Lancaster University Management School
Programme Type: Marketing Entry Requirements: Tuition Fee : Contact:
Full Time MBA Operations Management Min. GMAT Score : 600 GBP (£) 17500 (08/09 level) / Total Angela Graves,
Executive MBA Project Management Min. TOEFL Computer Based Score Program Cost MBA Admissions Co-ordinator
Strategic Management : 250 Lancaster University Management
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Joint Degree Programmes Offered: Min. TOEFL Paper Based Score : 600 School
MBA Only Full Time Course Information Min. IELTS : 7 Lancaster University
Start Dates: Min. Years of Work Experience : 3 Lancaster, Lancs
mer Specialisation by Function: September LA1 4YX
Accountancy & Financial Executive Course Information United Kingdom
Brand Management Programme Duration: Start Dates:
tin A Change Management 12 months October Tel: +44 (1524) 594068
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Decision Science Fax: +44 (1524) 592417
Entrepreneurship Tuition Fee: Programme Duration : Email:
mba@lancaster.ac.uk
General Management GBP (£) 19800 / Total Program Cost 24 months Web:
www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/mba
Leadership
development through our Mindful Manager thread.
Alumni Profile
This explores what management is really about and To undertake a top class
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packs in lots of personal development opportunities MBA had always been
based on experiential learning. We use the academic Carsten Engh’s goal. When
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learning on the programme as the basis for helping his contract at a Norwegian
you to learn how to manage yourself and how to Utilities corporation ended,
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work in teams. he chose not to extend but
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to seize the opportunity.
Why Lancaster University Management
School? “I wanted to change my
Accreditation and reputation career path from Human
The School is accredited by AACSB, the leading Resources towards Management Consulting.
business school accreditation organisation, EQUIS, The Lancaster MBA definitely provided me this
the top European quality mark for European opportunity by putting our class room learning to
A Reputation for Action Schools and AMBA, the top British quality mark. the test in the real world. It was why I chose Lancaster,
Since its inception in 1989 the Lancaster MBA The MBA features regularly in the Financial Times and I found this extremely valuable.”
ope has kept action and engagement with real world Top 100 MBA Programmes Survey, in 2008 as 22nd
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business and management issues at the heart of in the world. “Over this year I worked with five organisations, from
its programme. There are three practical elements new ventures on the drawing board to a Nobel Peace
based on work with organisations varying greatly in The Lancaster experience Price winning charity organisation, providing them
length and focus. All three will look great on your cv The Lancaster MBA emphasises the process of with advice on how to improve. I constantly had to
as evidence of real hands on ability. learning as much as the content. You will spend challenge my self”, Carsten adds. “Studying for the
much of your time learning in teams that will MBA was intensive, but highly rewarding. We had
New Venture Challenge develop collaborative and leadership skills essential lectures from early morning to late afternoon, with
Student teams spend the first term working with in management. team and even client meetings in the evenings.”
clients, sourced by LUMS’s Institute for
Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development, There will be over twenty nationalities in the “Even though our work load was very heavy, we
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who are preparing start ups or new business classroom. You will learn about cultural difference always managed somehow to find time for play; let
developments. Students help them draw up and how to capitalise on its diversity in work, social it be organised events, challenging class mates in
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marketing and business plans. and sporting contexts. We have an international sports or the spontaneous weekend trip.”
A reputation that also attracts faculty from across the
Consultancy Challenge world. “The Lancaster MBA is truly an international journey,
Each team is dropped into a consultancy situation and it feels amazing having the opportunity to learn
and learns the capacity to be immediately effective Our campus is safe, beautifully located with views of from experiences of all corners of the world. For me,
in supporting and leading change. Don’t worry, mountains and sea, yet only an hour from the bright this enriching experience has been life changing.”
we prepare you with customised modules which lights, nightlife and world class soccer of Manchester
develop your skills. and Liverpool. Most students can live on campus and Carsten’s summer project was with Apple Inc. After
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walk to the classroom in five minutes. completing his MBA he returned to Norway to
Summer project work for A. T. Kearney, an international strategy
You work on your own or with a colleague for ten The MBA Programme has a dedicated Career consultancy company.
weeks on a company-defined issue. You deliver Development and Alumni Services Manager who
a report to the client and write a dissertation on a provides personal counselling and arranges special “The Lancaster MBA was definitely the key in
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related academic theme. events and workshops to help you make the right achieving my career goal.”
career decisions for your future employment. We
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Mindful Manager keep in touch after you leave, support networking
Right from the first day of the programme we balance opportunities and are your link with current
academic learning and personal and professional Programme participants.
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