM
In September 2005, Ivey introduced a new model for business education that recognized and encompassed fundamental changes in the business world due to globalization and technological advances and their impact on the role of the “general manager”. Ivey’s Cross-Enterprise Leadership focus acknowledges these changes by structuring its programs’ curriculum on enterprise wide business issues and faculty research around four current Cross-Enterprise Leadership issues:
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