Manchester Metropolitan University Business School

Coordinates: 53°28′37″N 2°14′06″W / 53.477°N 2.235°W / 53.477; -2.235

Not to be confused with Manchester Business School, which is part of the University of Manchester.

Manchester Metropolitan University Business School
Established	1889
Type	Public
Dean	Professor Ruth Ashford (Dean and Pro-Vice-Chancellor)
Location	Aytoun Building, Aytoun Street, Manchester, United Kingdom, M1 3GH
Website	www.business.mmu.ac.uk

Manchester Metropolitan University Business School (MMUBS), which traces its roots as a provider of business education back to 1889, is located in the city of Manchester, situated close to Piccadilly Railway Station, and less than 30 minutes from Manchester International Airport. The MMUBS campus called Aytoun, is scheduled to be demolished in a few years and a new modernised campus will take its place near the All Saints Campus. The university plans to invest £75 million on the new building. MMUBS is the second largest business school in the UK with approximately 3000 undergraduate students, 1500 postgraduate students and 60 PhD students.

Professional Accreditations

• Rated at 3a in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise.
• Teaching was awarded 23 out of 24 by the Quality Assurance Agency in October 2000.
• Centre of Excellence for Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
• Registered quality partner status with the Chartered Institute of Marketing and the Chartered Management Institute
• Premier Plus status from the ACCA in the North of England and also offer the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants award.
• MMUBS MBA is accredited by the Association of MBAs
• Accredited by the Chartered Institute of Public Relations

Academic Divisions

• Accounting and Finance
• Digital Business and Management Science (Formerly Business Information Technology and Management Science)
• Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour
• Marketing and Retail
• Strategy, Entrepreneurship and International Business

Research

The doctoral research programme is recognised by the UK Government's research funding body, the Economic and Social Research Council, under the '1+3' system. MMUBS is also an active member of the European Doctoral Association for Management and Business Administration (EDAMBA). Research centres include: -

• Centre for Professional Accounting
• Centre for Policy Modelling
• Centre for Hospitality and Employment Research
• Retail Enterprise Network
• Centre for Enterprise
• International Business Unit

Alumni

• Paul Walsh (CEO) Diagio
• Diana Thompson (CEO) Camelot Group
• Jonathan Mildenhall (Marketing Director) Coca Cola
• Mike Turner (former CEO) BAE Systems
• David Fairhurst (HR Director) McDonalds EMEA
• Gordon Taylor (CEO) Professional Footballers Association

See also

• Stephen Taylor

Links and Sources

• Manchester Metropolitan University wiki
• MMUBS website
• Research website
• MMU website
• The Independent Online Edition article on MMUBS' Postgraduate offering