Why you should study with us
We know that you have a choice of degrees from a range of Universities. That’s why we work very hard to ensure that your experience as a student with us is as personally and professionally/academically fulfilling as possible. This focus is shared by all of Aberystwyth University’s departments. The result: we are regularly voted in the Top 5 Universities in the UK for student experience and student satisfaction. Year after Year…
Our focus to ensure you have the best student experience with us comprises:
Reputation
We have a reputation with employers for delivering graduates with the skills they need for their business. We have a reputation with our students for delivering their teaching and learning in a way that best suits their objectives. For our Masters and MBA provision we were one of the very first Universities in the UK to be accredited by the AMBA. AMBA closely monitor the quality of programmes, and recently validated our whole Masters provision…
Accommodation and your Guarantee
You’ll want guaranteed first-year accommodation, and ideally to have it in close proximity to the School of Management and Business. Great news, you get precisely that. The School of Management and Business is central in the Penglais Campus, approximately 5 minutes walk from your accommodation.
Social Life
We’ve found that our students work hard, but they also like to play hard…Fortunately, there’s so much you can do when you choose to study with us. From seminars and talks by professional management bodies through cultural activities in an extremely vibrant arts environment, sports and numerous social opportunities your social life can be as busy as you want it to be.
Teaching and Learning
SMB is renowned for the quality of teaching and learning and the cultural experience of studying Management and Business. In addition to the constructive relationship between our staff and students, the way we teach Management and Business is focused on integrating styles and techniques to provide you with the most effective set of tools and skills to solve Business and Management issues. This integration is also shown in the diversity of assessment methods you will be able to choose in your degree subjects.
Learning Resources
With electronic access to all the learning resources you’ll ever need, over 1400 networked PCs, and a wireless internet connection in every room, you’ll never struggle to find the information you want when you are trying to complete an assignment. If you like turning the pages of real books you’re in luck too. Less than five minutes away from SMB is the National Library for Wales, a copyright library that holds an edition of every book or periodical published in the United Kingdom (6 million +). Five minutes in the other direction is the Hugh Owen Library where all the University’s books and journals are held.
Employability
We understand that studying a degree is part of a longer term professional career. As well as achieving your degree, for the best start in the business world you need to have the most up-to-date skills and techniques. Our teaching covers the fundamentals of management and business, with an emphasis on applied knowledge supported, where relevant, by accreditation from professional bodies.
To find out more about our Degree Programmes and what they mean to you please choose one of the links belowSmall enough to care: Big enough to impress
With around 40 Staff and Graduate Researchers, we are not the biggest Business School in the UK, and that is one of our principal strengths. Within weeks of commencing your studies you will have met your teaching staff, and very soon you will have built up a strong and supportive learning relationship; a similar relationship to that you developed with your closest teachers in school. On arrival you will be assigned a dedicated tutor who is tasked with marshalling and helping you to achieve your educational goals and to maximise your personal and professional development.
We strongly recommend you attend a pre-application Open Day to discover for yourself what is so great about studying business and management with us (link). If you are one of the thousands who have already applied, make sure you attend an Applicant Visiting Day