The Business School - Key Facts

The Business School is one of the largest in the UK with over 5,000 students
We offer full-time, part-time and block release programmes at undergraduate, postgraduate, professional and research levels
Our programmes cover the full range of sub-disciplines across business and management studies
We work closely with the region's businesses and focus closely on developing students' business skills by providing placements and consultancy projects
We are the largest public sector provider of accounting training in the North West and have registered quality partner status with ACCA and CIMA
Teaching quality inspections put us in the top 20 in the UK (Source: The Complete University Guide)
MMU has more professionally accredited courses than any other university (Source: The Times) and the highest concentration of postgraduate taught courses in the North West (Source: Prospects)
MMU is the 4th most popular university in the UK and received a 14% increase in applications in 2009
MMU doubled its research income through the RAE2008
MMU has a business start up incubator called Innospace. Costing £300,000 to build, Innospace offers undergraduate city centre office space and business support.

Professional Accreditations

Centre of Excellence for the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
Registered quality partner status with the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) and the Chartered Management Institute (CMI)
The Business School is the only public sector Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Platinum Approved Learning Partner in the North of England and also offers the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) professional qualification
Our MBA programmes are accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBA) and are offered on a full-time, part-time or block release basis
Our MSc International Public Reltaions programme is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) and we also teach the CIPR Diploma
Our Research Institute for Business and Management is recognised by the ESRC for its doctoral programme
The Institute of Place Management (IPM) accredits our MSc Place Management programme
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT UK) and the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) accredit our MSc Logistics and Supply Chain Management programme

ESRC and EDAMBA accredited doctoral awards
In the RAE2008 (Research Assessment Exercise) 80% of our research was rated at 2* or above, which denotes international importance
We offer MRes, MPhil and PhD research awards as well as a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) programme