University of Manchester, Manchester Business School

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Why Manchester Business School?

Manchester Business School is the largest campus-based business and management school in the UK, offering an impressive range of programmes and services to both students and businesses.

The new Manchester Business School combines the collective research and teaching strengths of UMIST and the Victoria University of Manchester to provide world-class business and management education to undergraduates, postgraduates, highly experienced practitioners and people wishing to pursue academic careers.

By choosing to study here, you will be joining a dynamic, world-class business school acknowledged as one of the top 15 business and management schools in Europe and one of the top 50 in the world.

We have around 2,000 students on campus and a teaching staff of 190. We also support more than 3,500 students worldwide through distance-learning and external programmes and benefit from excellent links with both business and the public sector.

As part of The University of Manchester, we are the largest university in the UK and each area within the new Manchester Business School has an RAE rating (the government’s quality assessment of university research) of 5 or 6*. We are also accredited by AACSB International, AMBA and EQUIS – one of only a small number of business schools worldwide to receive accreditation from all three international business school and MBA accrediting bodies.

In an increasingly competitive environment we stand out as an international and progressive school, ambitious enough to lead business thinking and open-minded enough to learn from the contemporary commercial environment.

Portfolio of programmes

Our masters programmes focus on todayÂ’s key management challenges, and offer you the chance to develop in-depth knowledge of specialist areas, shaping your career in the direction of your choice.

We currently offer 19 masters programmes including:

MSc Accounting and Finance
MSc Finance and Economics
MSc Finance
MSc Mathematical Finance - New for 2006
MSc Quantitative Finance and Financial Engineering - New for 2006
MSc Marketing
MSc International Business and Management
MSc Information Systems, Organisations and Management
MSc Corporate Communications and Reputation Management *
MSc Operations Management
MSc Decision Sciences/Operational Research
MSc/PgDip Management of Science, Technology and Innovation
MSc Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations
MSc Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations (International)
- New pathway for 2006
MBus Global Business Analysis
MSc Organisational Psychology
MSc Managerial Psychology
MA/PgDip Healthcare Management *
MPA (Master of Public Administration) - New for 2006

* offered on full-time and part-time basis

Study resources and facilities

Our staff will be the most important resource to you during your time at Manchester. Not only will you benefit from being taught by people who are internationally recognised leaders in their field, but you will also have an identified personal tutor for the whole period of your study with us, who will be able to provide pastoral and work-related advice and guidance. In addition to your tutor, there are a range of support staff who can provide advice and guidance in dealing with the everyday challenges of university life.

There are also outstanding library and IT facilities at Manchester. John Rylands University Library is renowned as one of the most extensive libraries in the world. For students of Management, Accounting & Finance and Business this is complemented by the Business SchoolÂ’s own specialist libraries. There is also an increasing provision of information via various web-based services. Much of the reading material is now available through e-journals, saving a visit to the library. These e-journals, and other standard computing services, eg Internet access, word processing, are available through the clusters of computers that will be found in school buildings, libraries and some halls of residence all over the campus. More and more buildings in and around the campus are being set up for wireless computer connection. Increasingly, electronic library information services are also accessible remotely.

Throughout your time at Manchester you will also have access to the University of Manchester Careers Service, considered to be one of the best careers services in the UK. Workshops on careers skills will be provided, in addition to career counselling and guidance.