Cardiff Business School Specialist Master’s Programmes Entry 2016/17 www.business.cardiff.ac.uk Welcome 1 Discover the Cardiff experience Welcome Contents A leading University . Cardiff Business School is committed to Cardiff: A capital city 2 making sure its students have the very Cardiff: A leading University 4 • You’ll be part of a globally recognised, • Staff include Nobel Laureates and Living in Cardiff 6 Russell Group university. numerous Fellows of the Royal Society best experience when they study here. and other prestigious institutions. About the Business School 8 • You’ll benefit from outstanding teaching in a research-led environment. Cardiff is Accounting and Finance 10 ranked in the UK’s top 5 universities for research quality. Finance 12 Economics degree programmes 14 in an outstanding city . Financial Economics 16 International Economics, • You’ll live in a friendly, compact and safe • Your money will go further at Cardiff with Banking and Finance 17 city, with all of your study, living and leisure capital city attractions at affordable prices needs within walking distance. including one of the lowest average costs Human Resource Management 18 of living for university cities.1 International Human Resource Management 20 with able and motivated students . International Management 22 • You’ll be studying in an international • You’ll be studying in an environment Logistics, transport and University with a diverse student cohort with other able and motivated students. maritime degree programmes 24 drawn from more than 120 countries, with dedicated facilities for the International Transport 26 postgraduate community. We want to help you fulfil your ambitions and from day one. We think this is an important Logistics and Operations leave the University fully equipped to achieve element in ensuring your time with us is Management 27 success in your chosen field. If you join us rewarding and enjoyable, setting you up to who have excellent career prospects . you will benefit from research and teaching achieve your ambitions. Marine Policy and of the highest standard, and access to Shipping Management 27 • You can be confident of your future - in • You’ll be in demand – Cardiff is among the world-leading academics who are innovators Our support and interest doesn’t wane 2013/14, 86.9% 2 of postgraduate top 25 universities targeted by employers.3 in their disciplines. when you graduate. After leaving us, you Strategic Marketing 28 respondents had secured employment automatically become a part of our thriving or further study within six months of We have an international reputation for alumni network which gives you Business Strategy and completing their studies. excellence (in research, teaching and for the opportunity to keep in touch with Entrepreneurship 30 environment) recognised by professional peers, academics and colleagues. bodies, global companies and government Research environment 33 Notes research exercises. This sets our students I hope to be able to welcome you to the Alumni profiles 34 1. Moneysupermarket.com Quality of Living Index 2014 apart and gives them a competitive School in the near future but for now let 2. HESA Destination of Leavers Survey 2014 advantage in a crowded jobs market. me wish you every success in your studies. 3. High Fliers Research The Graduate Market 2015 International students 35 In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework Funding and scholarships 36 IMPORTANT INFORMATION. we were ranked 6th in the UK for the quality Please read carefully. The University offers of our research and joint first for research Applications 37 the information contained in this brochure environment. With this result we became as a guide only. It does not constitute a one of only two business schools in the UK contract and is not binding on prospective students, current students or the University. to be ranked in the top ten in each of the While the University makes every effort to government’s five assessment exercises check the accuracy of the factual content since 1992. This consistency is one hallmark at the time of publication, some changes of excellence, another is our accreditation will inevitably occur in the interval between from the Association to Advance Collegiate publication and the academic year to which Schools of Business (AACSB international). This brochure will provide you with more the brochure relates (Entry 2016). For example, degree programmes may have details of our programmes. We hope that changed in line with market and student Exposure to cutting-edge research, they will give you more than just a flavour demand, and research development. unparalleled critical business thinking and of what we have to offer you. However, we Applicants should not, therefore, rely solely access to some of the world’s foremost are always ready to answer any questions on this brochure and should visit the website experts is par for the course as a student you may have, by telephone or email, or for up-to-date information concerning at Cardiff Business School. You will also when you come to Cardiff to visit. You will course content, accreditation, and entry requirements for the relevant academic year be supported in countless other ways and Professor Martin Kitchener find appropriate contacts at the end of when considering applying to the University. benefit from outstanding student resources Dean and Head of School this brochure. 