Information for visiting graduate students from partner institutions 2015/16

An award winning triple accredited

Lancaster University Management School (LUMS) is one of an elite group of business schools in the world to hold triple accreditation – recognition of the quality of everything we do from the three leading international accreditation bodies for the business school sector (AACSB, EQUIS and the Association of MBAs).

We are typically ranked in the UK's top ten and among the world's highly ranked management and business schools. It is the only UK business school to be so highly ranked across all major activities (MBA and Masters, Undergraduate, PhD, Research and Executive Education). On this evidence we can claim to be the leading full-spectrum business or management school in the UK.

Study opportunities for graduate visiting students

LUMS Master’s degree programmes run from the beginning of October until mid - September – 12 months. As a visiting student you will have the opportunity to join our Masters programmes for one term, either in the autumn or the spring. (The summer term is dedicated to completing the Masters dissertation and is not available to visiting graduate students.)

Michaelmas Term beginning of October 2015 to mid-December 2015

• Introduction week - attendance required • 10 week term; exams at the start of January 2016, exact dates will depend on your Masters programme*

Lent Term beginning of January 2016 to end March 2016

• 10 week term; exams in April 2015, exact dates will depend on your Masters programme*

*Some visiting students may be permitted to sit their LUMS module exams in their home institution, provided that LUMS and the home university have agreed to this option. Please check with your International Coordinator.

Master’s degree programmes available to visiting students http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/lums/study/masters/programmes/

• Masters programmes available for exchange/visiting students: Accounting & Financial Management, Finance, Quantitative Finance E-Business & Innovation Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Practice – autumn only Human Resource & Knowledge Management - autumn only Information Technology, Management & Organisational Change (ITMOC) International Business Logistics & Supply Chain Management Management – autumn only Management Science & Marketing Analytics

• All visiting graduate students must meet the entry requirements for the degree programme they are selecting and will follow the curriculum of one degree programme only. • You will become an integrated member of the degree cohort, and as such, it is not possible to mix and match modules from other Masters programmes. • Some Masters programmes may give preference to visiting students who apply for Michaelmas Term. If you wish to study at Lancaster in spring (Lent term) you will need to demonstrate that you have covered an equivalent of Lancaster’s autumn semester (Michaelmas term).

Entry requirements All graduate students must meet the standard academic entry requirements and provide an English language proficiency certificate. Visiting students are exempt from this condition only if they have studied their Bachelor’s degree in English in a majority English speaking country.

English language requirement for all Masters programmes: • IELTS 7.0 - with at least 6.0 in each element • iBTOEFL 100 with at least 22 in each element • PR Pearson Test of English (Academic) 70 with at least 55 in each element • Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) grade C or above

The academic entry requirement An equivalent to a UK Upper Second Class Honours Degree. You will need to provide an official English translation of your undergraduate transcript for us to confirm your academic qualifications. For all programmes, we are looking for a consistent performance in all years of study. Entry requirements details are available on: http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/masters/entryrequirements/

The country equivalents are listed below. You will need to meet this average in your Bachelors and masters degrees. We will only consider visiting students who have demonstrated consistent performance and a required average. If you country is not listed below, please, contact us.

Country LUMS Entry requirement

Brazil GPA 7 out of 10 or GPA 3.3 or 70% Canada 80% or GPA 3.2 China GPA 80% - 85% Denmark GPA 10 or above France GPA 13.5 out of 20 Germany Overall grade of 2.4 or better Italy Over 28 or 104/110 Japan B+ (75%) The Netherlands GPA 8.0 Norway B Portugal GPA 14 out of 20 Russia GPA 4 South Korea 3.5 out of 4.5 3.0 out of 4.3 Spain GPA 7 out of 10 (notable) Switzerland GPA 5.0 or 8.0 Taiwan GPA 75% - 80% Thailand 3.2/4.0

Application process

You must first be nominated by your home university. Your International Coordinator will then send the nominations to us and we will contact you directly about the application process.

At the nomination stage we will require your Bachelor’s degree transcript and your Master’s degree syllabus to be able to advise which Master’s degree in LUMS you are eligible for.

When we have received your nomination and your relevant documents, we will contact you to discuss which Master’s degree you wish to apply for and we will ask you to apply by using our online application system on http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/masters/apply/

Please note that nomination by your institution does not guarantee an offer of a place.

You will need to submit:

1. Personal statement – explain your motivation to come to 2. Bachelor’s degree transcript translated into English 3. List of Masters Courses you have covered so far with grades certified by your University (if available) 4. Your CV

5. English language certificate 6. One Academic reference commenting on your academic ability 7. A recommendation letter from your International Coordinator

Deadlines • The nomination deadline is 1st May 2015. • The application deadline is 30th May 2015 for all documents to be uploaded on the web portal. • These deadlines apply for students looking to come in autumn or in spring. • There is no separate deadline for spring applications.

Accommodation and living costs BOOK EARLY! We offer visitor room booking for short stays on Campus. As soon as your place has been confirmed, please contact the Conference centre to book your Campus accommodation: [email protected].

The approximate cost of a single room per night is about £20, per term is about £2,100 (1st October – 15th January).

There is also an opportunity to stay in Lancaster town. You can book a room via: Graham [email protected]; http://www.letstudents.co.uk/

The food is not included in the price. You will need approximately £250 per month for food and subsistence.

An example of a budget can be found on:

http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/sbs/funding/costsandbudgeting.htm

For more information on any aspect of Masters level student exchange, please, contact Dr Radka Newton, Head of LUMS International Office:

Head of International Office Lancaster University Management School Lancaster LA1 4YX [email protected] T: +44 (0)1524 5 10726

Nomination form

For each nominated student, please provide us with the following information:

First name Surname Gender Date of birth Current degree programme Exchange semester List of courses taken on Master level prior your exchange period at Lancaster ECTS credits required during the exchange period at Lancaster Preferred LUMS Degree programme to be followed (please, state 3 choices in order of preference) Bachelor degree • Institution name • Degree specialism • Degree classification - final awarded grade • Date of the award English language test • IELTS • TOEFL • Cambridge exam • Pearson test Work experience First name Surname Gender Date of birth