Bath MBA breaks into The Economist's top 30 global elite
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Bucking the trend that has seen US schools leapfrog above European schools, the Bath MBA has risen sharply up The Economist's MBA ranking published today. Bath has seen a dramatic upward movement to 29th in the world in this year's ranking. The Bath MBA's impressive rise reflects the positive impact of the significant developments made to the MBA programme during the last few years.
The Bath MBA is now ranked 4th in the world for 'Increase in salary' and 5th in the world for 'Personal Development and Educational Experience'. In the subcategories of: Faculty Quality, Student Quality, Increase in Salary, Post-MBA Salary Bath is also ranked in the global top 10.
The Economist ranks MBA programmes on their ability to provide students with the things that they themselves cite as most important and it surveys all current full-time MBA students to find out what they think about their programme. The ranking reports the following about the Bath MBA:
“Its strong links with enterprises allow students to develop professional projects in several industry sectors, which is very important for applying the theories learnt in the classes and for building business networks.”
Notes to Editors
The Bath MBA is a post-experience degree designed for people with a minimum of three years’ relevant management work experience. It looks beyond business processes and techniques to emphasise self-awareness, intuition, cross-cultural sensitivity and entrepreneurship skills, as well as a socially responsible and ethical approach to business and management.
For further information / press enquiries, contact:
Liz Alvey, Marketing Officer
School of Management
University of Bath
Claverton Down
Bath BA2 7AY
UK
Tel:+ 44 (0) 1225 383526
Email: pr@management.bath.ac.uk
General Notes For Editors:
The University of Bath School of Management has consistently achieved both top research and teaching ratings in the UK's Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) assessments. In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), the School was rated 5th in the UK for management research.
We are one of a select number of international business schools accredited by EQUIS, the European Foundation for Management Development's quality inspectorate and the Bath MBA has been accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBA) since 1976. The School is consistently ranked among the top UK business schools by The Times, The Sunday Times, The Financial Times and The Guardian.
The centrality of research to teaching is an essential feature of all our programmes. The School offers a full range of programmes from undergraduate to postgraduate up to PhD level and post-experience programmes including the world-ranked Bath MBA. The School also provides tailored executive development programmes for middle and senior management.
The School of Management has a faculty of around 90 teaching and research staff, including visiting academics, with a support team of around 70 managerial and administrative staff. Research income averages £2 million per annum. There are approximately 2,100 students in total comprising some 200 MBA students, 460 Master’s students, 210 full- and part-time research students, and over 1100 undergraduates following BSc degrees. The School also runs joint undergraduate programmes with Departments in the Faculties of Engineering and Design, Science and Humanities and Social Sciences.
