Manchester Metropolitan University Business School

Manchester Metropolitan University Business School (MMUBS) has been supporting industry and commerce in the city since 1889. Today's modern, full-range Business School offers undergraduate, postgraduate and higher research degrees in all major sub-disciplines of business and management. Notable growth areas include entrepreneurship and innovation, human resource management, marketing and public relations and accounting and finance.

The Business School - Key Facts

• The Business School is one of the largest in the UK with over 5,000 students
• We offer full-time, part-time and block release programmes at undergraduate, postgraduate, professional and research levels
• Our programmes cover the full range of sub-disciplines across business and management studies
• We work closely with the region's businesses and focus closely on developing students' business skills by providing placements and consultancy projects
• We are the largest public sector provider of accounting training in the North West and have registered quality partner status with ACCA and CIMA
• Teaching quality inspections put us in the top 20 in the UK (Source: The Complete University Guide)
• MMU has more professionally accredited courses than any other university (Source: The Times) and the highest concentration of postgraduate taught courses in the North West (Source: Prospects)
• MMU is the 4th most popular university in the UK and received a 14% increase in applications in 2009
• MMU doubled its research income through the RAE2008
• MMU has a business start up incubator called Innospace. Costing £300,000 to build, Innospace offers undergraduate city centre office space and business support.

Professional Accreditations
• Centre of Excellence for the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
• Registered quality partner status with the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) and the Chartered Management Institute (CMI)
• The Business School is the only public sector Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Platinum Approved Learning Partner in the North of England and also offers the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) professional qualification
• Our MBA programmes are accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBA) and are offered on a full-time, part-time or block release basis
• Our MSc International Public Relations programme is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) and we also teach the CIPR Diploma
• Our Research Institute for Business and Management is recognised by the ESRC for its doctoral programme
• The Institute of Place Management (IPM) accredits our MSc Place Management programme
• The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT UK) and the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) accredit our MSc Logistics and Supply Chain Management programme

Research
• ESRC and EDAMBA accredited doctoral awards
• In the RAE2008 (Research Assessment Exercise) 80% of our research was rated at 2* or above, which denotes international importance
• We offer MRes, MPhil and PhD research awards as well as a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) programme
International
• Well established links with universities across Europe, Asia and North America
• We are a Centre of Excellence for the Academy of International Business

Notable Alumni
• Paul Walsh (CEO, Diageo)
• Mike Turner (CEO, BAE Systems)
• Graham Taylor (CEO, Professional Footballers Association) 

if you are interested in finding our more about our Skills Programme. please contact email Adele Edgar, Skills & Education Manager on 0161 817 3487
adele.edgar@pro-manchester.co.uk