2 Cardiff: A capital city Cardiff: A capital city 3 More online at: www.visitcardiff.com www.cardiff.ac.uk Cardiff: A capital city www.cardiff.gov.uk “Cardiff is a popular student city, relatively Cardiff is a thriving and attractive city which is widely inexpensive and with a good range of nightlife recognised as an outstanding place to live and study. It and cultural venues.” combines all the advantages of a compact, friendly and Times Good University Guide 2014 inexpensive location with the cultural and recreational facilities of a modern capital city. Cardiff offers everything from the excitement pedestrianised shopping streets, indoor of the city to the peace and tranquillity of and outdoor markets, and a fascinating Don’t just take our the nearby coast and countryside. With its network of glass-canopied Victorian and distinctive character, good quality of life, Edwardian arcades. word for it... and growing national and international “Modern Cardiff combines the reputation, it hosts many high-profile cultural Cardiff also has more urban green space and sporting events, including international per person than any other core UK city and best of the old and the new...it rugby, soccer, cricket and motor sport. offers easy access to the countryside, has a relatively small population coast and mountains. and is fairly inexpensive to When it comes to entertainment, Cardiff live in. Close to the campus, is well-equipped to satisfy student needs. Lively, confident, cosmopolitan, elegant the city centre has an array There is a multitude of cafes, pubs and and ambitious are all words readily used of shops and entertainment nightclubs. The city is home to the world- to describe modern-day Cardiff. Together, options to cater to all tastes renowned Welsh National Opera, it boasts the city and the University provide students prestigious concert venues such as the with the ‘Cardiff Experience’, a lifestyle our and budgets.” Wales Millennium Centre, St David’s Hall and students remember long after graduation. The Telegraph Guide to UK the Motorpoint Arena, as well as the iconic Millennium Stadium, the National Museum Universities 2012 and Gallery of Wales, several theatres and the historic Cardiff Castle. Come and see for Cardiff is the location for award-winning television productions, including Doctor Who, yourself... Sherlock, Torchwood and Casualty, and the Cardiff benefits from excellent Doctor Who Experience in Cardiff Bay is a road and rail links with Britain’s popular new attraction. other major towns and cities. The city is one of the UK’s best shopping London, for example, is two destinations, enhanced by the opening The Millennium Stadium nestles in the heart hours by train, and the M4 links of the £750 million St David’s Dewi Sant of the city, and is home to numerous sporting both the west and south of retail centre which stands alongside events and concerts throughout the year England, as well as West Wales. Travel to the Midlands and to the North is equally convenient. The journey by road from Birmingham, for example, takes only two hours. The main coach and railway stations are both centrally placed, and Cardiff also benefits from an international airport. The University is alongside attractive parkland and is adjacent to Cardiff Castle and the city centre Cardiff is one of the UK’s most successful retail centres Cardiff Bay, the city’s waterfront 4 Cardiff: A leading university Cardiff: A leading university 5 More online at: www.cardiff.ac.uk Cardiff: A leading University “Cardiff University is one of Britain’s leading teaching Cardiff University has an international reputation for excellence and research universities.” in teaching and research, built on a history of service and Telegraph Guide to UK Universities 2014 achievement since 1883, and recognised by our membership of the Russell Group of leading research-led universities. With attractive and compact campuses, and Pharmacy) are based at the Heath Park excellent student accommodation, and a campus, approximately one mile away, hugely popular Students’ Union, all within which is also home to the University easy walking distance of each other in a Hospital of Wales. thriving city, it is not surprising that Cardiff is a university of first choice among applicants. Although the University dates from 1883, Cardiff is focused on the 21st-century, Choose Cardiff and you’ll be part of a thriving and has modern state-of-the-art buildings postgraduate community in a university and facilities. The University has invested known internationally for outstanding substantially in its estate in recent years research and teaching.