Why Nottingham

• Nottingham University Business School is one of an elite group of EQUIS accredited business schools (European Quality Improvement System). Uniquely, EQUIS accreditation applies to all our campuses in the UK, China, and Malaysia.
• Nottingham University Business School has been ranked in the latest international league table of full-time Master of Business Administration programmes. In rankings just published by The Economist, Nottingham University Business School has been placed in the top 100 – against tough competition from the USA, Europe, Asia and Australia. The School appears on the list with some of the world's most prestigious institutions, including Dartmouth College, Harvard, Stanford and INSEAD business schools.
  
  The Economist 2011 Top 100 MBA ranking rates business schools against each other in terms of:
  • Opening new career opportunities and/or furthering current career of graduates
  • Personal development
  • Increasing salary
  • Offering the potential to network
• AMBA has accredited our MBA programmes since 1993, which ensures that all Nottingham MBA programmes meet rigorous quality standards.
• Nottingham University Business School is the UK leader in ethical and sustainable business education. We rank 1st in the UK and 45th globally in the Aspen Institute's 2011-12 'Beyond Grey Pinstripes' Top 100 ranking of business schools and MBA programmes that integrate ethical, social, and environmental issues into teaching and faculty research.
• The QS 2010/11 Global 200 Top Business Schools Report rates us among the top business schools in Europe and in the top 100 for MBA Finance. This report is based on the views of MBA recruiters and employers.
• With a world-leading reputation for research, the UK's Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) ranks us among the UK's top ten by research power. 70% of our research was rated as either 'internationally excellent' or 'world-leading.'
• In 2010, Nottingham was named among the UK's top ten universities for the impact of its publications in economics and business by the Times Higher Education. The ranking represents journal articles and their citation impact and seeks to reveal heavy hitters based on per-paper influence, not only output.
• The Times Good University Guide 2012 ranks us among the UK's top 20 business schools.
• The University of Nottingham ranks joint 2nd in England for PhD completion rates. The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) shows that 88% of all full-time Home and EU doctoral students at Nottingham qualified within seven years, ahead of the HEFCE benchmark of 82%

We offer programmes designed to suit your needs, because we appreciate that your MBA has to be carefully planned to fit in with your work commitments and lifestyle - our Executive MBA and part-time programmes allow this to happen.

Our pioneering programmes integrate elements of business ethics throughout. Should you want to concentrate on CSR, we offer the MBA in Corporate Social Responsibility. Nottingham graduates won the Institute of Business Ethics competition awards for three years running. We rank 1st in the UK, 3rd in Europe and 23rd globally in the Aspen Institute's biennial 2009-10 'Beyond Grey Pinstripes' ranking of MBA programmes that integrate ethical, social, environmental issues into teaching and research. The prestigious ranking also places the Business School's faculty research 5th in the world in these areas.

There are currently participants from over 30 countries on our MBA programmes, so you will experience a rich variety of business and cultural perspectives from your peers. Why not choose to take all or part of your MBA at the University's campus in China, Malaysia or Singapore, or study the second semester at one of our partner business schools. Edupoll named our MBA programme delivered in Singapore, in partnership with PSB Academy, the "Best Overall UK MBA."

We ensure that you are given our full support throughout your time at Nottingham. Our specialist MBA team is well known for its friendly, professional, and knowledgeable approach; personal tutors and an MBA Careers Adviser are available to all MBA participants. Our emphasis on individual attention means that we will do our best to advise and support you, whether your concerns are professional or personal.

Our faculty are among the leading researchers in their fields, so you can be sure that our MBA teaching is underpinned by world-class research, offering innovative and authoritative approaches to theory and practice. As well as our principal Master in Business Administration, we also specialise in corporate social responsibility, entrepreneurship, finance, healthcare and tourism, should you wish to concentrate in a particular area.

• We rank 16th in the world and 5th in the UK for career progression.
• Our graduates are highly regarded by employers and 91% of our 2008 MBA class were employed within 3 months of graduating. 19% of these went into self employment.

Our superb buildings show the importance we place on providing dedicated facilities for you. The lakeside building on the University's contemporary Jubilee Campus offers well-equipped computer labs, video conferencing, AV provision, wireless networking, a complete Business Library, dedicated electronic journals and large lecture theatres with state of the art equipment. You will benefit from exclusive seminar and break-out rooms and MBA resource room.

As an AMBA-accredited Business School, we give you one year's free AMBA (Association of MBAs) membership. This allows you access to a wide network of AMBA members, career and employment opportunities including the AMBA jobs portal, and entry to AMBA's national and regional network of events.

For more information about AMBA go to www.mbaworld.com.

We can also provide you with disks on:

• Financial Accounting
• Management Accounting
• IT; and
• Quantitative Methods;

from EQL, the largest publisher of e-learning and assessment systems in accounting, finance and business education in the UK. Links to a new on-line research tool for MBA participants and professionals in the areas of economics, accountancy and business studies students is available at www.wiwi-online.co.uk.

You are welcome to attend the frequent conferences, seminars, and guest speaker events.

Nottingham is a vibrant city, which offers a wide variety of restaurants, clubs, theatres, concert halls, and cinemas. Nottingham continues to be one of the UK's top five shopping and leisure destinations and offers an excellent nightlife with bars, nightclubs and theatres that attract national and international entertainers. Nottingham's central location allows fast and easy access to all major UK and European destinations.

We encourage you to be involved with and run The MBA Society, a group which organises a programme of social events on behalf of the cohort. Events range from small group functions and buffet evenings to formal events such as the annual MBA Ball. The MBA Society hosts several sporting activities using the University and Nottingham's excellent sports facilities.