Manchester Business School (MBS)

What Is the Manchester Business School (MBS)?

The Manchester Business school is the business school at the University of Manchester in Manchester, England. Also known as the Alliance Manchester Business School, the Manchester Business School offers top-level MBA and doctoral programs and undergraduate courses. The school's doctoral programs have historically been ranked above other prestigious institutions such as the Wharton School of Business and MIT. The school also offers an international exchange program.

Understanding the Manchester Business School (MBS)

The Manchester Business School was founded in 1918 as the Department of Industrial Administration, funded by an endowment from asbestos magnate Sir Samuel Turner. Manchester Business School was one of the first two business schools in the United Kingdom offering MBA degrees. In 1965, the DIA was renamed the Department of Management Sciences, later becoming the Manchester school of Management. That same year, the Manchester Business School opened under the Victoria University of Manchester.

A new version of the school was reinstituted in 2004. The Alliance Manchester Business School was a result of the merger of the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology's Manchester School of Management, the Institute of Innovation Research, the Victoria University of Manchester's School of Accounting and Finance, and the Manchester Business School. Prior to the merger, the constituent parts of the new MBS formed the Manchester Federal School of Business and Management and occupied nearby buildings on either side of Oxford Road.

The school offers a variety of programs and courses, including undergraduate courses, a master's program, an MBA program, a Ph.D. program, and a doctorate program. The MBA program offers three options: a full-time MBA program, a part-time MBA program, and the Kelley-Manchester Global MBA, which is a joint MBA with the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.

Manchester Business School (MBS) Rankings

In 2021, the school was ranked 30th in the world, fourth in the U.K., and 10th in Europe amongst business schools for its MBA program, and first in the U.K. and fifth in the world for corporate social responsibility.

Other rankings for the school include:

2021: First in the U.K. and fifth in the world for operations and project and supply chain management. Second in the U.K. and ninth in the world for business analytics. Third in the U.K. and ninth in the world for marketing. Fifth in the U.K. and 24th in the world for management. Seventh in the U.K. and 24th in the world for finance.

2020: Third in the U.K. for accounting and finance, fifth in the U.K. for business and management. First in the U.K., second in Europe, and eighth in the world for social and environmental impact.

The school has solid rankings going further back as well. Graduates from the program have a 103% average salary increase three years after graduating, with an average weighted salary of $128,745 after those three years.

Manchester Business School’s (MBS's) Part-Time Global MBA

The Manchester Business School offers a unique part-time option for MBA students called the Part-time Global MBA. This program provides online instruction along with the ability for students to study at any of six global centers while receiving the same degree.

Students are able to take classes in Manchester, Sao Paulo, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, and Dubai. In their second year, they are allowed to take electives in any of the other foreign locations as well.

The program is completed over two years but there is an 18-month accelerated program and an 18-month accelerated program in a Finance concentration. The cost for the program in the U.K. is 30,000 GBP.

In addition, the school offers a wide variety of other programs and courses suitable for people with varying backgrounds, requirements, and interests.