University of Bradford School of Management

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University of Bradford School of Management
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University of Bradford School of Management at City Campus
Type Business School
Established1963
Dean Professor Sankar Sivarajah
Academic staff
75
Students2,500
Location, ,
53°48′58″N1°46′37″W / 53.816°N 1.777°W / 53.816; -1.777
Website www.bradford.ac.uk/management/
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University of Bradford School of Management is an international business school located in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It was established in 1963 and is one of the oldest business schools in the UK, celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2023. The school is triple accredited by AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS.

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Until summer 2019 it occupied buildings near Lister Park. The school was relocated to the University of Bradford City Campus for teaching in September 2019. [1]

The School of Management is believed to be the origin of the Bradford factor, an absence review technique in HRM. [2]

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.

Currently, the school has over 2,500 students across 25 degree programmes. 65% of the students within the School of Management were international students in 2022/23. The current establishment of the school is some 75 academic faculty with 20 support staff who represent 18 nationalities.

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 and courses abroad such as the Dubai MBA, as well as a master's degree in finance, international business, management, accounting, and HRM. The MBA will be celebrating its 50th anniversary at the School of Management in 2024 as a founding member of the programme.

Accreditation

The Business School is triple accredited by European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS), Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and Association of MBAs (AMBA), which is often referred to as the Triple Crown accreditation. [3]

The school has achieved the advanced signatory status of the UN Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME) 2020 and also adheres to the revised principle of the Athena SWAN.

Ranking

According to the Financial Times, the School of Management is ranked 9th in the UK. [4] Worldwide, the school is ranked in 95th place in the Financial Times Global MBA Rankings 2012. [5] The distance learning MBA program is ranked by the Economist Intelligence Unit 10th in the World. [6]

In 2018, it was ranked as the 14th best overall in the world, 3rd best in the UK and best in the world when it comes to value for money for Online MBA in business schools by Financial Times. [7]

In 2021, the University of Bradford School of Management was awarded as the best Business School of the year 2021 in the UK by the Times Higher Education's THE Awards. [8]

In addition, the school hold a number of other awards and rankings including;

Courses

Courses taught at the school include postgraduate degrees (MBA, Masters, and Research programmes) and undergraduate degrees (such as BSc Business and Management Studies) [14]

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