Cardiff School of Management

Located in one of Europe's most cosmopolitan capital cities, the Cardiff School of Management at UWIC is one of the leading centres for MBA learning in the UK university sector, with over 2,800 students in total studying across all subject disciplines.

Autumn 2010 saw the opening of the brand new, state-of-the-art Management building at the universities Llandaff Campus. This great new facility will enable the school to become a leading centre in the UK for teaching and research in subjects including business, hospitality and tourism and will allow the school to innovate and develop an exemplar of what a modern management school should be - strong in learning and teaching, research and enterprise and accessible to the local and wider business community.

The Schools' five Departments: 'Accounting, Finance and Economics'; 'Business and Management'; 'Information Systems'; 'International Studies and Student Support'; 'Tourism Hospitality and Event Management', offer a wide range of postgraduate programmes and are home to an exciting range of research and enterprise activities designed to make a difference to the development of the economy and society in Wales and beyond. We have over 120 full-time academics including eight Professors and two readers and five Honorary Professors, many of whom are part of extensive international networks.

Taught Programmes available

MBA (with specialist pathways)
MSc Management (with specialist pathways)
MSc Finance
MSc Financial Management
MSc Finance & Information Management
MSc Hospitality/Tourism/Events Management
MSc Computing
MSc Mobile Technologies
MSc Information & Communication Technology Management
MSc Technology Project Management
LLM (International Business)

Entry requirements will vary across the programmes available. Please visit www.cmu.ac.uk/postgraduate for a full list of programmes and entry criteria. Please also visit www.cmu.ac.uk/howtoapply for further information regarding how to apply. International Students are expected to have an acceptable TOEFL or IELTS score. Please visit www.cmu.ac.uk/international for further information.

Executive Education and Short Courses

Cardiff School of Management is a leading provider of executive and management development education. The School offers an extensive portfolio of executive and management development courses in a range of specialist areas.

All our courses represent a valuable investment in your future and are designed so that your aspirations and the needs of businesses are successfully matched. We ensure our courses are vocationally orientated, providing skills and experience that are relevant and greatly valued by employers.

We offer a suite of accredited programmes that blend theory with practice, in order to develop a real understanding of management issues and achieve organisational transformation and improvement through individual improvement.

The Cardiff School of Management short course programme has been designed to keep you up to date with the latest management thinking, enrich your understanding and open new horizons to contemporary issues of strategy, growth, sustainability and management.

Further information: www.cmu.ac.uk/csm

Facilities

At a glance, our new management building will provide students and staff with:

Facilities for 160 staff and more than 2,000 students.
A full height atrium running its entire length creating the social heart of the building with a feature staircase.
30 innovative learning areas including: a 200-capacity lecture theatre, a 120-capacity lecture theatre, three Harvard style lecture theatres (semi-circle design) with capacity for up to 58 students.
A state-of-the-art IT network suite which will use the latest technology to facilitate problem-based learning, brainstorming and group working providing a ‘hands-on' approach to teaching and learning.
Two IT training suites designed specifically for software development training.
A contemporary restaurant and bar with a professional standard kitchen for Hospitality and Catering students.
A catering facility serving a range of hot snacks, sandwiches and drinks, a Dolche Vita café serving coffees, teas and hot snacks with a garden terrace seating more than 80 people.
Two social learning spaces, each with space for up to 36 people.
A conference area for meetings and events.
A personal mentoring suite.
An extensive range of staff workspaces.
First class facilities for researchers and research students.
An enterprise suite which will act as a hub for the School's collaboration with the business community.