Undergraduate Exchange to Manchester Business School SUE FIDALGO INTERNATIONAL COORDINATOR

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1 Undergraduate Exchange to Manchester Business School SUE FIDALGO INTERNATIONAL COORDINATOR

2 Coming to the UK on Undergraduate Exchange Study abroad provides an opportunity to travel and meet new people Experience a different culture Opportunities to experience different approaches to teaching Enhances future career prospects

3 Why Manchester? One of Fastest Growing and Most Culturally Exciting Cities in the UK An International City

4 Why Manchester? Voted Coolest Place in the UK outside London by year olds! Cost of living much less than in London Huge Diversity of Attractions Steeped in history Sporting attractions Social scene Theatres, concerts, museums, restaurants, bars

5 Around Manchester Easy Access to York, Chester, Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield, Newcastle, Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh Easy Access to Lake District, Peak District, Wales, Scotland and Ireland Now two hours from London on Train Major International Airport Easy access to European destinations with affordable airlines

6 Around Manchester

7 UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER Established in 1824 Over 35,000 students 10,500 staff of which 4,500 are academic and research staff The University of Manchester is the UK's most popular University, receiving more applications for undergraduate study (63,000 in 2006) than any other British University The University of Manchester was named as the Higher Education Institution of the Year at the Times Higher Awards 2005 Named the 2006 Sunday Times University of the Year

8 Manchester Business School

9 Why MBS? Formed by combining: Manchester Business School Manchester School of Management Manchester School of Accounting and Finance Institute of Innovation Research Now Largest Business School in UK 2000 on-site students, 200 teaching staff Part of Largest Single-Site Site University in UK International Office dedicated to UG exchange students within Manchester Business School

10 Your Studies at MBS Wide range of subjects taught, including: Accounting and Finance, Economics Marketing, International Business and Strategy Operations Technology and Innovation Management Employment Studies, Psychology, Organisation Studies

11 Course Information Students take a full workload of 60 credits per semester 6 courses. With agreement of home institution, exchange students can take a reduced load of 50 credits but no less than this. 10 MBS credits are equal to 5 ECTS. Students attending in semester one only are permitted to take special assessments in place of January examinations enabling them to leave at the end of the teaching period in December. Students attending for the full year or semester two are expected to take all examinations.

12 MBS: An International School Around one-third of MBS undergraduates are international students Exchange Relationships since 1990 Thriving International Society within MBS Mentoring Scheme in operation for new exchange students Exchange Students from across the globe Accommodation catered or self-catered Currently 46 exchange partners with business schools/universities worldwide

13 Exchange Partners

14 IM PARTNERS Bocconi University, Milan, Italy Chinese University of Hong Kong Copenhagen Business School, Denmark RSM, Erasmus, Rotterdam, Netherlands Helsinki School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland HKUST Business School, Hong Kong Lund University, Sweden National University of Singapore University of Mannheim, Germany University of Melbourne, Australia Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain Universite de Paris Dauphine Singapore Management University Universitat St Gallen,, Switzerland Stockholm University School of Business, Stockhom,, Sweden University of Sydney UNSW, Sydney Vrije University, Amsterdam, Netherlands WU Wien, Vienna, Austria

15 IMABS PARTNERS Babson College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA Saunder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Haskayne School of Business, The University of Calgary, Canada Goizueta Business School, Emory University, Atlanta, USA Warrington College of Business Administration, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA HEC, Montreal, Quebec, Canada The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada ada The University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, is, USA Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA The Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, USA Queen s s School of Business, Queen s s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada The Richard Ivey School of Business, London, Western Ontario, Canada Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada The Stern School of Business, New York, USA Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California The College of William & Mary, Virginia, USA Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto, Canada

16 IMF PARTNERS HEC, Montréal, Canada ESSCA Angers, France Bordeaux Business School, France ESC Grenoble, France IESEG, Lille, France Université Jean-Moulin, Lyon III, Lyon, France Université de Paris Dauphine, Paris, France Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

17 Further Information The University of Manchester The City of Manchester