Bayes Business School is divided into the three faculties of actuarial science and insurance, finance, and management.

The school had previously been spread out across the City of London's mainly residential Barbican Centre development.

In September 2007, the business school started the EMBA programme in collaboration with DIFC (Dubai International Financial Centre).

The school was in the top 10 in the UK under both "Accounting and Finance" and "Business and Management" in the 2017 QS World University Rankings by subjects.

[7] In the 2017 Eduniversal BestMaster:[8] In 2017 the Times Higher Education world university rankings listed the school 8th in the UK under "Business and Economics".