Manchester Metropolitan University Business School

Established	1889
Type	Public
Dean	Professor Huw Morris
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. MMUBS is the second largest business school in the UK with approximately 3000 undergraduate students, 1500 postgraduate students and 60 PhD students. Image File history File links MMU_logo. ... The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... In an educational setting, a dean is a person with significant authority . ... Manchester is a city in the North West of England and is famous for being the worlds first industrial city and considered by some to be Englands second city. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia Website. ... Manchester is a city in the North West of England and is famous for being the worlds first industrial city and considered by some to be Englands second city. ...

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

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• Accounting and Finance
• 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: - The Economic and Social Research Council is the main UK state funding agency for research and graduate studies in the social sciences. ...

• 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
• Andrew Davies (MD) BAE Systems
• Gordon Taylor (CEO) Professional Footballers Association

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