Bath is top for Accounting & Finance
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The University’s Accounting & Finance degree has been named the best in the country.
The Times Good University Guide 2013 highlights the very high levels of student satisfaction, high quality of research conducted, the entry standards of students on that programme, and the excellent career prospects of its graduates as reasons for its number one position.
Accounting & Finance is a popular subject at UK universities and Bath beat off competition from 84 other universities teaching the subject to claim top spot.
Bath’s Accounting & Finance graduates are highly sought after and have excellent career prospects.
Professor Richard Elliott, Dean of the School of Management, said: “I am delighted that our Accounting and Finance degree has been named the best in the country. It is still a relatively new degree having been launched in 2005 but it has proven to be more successful than older, more established degrees.”
“I am also pleased to see us ranked 3rd for Business Studies (after Cambridge and Oxford).”
Professor Dame Glynis Breakwell, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bath, said: “This is excellent news for the School of Management and recognises the hard work and dedication of its staff to provide our students with not only the highest quality teaching, but also a great all round experience.”
Overall, the University was ranked ninth in the country by this week’s table, a rise of three positions on last year’s results.
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Liz Alvey, Marketing Officer
School of Management
University of Bath
Claverton Down
Bath BA2 7AY
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Tel:+ 44 (0) 1225 386856
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.
