Introduction

The School of Management is the natural first choice for anyone wishing to pursue a career in management in the future. 

The School is part of one of the UK’s leading professional, scientific and technological universities, constantly growing in influence, size and status, and offering a world-class management education to a global audience. The world of management is a fast-changing one and the School seeks to ensure that both research and teaching anticipate, reflect and deliver tomorrow’s needs today.

Location

Positioned at the centre of the University of Surrey’s safe, friendly and vibrant campus, the School of Management is surrounded by playing fields, gardens and a lake. It is also at the heart of England’s South East region – an area that would be the 22nd largest economy in the world based on GDP, with more than 4700 foreign-owned companies and the leading location for European headquarters of multinational companies
(source: SEEDA). The South East is also the capital of the UK’s pharmaceutical, information and communication technology, bio-tech and health care, aerospace, defence and environmental industries. The School, along with the University, is a forceful driver in the region’s thriving economy.

Facilities

The School is housed within the new state-of-the-art School of Management building. Also situated within the building is the Lakeside Restaurant which, as well as being operated as a professional, fully functioning business, has kitchens which are a fundamental part of the School’s Hospitality Management programmes. 

Along with its outstanding staff group committed to management education, the School prides itself on its high teaching standards, research excellence, employment record, international reputation and flexible teaching methods. On top of all this, the School boasts learning resources which are second to none. These include well-equipped computer laboratories and dedicated high-quality seminar rooms. 

The School of Management really does offer a world-class management education to an international community.

Teaching

The School provides a suite of internationally recognised and professionally relevant postgraduate degrees across a broad range of business and management disciplines. These include a well-regarded MBA (Master of Business Administration), International Business Management, Human Resource Management, Information Management, Marketing, Finance and Accounting. 

The School also has a strong reputation for specialist degrees including International Hotel Management, Food Management, Tourism Management, International Events Management, Retail Management and Health Care Management.

Research

To complete the portfolio, the School also offers doctoral research degree programmes, Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) and PhD. Research and teaching activity within the School is divided into three Divisions with the following priorities:

Division of Management

• Accounting and Financial Management
• Organisational Behaviour and Human

Resource Management

• Operations Management
• Health Care Management
• Management Information Systems
• Events Management

Division of Business Development

• Entrepreneurship
• International Management  Strategic Management
• Marketing
• Retail Management

Division of Hospitality and Tourism

• Hospitality and Food Management
• Tourism Management

The School has a distinguished record of high-quality research which includes both theoretical studies to advance the conceptual base of its research areas and applied research commissioned by clients in the UK and overseas. It makes a major contribution to business competitiveness in one of Europe’s most prosperous regions, with its efficient turnaround of large-scale research projects and delivery of cost-effective solutions.

Key Facts

• First business school in the world to hold simultaneous accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, by the Association of MBAs (for the Surrey MBA programme) and by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (for its Tourism programmes) • Forty years of experience in teaching and researching a broad spectrum of management disciplines within the School 
• Excellent links with industry and a strong entrepreneurial focus throughout all of our programmes, offering a unique and stimulating learning experience 
• Excellent rating for teaching and flexible teaching methods, making many of the School’s programmes accessible to individuals in full-time employment or based overseas
• School of Management graduates among the most sought after in the UK, with Surrey consistently topping lists of graduate employment 
• Staff and students from around the world create a truly international environment for study and research
• Based in an award-winning, purpose-built building with state-of-the-art facilities