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1889 JOHN DALTON Alliance Manchester Business School Undergraduate Study – 2017 Entry Alliance MBS Undergraduate Study – 2017 Entry www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate 02 — 03 MANCHESTER... Contents Written by Tony Walsh (a.k.a Longfella) Find us P04 A world-changing University and Alliance Manchester Business School on Facebook P06 Our building project and campus masterplan www.facebook.com/ P08 AMBSincoming The City of Manchester undergraduates P10 Student life To some it means our architecture, P12 BSc (Hons) Management / Management (Specialism) poems made of stone Follow us P20 BSc (Hons) International Management on Twitter P20 BSc (Hons) International Management with American Business Studies The new, the old, the cool, the bold, @AMBSUGAdmission P28 BSc (Hons) International Business, Finance and Economics the city stands alone... P34 BSc (Hons) IT Management for Business / IT Management for Business (Specialism) Watch us on YouTube P40 BSc (Hons) Accounting www.youtube.com/ P46 Other business-related courses manchestermbs To some it means a sporting city, P48 Employability second place to none P50 Student support Join us P51 Find out more For thrills and spills and skills on LinkedIn P52 Entry requirements and scholarships we’re still the global number one... uk.linkedin.com/edu/ manchester-business- school-12712 Virtual open day If you can’t make it to one of our on-campus events, our virtual open day is the next best thing: www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/virtualopenday Follow us To some it means our music scene on Google+ that keeps the city pounding plus.google.com/ +manchester Student blogs An A-list playlist, some might say businessschool The best way to find out what studying at Alliance MBS is really like – read our student blogs. Visit www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/ugblogs this makes this place astounding... Continued on the inside back page... Part of just 1% of business schools worldwide awarded triple accreditation status What does Manchester mean to us? To hear more, watch our film at www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/mcr-means #mcrmeans Alliance MBS Undergraduate Study – 2017 Entry www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate 04 — 05 Your world is about to change Alliance Manchester Business School They say it’s not just what you know, it’s who you know. At Alliance MBS, you’ll rub shoulders with the so choose a world-changing university very best. Alliance MBS is one of the foremost centres for business and management studies in the world. We’re ranked second in the UK for business research power (REF 2014) and we focus on the Manchester inspired Norman Foster, Brian Cox and Parineeti Chopra application of this knowledge throughout our programmes. and is looking to produce the next generation of original thinkers. In September 2015, Manchester Business School became Alliance Manchester Business School in recognition of Lord Alliance of Manchester’s support and longstanding relationship with the University and the Business School. Founded in 1965, we were one of the UK’s first business schools and The University of Manchester celebrated our 50th anniversary in 2015. From pioneering modern computing to isolating graphene, The University of Manchester has a heritage of producing “Business students across the world will invariably read the same books, attend the same innovative, freethinking individuals. This reputation is not just 38,000 lectures. So, if students and aspiring entrepreneurs really want to stand out and succeed, about history, it’s an ongoing legacy that you can be a part of. students from over then my advice would be that they need to be creative. 160 countries A member of the prestigious Russell Group of universities, They need to explore what is not written in the textbooks. The global economy is changing Manchester offers a learning experience like no other. very, very fast, and it is essential that we educate young people to manage these changes Academic programmes informed by cutting-edge research, teaching staff at the forefront of their field, a highly revered and be able to respond to them.” careers service, and state-of-the-art facilities; there’s — Lord Alliance of Manchester everything you need to make your mark on the world. £70 Apply for a 25 Nobel Prize Winners million salaried work among current and former Work on projects set and assessed £70m renovation placement year staff and students 5th by high-grade employers such as of the business (see course pages SAS and Credit Suisse school due for for details) (see page 34) completion in 2018 8th 41st 5th in UK, 8th in Europe, Most targeted UK £2k st £1bn 41 in the world university by top 1,700 (Shanghai Jiao Tong World graduate employers campus masterplan Scholarships University Rankings 2015) (High Fliers Report 2015) investment undergraduate business worth £2,000 p.a. school students (see page 52) Largest campus-based business school in the UK 1917 1948 2010 Experience business Ranked 2nd in the UK Splitting Invention Nobel prize 94% of graduates in Gain exemptions from in another culture for Business and Management of the atom of the modern for the discovery work or further study professional accounting exams with an international Studies research power computer of graphene (HESA 2015) including ICAEW, ACCA and CIMA exchange year (see page 20) (Source: REF 2014) Alliance MBS Undergraduate Study – 2017 Entry www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate 06 — 07 Our courses will give you the tools for life. Our campus and city, the time of your life. Alliance University Alan Gilbert Dover Whitworth National Manchester Place Learning Street Building Graphene Business Commons Building Institute School Alliance MBS Building Project £1bn Campus Masterplan Due for completion in 2018 This project is one of several currently underway as the We’re currently redeveloping the teaching and social spaces University forges ahead with its £1 billion ten-year plan to for our students as part of a £70m refurbishment of the create a world-class campus for students and staff. Alliance MBS West Building. The plan includes projects across our teaching facilities 200,000 sq ft will be transformed to create a new learning and student accommodation as well as the creation of library, lecture theatres, seminar rooms and enterprise zone. additional green space and parkland on campus. For more information visit For more information visit www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/buildingproject www.masterplan.manchester.ac.uk Alliance MBS Undergraduate Study – 2017 Entry www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate 08 — 09 Manchester. Ahead of the curve. KEY: a Manchester Arena A Y Ahead of the game. W Y a I T I N st T R VICTORIA Where Manchester treads, the world follows. Train ain Ask any of the people who live and work here. National N O R T H E R N Football Q U A R T E R – Museum The Northern uarter la i ne a S T L an cae a ell a i i 1 P E There are many reasons why Manchester is renowned around A city of firsts H A ic an cle the globe. But to the people that live here it’s simply known as Where Rolls met Royce, the C E T The Arndale A Shopping Centre home. With its indisputable charm and welcoming communities, first computer was made and G SALFORD CENTRAL ohn Rylands S you’ll find it quickly becomes your home too. the world’s first professional N Library A football league was founded E Manchester D Art Gallery PICCADILLY BUS STATION T S D N A Opera House L T Sportcity - R O Manchester City P Museum of Town Hall Football Club Science and Chinatown ine Industry Beetham Tower Canal Street PICCADILLY L I V e Mancee E Mancee F R P A I R F I E O O icnic lana iin B cniy L D S T L The ultimate student city The University of Manchester is one One of the most diverse R D e e iln hotel an l a Palace Theatre with one of the largest of the most popular universities in cities in the world with over Y A student populations in the UK in terms of applications to 200 languages spoken DEANSGATE W U Europe (>100,000) our degree courses (source: UCAS) OFORD ROAD P N P A E I Deansgate N R C U The Ritz M A N Locks B A aen iinall ene a R a ance all O cllecin O a an cl Te i a on K in a ie S T ne ic O X M A N C U N I F Alliance A N W A Y Salford uays O Manchester and MediaCityUK R D Business D R R D School N D O R The most visited city in Daily flights A musical hotbed T L S R England outside London arriving from The Smiths, Oasis, The R D S E O D O R F C (source: Visit Britain) 200 destinations Stone Roses and Joy Division H E T Visitors Centre R N C T all formed in Manchester S I R P The University Old Trafford - of Manchester Manchester United Football Club The Curry Mile ine G R E E N H E Fallowfield Y S L N -40% Te en illae World-class sports Home to MediaCityUK – 40% lower cost of living intu Trafford Centre L N Manchester Airport London facilities including the compared to London a leading international O S S W E M S T ine ain ine Aquatics Centre and (source: Expatistan) but only hub for the creative and ain Velodrome two hours away by train digital sectors M O S S L N E A S T Alliance MBS Undergraduate Study – 2017 Entry www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate 10 — 11 Student life “Being a part of Alliance MBS has not only furthered my Formal study hours A week in the life of BSc (Hons) International Management education but also rounded Informal study hours with American Business Studies student, Talia me as a person.