School of Management 3rd in Guardian University Guide 2014
The Guardian University Guide 2014 has been published and sees both the University and the School of Management improving on last year’s positions.
The University of Bath School of Management has climbed to 3rd place out of 114 institutions – moving up three places on last year in the league table for business and management studies.
The School of Management has also placed 2nd for ‘Satisfied with the Course’, ‘Satisfied with Teaching’ and ‘Career after 6 months’.
The Guardian University Guide 2014 considers satisfaction of final-year students with teaching, feedback, assessment and the overall experience; spend per student; the student to staff ratio; the career prospects of graduates; a value added score and the grades pupils have to achieve to stand a chance of being offered a place.
The University of Bath has achieved an overall ranking of 7th place, a rise of two positions on last year’s result, out of 119 UK institutions.
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 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.
