University of Bradford School of Management

Bradford University School of Management, located in Bradford (UK) and established in 1963, is an international business school. It occupies buildings near Lister Park which are separate from the main university campus.

Introduction
The School of Management provides undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral degrees in management, including MBA (Master of Business Administration) courses; as well as non-degree courses for business executives, welcoming around 1,500 practising managers on shorter courses each year from corporations such as Emirates airlines, RBS and Ciba Specialtiy Chemicals.

The School is closely involved with its home city. Bradford's ethnic diversity and need for economic regeneration are issues it is addressing through widening access to courses and through outreach to the local business community.

In addition to welcoming international students to Bradford, the School has an extensive range of programmes around the world, running programmes in Europe (with our associate institution NIMBAS in the Netherlands and Germany), the Middle East, China, India and Singapore. Some 2,000 students are registered for various awards on overseas programmes.

Around 80 students graduate from the full-time MBA each year, and 25 from the part-time MBA. The School also offers part-time Executive MBA courses for around 50 students per year. As well as a Masters degree in Finance, TQM, international management, accounting, HRM.

Almost half the academic staff are from outside Britain or have non-UK qualifications. In addition, more than 30 nations are represented at the Bradford campus.

Over 60% of students, and over 50% of faculty, come from outside the UK. Taking the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) test is required for entry to the MBA programme; the average GMAT score of successful applicants is 585.

Fees for the full-time MBA are approximately &pound;18,000 (GBP) (not including living expenses); many students are either sponsored by their employers or take advantage of various scholarship and bank loan schemes.

Accreditation
The School is consistently ranked among the top business schools in the world, accredited by the prestigious AMBA and EQUIS. The school has also been accredited by HM Treasury placing it in the top 50 MBA programmes in the world.

Ranking
The school is ranked 70th place in the Financial Times Global MBA Rankings 2007. This places the School in 18th place in Europe and 10th in UK.

Masters Degrees

 * MSc Finance
 * MSc Marketing
 * MSc Total Quality and Performance Management
 * MA Management
 * MA Finance, Accounting and Management
 * MA Human Resource Management
 * MA Marketing and Management
 * MA International Business and Management
 * MA Management
 * MA International Management
 * MBA Business Administration

Research Degrees

 * The Bradford PhD
 * The Bradford DBA
 * MRes

Undergraduate Degrees

 * BSc Business and Management Studies
 * BSc Accounting and Finance
 * BSc Marketing
 * BSc Business Studies and Law
 * BSc International Business and Management
 * LLB Law
 * BSc Human Resource Management

Structure
MBA students take a prescribed set of 'core courses', then choose 5 electives from a choice of around 30. The core courses include:
 * Business economics
 * Finance and accounting
 * People in organisations
 * Operations management
 * Marketing
 * Strategic management
 * Business research
 * Personal development portfolio
 * Management project

Trivia

 * The Bradford University School of Management is believed to be the origin of the Bradford factor, an absence review technique in HRM.