QTEM at Warwick Why Warwick Business School?

3rd in UK International MSc Finance is ranked 3rd in the UK and 13th in The 21st most International the world University in the World Times Higher Education 2018 Ranking World University Ranking 2019

3rd in UK MSc Business Analytics is ranked 3rd in the UK and 8th in the world Sports & Wellness Hub QS A brand new sports facility with a World University Rankings 2019 12-lane swimming pool, modern gym and more than 100 fitness classes

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First UK business school to be triple accredited and to receive the Athena SWAN Silver Award for improving gender equality Welcome to Warwick

Warwick Business School (WBS) isn’t just Warwick Business School As a campus-based university, you will have a world-class business school at the heart of immediate access to a range of social, sporting WBS is a large, dynamic and thriving triple a world-class university; it’s a hub of curiosity and cultural opportunities to make your time accredited school at the , that is constantly challenging the status quo at Warwick as enjoyable and as fulfilling as with a vision to be Europe’s leading University- and championing business as a power possible. Please explore our campus and what based Business School. Our work is based on for good. it can offer you during your studies: our drive to develop cutting-edge research, to With a healthy balance between theory provide a transformational learning experience W warwick.ac.uk/about/campus and practice, we truly transform people and to work in partnership with policy and If you need help securing somewhere to stay by developing them both professionally practice. Our programmes continue to perform during your studies Warwick Accommodation and personally. We’re for the people excited strongly in a diverse range of national and is on hand to help you. They offer a range of off- by everything around them, driven to learn, international rankings. campus options. We would recommend staying question, debate and have real impact. south of the campus, in the towns of Kenilworth Whether you want to change the world University of Warwick or Leamington Spa. Both have great bus links or simply a point of view, we welcome the The University of Warwick is a modern, world- to campus and plenty of lovely places for eating curious, the open, the restless and the class campus-based university located at the and drinking: excellent from all over the world to create heart of the United Kingdom, on the outskirts W warwick.ac.uk/services/accommodation/ a culture built for the change makers. of – the UK’s City of Culture for 2021. studentaccommodation/waoffcampus WBS equips you with the knowledge, skills, The University’s location means that you will be experience, and global networks you need well connected to the major towns and cities of for whatever you want to do next. the UK and will be able to enjoy the countryside of Warwickshire. There is a lot of information Are you in? on the University’s main web site which will tell you about the University, our campus and our thriving multicultural community:

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The QTEM Masters Network at WBS

WBS is proud to host students from the QTEM Term Dates 2020/2021 Masters Network. You can find the most up-to- Teaching will take place during the term dates date information about the QTEM offering at below: WBS on our website. Spring Term: Monday 11 January 2021 – W wbs.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/qtem Saturday 20 March 2021 /incoming-students Summer Term: Monday 26 April 2021 – Academic Programme Structure Saturday 3 July 2021 WBS offers QTEM students the opportunity to For the Spring Term, modules are taught across undertake an academic term at two different the duration of the term, so you will be studying points in the year: your modules simultaneously. We expect all students to arrive no later than Monday 11 Spring Term: January-March January to be inducted and begin their studies, Three pathways available (Finance, Business, and students will be required to be on campus Analytics) until at least Saturday 20 March to complete their teaching. It is then up to the student if Summer Term: April-July they wish to stay in the UK until their exams Two pathways available (Business, Analytics) in late April/early May, or to return home and For each of the possible pathways, the modules come back. available in 2019/20 were: For the Summer Term, the modules are block taught, which means each module is taught Spring Term either across one or two weeks. This means you may have weeks during the term that you are Finance Stream Business Stream Analysis Stream not undertaking any face to face study. The total face to face study for the Summer Term Alternative Business Analysis Advanced Investments & valuation Data Analysis will be four weeks. However, we will be running an induction for students in the week beginning Behavioural Corporate Forecasting Monday 26 April, and all students will need Finance Finance to be on campus until the end of the term for Fixed Income & Fundamentals Text the Business in Practice module, so we would Credit Risk of Analytics Behaviour recommend that students are resident in the UK for the duration of the Summer Term. The Judgement & Big Data Analysis Supply Chain Decision Making Analytics Summer Term modules do not have exams. Students will have the same overall workload Summer term (including face-to-face hours) in both terms; the teaching is simply spread differently Business Stream Analysis Stream

Forecasting for Decision Discrete Event Simulation Makers Behavioural Economics Pricing Analytics

Business in Practice Business in Practice (double weighting) (double weighting) Useful information

Assessments Living Costs Contacts and nominations WBS modules are assessed by group work, You will need to budget for a range of All queries relating to your application to tests, examinations* and individual essays, expenditure during your time at Warwick study at WBS should be directed to your home or a combination of these methods. including food, toiletries, laundry, social activities, institution, or to the QTEM Academic & Student Affairs Manager *Spring term only travel, etc. As a guide, we would suggest that you budget for at least £600 per calendar month for E [email protected] general living expenses; this is in addition to your Assessment Marks accommodation costs. If you need any help or Once you have had a study place at WBS The UK University marking system is based on guidance on financial or welfare matters, you can confirmed, you can contact the team with all a percentage scheme (1-100%), rather than contact the Warwick Students’ Union. queries and questions an alpha system of A-F, etc. The pass mark for E [email protected] W warwicksu.com postgraduate modules is 50%.

Visa advice How to Apply You will need to make sure that you have the All QTEM students must be selected through a correct visa in place as part of your preparations competitive process undertaken by your home to study at Warwick. Please check the following institution and the central QTEM Team. Please website to see if you need a visa to study in the contact your home institution for information UK as an exchange student. on this process. W gov.uk/check-uk-visa We expect all students to meet a minimum level Please note that you will be registered as of English to be able to study with us. If you are a part-time student at the University of Warwick. a non-native speaker of English and have not been educated in English for your current or previous degree, we expect students to meet the following criteria: IELTS (academic) 7.0 – all four language elements have to be scored 6.0+, with a maximum of two language components at lowest level 6.0 or 6.5 PTE (academic) 7.0 – with 51+ in every section CPE/CAE – 190 overall; 2 x 170, 2 x 190 TOEFL 100 – minimum language components L21, R22, W21, S23.

Our location Based in Coventry, at the heart of the UK, our campus has excellent national and international transport links.

1 1 Coventry is the nearest station Getting to Coventry by Rail to WBS From Journey (mins)2 2All times are estimates only and are based on the fastest route Birmingham Airport 10 available Our60 location Manchester 120

Cardiff 160

Edinburgh Edinburgh 270

Belfast Northern Ireland

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Birmingham National Exhibition Centre Birmingham Airport Birmingham National Cardiff Airport London Motorcycle Museum Coventry Heathrow Transport International Kenilworth Museum Airport Bullring Castle Shopping Centre

Ricoh Cadbury Arena World Birmingham Coventry

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Stoneleigh Abbey

Royal Leamington Spa Warwick

Stratford- upon-Avon Shakespeare’s Birthplace

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