Aberystwyth University

Your Qualification: A Valued Investment

At Aberystwyth, your own contribution is unique. You bring with you your experience, culture, creativity and ideas. You bring with you your aspirations to achieve.

Our qualifications are recognised by professional associations worldwide and have attracted accreditation from globally-renowned quality assurance associations.

Our MBA is accredited by the Association of MBAs and is featured among the top MBAs in the world.

Our postgraduate programmes in Management and International Business Management are both MBM accredited by the Association of MBAs. Less than 20 business schools throughout the world have achieved this prestigious programme accreditation.

Our Masters programmes in Accounting and Finance and International Finance are recognised as advanced programmes by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and offer either a specialist pathway, or an integrated research training pathway for progression into PhD studies.

Many of our postgraduate qualifications are recognised by professional bodies and offer exemptions and credits towards professional qualifications. Our marketing qualifications are recognised by the Chartered Institute for Marketing (CIM) and our Accounting and Finance programmes are recognised by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA), the Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (CAIW) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS).

Your Education: An Academic Dialogue

"Teaching and learning" has always been a priority for us and is supported by academic expertise, contemporary learning environments and on-campus facilities. You will enjoy regular tutorials to support your personal and academic development. You will enjoy our flexible approach to learning requiring group presentations, team-work, seminars, lectures and practice-based study. You will enjoy working with friends and academics to direct your own learning.

The standard of teaching at the School of Management and Business has attracted the highest recognition for quality as a result of the Teaching Quality Assessment review. The review found our teaching was of an "excellent" standard and faculty members were praised for their individual support for students. Teaching on the Accounting, Finance and Economics programmes was particularly commended in recognition of our significant academic expertise in these areas. 

The focus of our academic programmes and research is practice-based knowledge and skills development. Success and quality are achieved through our vast network of contacts in business, industry and commerce. Experienced professionals and management practitioners contribute to our teaching and research activities and our students benefit from work-based experience and case studies analysis.

All our academic programmes are supported by current research and practice-based knowledge, ensuring that you progress into professional employment with up-to-date, relevant knowledge and skills.

Your Experience: Totally Unique

 At Aberystwyth, our undergraduate students have awarded us a stunning 90% for student satisfaction, placing us amongst the top 5 universities in the UK, a superb vote of confidence. Furthermore, within the School of Management and Business, our students consistently express their overwhelming satisfaction for their academic and social experience with us. Our students have a awarded us a superb average of 4.1 (out a maximum of 5 points) for overall satisfaction in Management, Business, Economics, Marketing, Accounting and Finance.

The dramatic scenery of mountains and sea and the warmth and familiarity of Welsh culture provides a rich and inspirational dimension to your academic experience. You may be inspired to reassess your personal priorities. You may be inspired to reassess you life-style aspirations. You will certainly be inspired!

Our Research: A Commitment to Excellence

At the School of Management and Business we're proud of our research which is unique, relevant and applicable to a management, business or finance environment. We're proud to offer practical business, management and finance solutions which are applied across sectors, cultures and discipline areas.

Our academics are involved in research of national and sometimes international importance, according to the latest Research Assessment Exercise. The faculty represents a broad, collective expertise, gained from both professional experience and academic research. Our academics have supervised a wide range of post-doctoral research papers and continuously use their research experience to develop exclusive and distinctive programmes in business, management, marketing, economics, accounting and finance.

The research expertise represented at our school has enabled us to develop partnerships with companies in business, industry and commerce.  Our research expertise has also enabled us to develop a global network of academic contacts and partnerships with other academic institutions. 

At the School of Management and Business, we are committed. We are committed to contributing to a global understanding of good practice. We are committed to developing world-class research and to working in partnership to develop business, management and finance solutions. We are committed to maintaining relevant, academic curricula and dialogue and to maintaining excellence in teaching and learning. We are committed to you.

In addition to the broad range of research interests represented by our academics, we have attracted recognition for our specialist expertise in the disciplines of accounting, finance, economics, marketing, management and business.

Your Success: Our Priority

At the School of Management and Business our priority is you. We do not recruit large numbers of students. We do not recruit exclusively from a few countries. We do not recruit "en mass".

We are committed to providing expert tuition and support. Our class sizes are small – you will know all your colleagues on the programme well. Our academics provide academic support, careers advice and personal care - you will know your personal tutor well. Our location is in a small town – you will know your neighbours and people in the local community well.

Aberystwyth: A Cost-Effective Lifestyle

At Aberystwyth we value your contribution. We recognise your immense investment in your academic and professional development and we respect your aspiration to achieve. Our tuition fees are competitively priced to offer you superb value for money. Our prestigious scholarships reward your talent and your unique combination of skills, culture and experience. Our location offers you superb, quality of life at very low cost. Our thriving tourist industry offers employment opportunities, both during and after your studies.  

Our offer is unique: quality education and life-style, combined with superb financial benefits.

Your Contribution: An Essential Ingredient

Your qualification from the School of Management and Business is unique. You make it unique.

At SMB, we attract professionals from around the world who aspire to the challenges of the global business community. 

Our dynamic learning environment is structured to support your professional development. Our curriculum draws on the expertise of professionals throughout business and industry. Our commitment is to excellence in professional practice.

But your own contribution is unique. You bring with you your experience, culture, creativity and ideas. You bring with you your aspirations to achieve.

Throughout your programme you will have the opportunity to develop your professional skills, adapt theoretical concepts and apply them to practical situations. You will have the opportunity to select environments that reflect your professional interests. You will have the opportunity to design and identify relevance across the public or private sector. The programme is yours.

Your lifelong business partnership begins with SMB – together we will put the world at your feet.

Our Priorities: An Essential Selection

We select students on an individual basis. We select students according to a balance of skills, culture and experience. We select students who can make an active contribution to our school. We select students who will enjoy the unique cultural identity of our academic programmes. 

At the School of Management and Business, we are committed to recruiting talent and diversity, reflective of any contemporary organisation or company. We welcome students and professionals from a wide age-group. We welcome students and professionals who relocate with friends and family. We welcome students and professionals from the public and private sector. We welcome students and professionals from around the world. A warm welcome to you!  

At Aberystwyth we express our commitment to attracting talent and diversity by offering competitively priced tuition fees and superb value for money. We also offer a range of prestigious scholarships for students with significant experience and/or academic achievement.

Take Home a Bright and Successful Future

We guarantee your experience with us will last a lifetime - a lifetime of memories, a lifetime of friends, a lifetime of business potential and a lifetime of opportunity.  Your contribution is unique.

And you will take home a bright and successful future. You will take home a rich academic and cultural experience. You will take home a valued portfolio of skills, knowledge and good practice. You will take home a globally recognised qualification. You will take home a wealth of career potential and the opportunity to contribute to and impact on the world, to achieve you career ambitions and to really make a difference.

At SMB, the response from our students is testimony to the quality of your cultural experience. Our students have voted us one of the top five universities in the UK for student satisfaction, a superb vote of confidence.

At SMB, the success of our students is testimony to the quality of your academic experience. Our students have progressed into positions of leadership and responsibility throughout the world, a superb evidence base.