Salford Business School has recently gained AMBA accreditation, achieving strong student survey scores, particularly in finance and accounting, and business and management. The school offers various BSc (Hons) courses and has high employment rates among graduates, with significant industrial engagement and successful placements. Students have opportunities for prizes, exemptions from professional exams, and a high level of recognition in their respective fields.

1. Salford Business School

2. Salford Business School Recently gained AMBA accreditation Strong National Student Survey (NSS) scores for Finance and Accounting (3 rd in the UK) and for Business and Management (2 nd in the North West and 1 st among NCUK institutions) Good research results through the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE2008) particularly in Library and Information Management and Operation Research & Applied Statistics Students regularly receive awards and recognition from external bodies ACCA prizes BBC Bitesize learning competition

3. School Profile “ Full service” business school High level research activity Emphasis on industrial engagement (a hallmark of the University) 115 Academics and 50 Support staff Over 3,000 students including 500 international students

4. BSc (Hons) Courses Business and Management Suite 7 streams of study Stream is selected for the final year of study Streams include finance, HRM, marketing, quantitative and international business Finance and Accounting Leisure Management Suite 6 stream of study Stream include Hospitality, Tourism, Sport and Leisure Business Information Technology

5. BSc (Hons) Courses Our past record of exemptions has shown that on application to the bodies concerned, some or all papers from qualifying examinations have been waived by institutes including Institute of Bankers Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAEW) Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) Students completing the optional placement year are also eligible for the award of Licentiateship of the City and Guilds Institute (LCGI)

6. Business and Management Business & Management graduates in 2008 had some outstanding results First class honours 11% 2:1 - 27% 2:2 - 43% 81% of students got a first or second class honours degree 91% Employment Rate % with a job or doing further study - 91% % employed in a graduate position - 41%

7. Business Links Recent students have enjoyed placements with: NatWest, Barclays and The Cooperative Bank; BP, Esso and Shell; IBM, Hewlett Packard and Compaq; Ford, Vauxhall, Jaguar, and Nissan; Marks and Spencer, Selfridges and Sainsbury’s; Eli Lilly, Glaxo and ICI. Students also compete for annual industry prizes, with links to companies such as Adidas, Barclays Bank, United Utilities and Vimto. Recent graduates’ careers have included personnel management, accountancy, marketing management, publicity, market research, corporate planning, operational research, systems analysis, computer programming, purchasing, banking and the City.