Department Profile: Leeds University Business School

Leeds University Business School


Discover your potential. Then exceed it.

Leeds University Business SchoolWe are one of the most influential business schools in the UK, receiving global recognition for the quality of our teaching and research. Ranked in the world’s top 100 business schools (Financial Times 2011 and The Economist 2010). Our world-leading academics combine professional practice with teaching and research activity bringing up-to-date business knowledge to our Masters programmes.

Whether you want to study Accounting and Finance, Economics, Human Resources, International Business, Business and Management or Marketing we’ll provide you with the skills, knowledge and professional network you need to develop a rewarding career.

The latest Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) ranked us in the UK top ten for research-based activities – research that feeds directly into the schools taught Masters programmes. We are also EQUIS and AMBA accredited, and offer a range of BPS, CIPD, EPSRC, and PEMM accredited Masters programmes.

The University is located in the heart of a vibrant, multicultural and student friendly city. Leeds is the UK’s top financial and legal centre after London, and attracts students from all over the world offering a wide range of shops, theatres, museums, sporting facilities, restaurants and nightlife.

Masters Programmes
MSc Accounting and Finance
MSc Actuarial Finance
MA Advertising and Design
MA Advertising and Marketing
MSc Banking and International Finance
MSc Computing and Management
MA Corporate Communications and Public Relations
MA Diversity Management
MSc Economics
MSc Economics and Finance
MSc Enterprise (new for 2012)
MSc Finance and Investment
MSc Financial Mathematics
MSc Financial Risk Management
MSc International Business
MSc Law and Finance (new for 2012)
MSc Management
MA Human Resource Management
MSc International Marketing Management
MSc Manufacturing Leadership
MSc Organizational Psychology
MSc Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (new for 2012)
MA Textile Innovation and Branding

The Leeds MBA
The Leeds MBA is designed to prepare you for the challenges you will face as a manager in today’s rapidly changing global environment. Combining the theoretical knowledge of business subjects with the practical skills employers look for when recruiting. Our MBA programme covers the broad fundamentals of business and management with the opportunity to specialise through your choice of option modules and MBA Project. Delivered by our staff, many of who are pre-eminent in their field, you will benefit from teaching and expertise that reflects the latest research and management thinking.

Global learning experience
Our Masters programmes are internationally renowned and recognised, and our students come from a diverse range of backgrounds and nationalities. You will become part of this network. Developing your understanding of worldwide business strategy, and learning how to work effectively in international teams.

Top 10 for graduate employability
The latest High Flyers survey (2011) ranks us in the top 10 for graduate employability. Our programmes offer dedicated career development sessions, adopting a person-centred approach to encourage you to understand your individual strengths, refine your career objectives and equip you with the skills to manage your career.

Commercially connected
Our strong links with local, national and international businesses provide networking opportunities for you to meet with top employers. Many involve work-based learning –through projects, placements and workshops with leading employers.

First-class facilities
Based in an impressively renovated 19th-century building located in the heart of Leeds, the Business School blends traditional gothic and contemporary architecture boasting state-of-the-art facilities:

  • one of the largest single campus universities in the UK (98 acres)
  • a dedicated postgraduate study centre
  • a purpose-built postgraduate IT cluster with networked PCs and access to internet, email and online library
  • resources and printing facilities as well access to PCs across campus
  • one of the best academic research libraries in the UK, with over 2.8 million
  • books, and 9,500 printed and online journals
  • a specialised Language Centre, with teach yourself multimedia facilities for over 40 languages

Student Support Services
The school has a team of experienced people in place to support and guide you. These include your Academic Programme Director, A Personal Tutor, The Academic Module Leader, and the Programme Support Team including a dedicated student support manager. There are many other support services across the university including;
Careers Centre
Skills Centre
International Student Office
Student Advice Centre
Accommodation Office
Language Centre

Contact 
Postgraduate Admissions Office
Leeds University Business School
Maurice Keyworth Building
University of Leeds
Leeds
LS2 9JT

T: +44 (0)113 343 4908
F: +44 (0)113 343 4355
E: masters@lubs.leeds.ac.uk
W: www.business.leeds.ac.uk/masters

 


 

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