University of Bath School of Management

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University of Bath School of Management
Established: 1966
Type: Business School
Dean: Professor Richard Elliott
Students: 2,100
Location: Bath, United Kingdom Flag of the United Kingdom
Campus: Semi-rural
Website: http://www.bath.ac.uk/management

Established in 1966, the University of Bath School of Management is one of the oldest business schools in the UK. It offers a range of programmes including undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD, as well as executive education for individuals and organisations. The world-ranked Bath MBA is offered as a one-year full-time programme or as a part-time Executive programme. The School of Management is the Management School of the University of Bath. Overlooking the UNESCO-designated World Heritage City of Bath, the campus is modern with some of the best sporting facilities in the country.

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[edit] Reputation & accreditation

The University of Bath School of Management consistently achieves both top research (ranked 5th, RAE 2008) and teaching ('excellent') ratings in the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) assessments[1].

Bath is one of a select number of international business schools who has been accredited by EQUIS, the European Foundation for Management Development's (EFMD) quality inspectorate[2]. The Bath MBA Bath has been fully accredited since 1976 by the Association of MBAs (AMBA) [3].

[edit] Rankings

The School is frequently recognised in external rankings. In the 2009 Complete University Guide ranking, published by The Independent, Bath is placed joint second with Imperial College in its Business Studies category. Of the top four ranked Schools, Bath had the highest student satisfaction result and the second highest figure in the Graduate Prospects category.[4] At postgraduate level, its MSc in Management is ranked 7th in the UK by the Financial Times[5] and the Bath MBA is continually ranked as one of the top programmes in the world (Financial Times and Economist Intelligence Unit's Which MBA?[6] ) It was recently ranked number 3 in the UK in the Beyond Grey Pinstripes ranking which looks at how well a School incorporates social and environmental issues into the MBA curriculum. In this ranking Bath’s business and society research is ranked 8th in the world.[7]

[edit] Degree programmes

The University of Bath School of Management offers a range of degree programmes from undergraduate through to doctoral and post-experience programmes including the world-ranked Bath MBA. The following programmes are currently offered by the school:

[edit] Undergraduate

  • BSc (Hons) Business Administration
  • BSc (Hons) Accounting & Finance
  • BSc (Hons) International Management & Modern Languages

[edit] Masters

  • MBA
  • MSc in Management
  • MSc in Accounting & Finance
  • MSc in Marketing
  • MSc in Advanced Management Practice
  • MSc in Innovation and Technology Management
  • MSc in International Management

[edit] The Bath MBA

The Bath MBA is an intensive and rigorous world-class programme which recruits highly motivated, experienced managers from across the world. It is designed for those with a minimum of three years' work experience and is available in both full- and part-time, executive formats. The ethos of The Bath MBA is to look beyond business processes and techniques to emphasise self-awareness, intuition, cross-cultural sensitivity and entrepreneurship skills as well as a socially responsible and ethical approach to business and management The Bath MBA has been AMBA-accredited since 1976[3] and is in the Financial Times and Economist Intelligence Unit’s global top 100.

[edit] Doctoral

As a research-led institution, research degrees represent the pinnacle of academic study at the University of Bath School of Management. The School’s high research output is signified by its ranking of 6th in Europe in the Financial Time’s ‘research rank’ category. This is calculated according to the number of faculty publications in 40 leading international academic and practitioner journals. With 97% of its faculty holding a doctorate, Bath also appears in the top 5 in Europe in this important category.[3] The School is ranked 5th in the latest UK government’s Research Assessment Exercise (RAE)[1].

[edit] Faculty

The School of Management has a faculty of 90 teaching and research staff, including visiting academics, with a support team of around 70 managerial and administrative staff. All academics are members of a teaching subject group, a research cluster and often a research centre/ network. Each teaching subject group has a group convenor or head and each research centre has a director.

[edit] Subject groups

  • Accounting and Finance
  • Business Economics and Strategy
  • Business and Society
  • Information Systems
  • Higher Education Management
  • Human Resource Management & Organisational Behaviour
  • International Business
  • Marketing
  • Operations Management and the Management of Supply

[edit] Research Clusters

  • Organisations: Work, Leadership & Change
  • Decisions, Information & Risk Analysis
  • Business Regulation & Society
  • Complex Networks & Systems

[edit] Research Centres/ Networks

  • Work and Employment Research Centre (WERC)
  • Centre for Action Research in Professional Practice (CARPP)
  • Centre for Business, Organisations and Society (CBOS)
  • Centre for Information Management (CIM)
  • Centre for Research in Strategic Purchasing and Supply (CRiSPS)
  • International Marketing and Purchasing Research Centre (IMPRC)
  • Centre for study of Regulated Industries (CRI)
  • International Centre for Higher Education Management (ICHEM)
  • Centre for Research in Advertising and Consumption (CRiAC)
  • (CIMA) Centre of Excellence at the University of Bath School of Management
  • Lean and Agile Research Group (LARG)
  • Research Network for International Business and Emerging Economies (RNIBEE)

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Research Assessment Exercise". Higher Education Funding Council for England. http://submissions.rae.ac.uk/results/. Retrieved on 2009-01-23. 
  2. ^ "EQUIS Accredited Schools". European Foundation for Management Development. http://www.efmd.org/component/efmd/?cmsid=040929sqku. Retrieved on 2008-10-07. 
  3. ^ a b c "AMBA Accredited Schools". Association of MBAs. http://accreditation.mbaworld.com/content/accreditedlistall/index.html. Retrieved on 2008-10-07. 
  4. ^ "The Complete University Guide". The Independent. http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/single.htm?ipg=6643. Retrieved on 2008-10-07. 
  5. ^ "European Masters in Management". Financial Times. http://rankings.ft.com/masters-in-management-2007/. Retrieved on 2008-10-07. 
  6. ^ "Which MBA 2008". Economist Intelligence Unit. http://www.which-mba.com/index.asp?layout=school_snapshot&mba_program_id=1910471591&university_id=1900471590&university_name=Bath%2C+University+of%2D%2DSchool+of+Management. Retrieved on 2008-10-07. 
  7. ^ "Beyond Grey Pinstripes Global Top 100". The Aspen Institute. http://www.beyondgreypinstripes.org/rankings/index.cfm. Retrieved on 2008-10-07. 

Coordinates: 51°22.6′N 2°19.55′W / 51.3767°N 2.32583°W / 51.3767; -2.32583

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