The School is part of one of the UK's leading professional, scientific and technological universities – the University of Surrey - constantly growing in influence, size and status; 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.
“We're proud of our relationship with business at the School of Management. Knowledge-wise, we gain as much as we hopefully contribute to industry partners and this helps maintain Surrey's position as a market leader in a highly competitive management school field. Come and share in the School's success.” Professor Bob O'Keefe, Head of the School of Management, University of Surrey.
The School has an excellent global reputation for both teaching and research in the sectors of hospitality, tourism and retail management, and the functional areas of entrepreneurship, marketing, financial services and human resource management and provides a range of internationally recognised undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in these specialist fields. Together with a variety of degree programmes across a broader range of business and management disciplines. It also offers a highly regarded Master of Business Administration (MBA) programme along with two newer MBA variations in the specialist areas of Hospitality and Retail (subject to validation). To complete the portfolio the School offers doctoral research degree programmes, Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) and PhD.
Consistently topping the Guardian League table for its tourism programmes, the School and many of its programmes are accredited, validated and recognised by a number of international professional bodies. These include, the Association to Advancement of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), World Tourism Organization (WTO), the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development and the Institute of Financial Services.
AACSB accreditation was awarded to the School in November 2005 to show that the School operates at the highest levels of international quality, with a firm commitment to continuous improvement. The School is also recognised as a key Education and Training Centre by the World Tourism Organization (WTO). It was the first UK centre to receive TedQual Certification for both its undergraduate and postgraduate tourism courses and is one of only three business schools, worldwide, to hold both AACSB and WTO awards concurrently.
The University of Surrey is well known for being among the most efficient research institutions in the UK. The School of Management has the highest research rating of all service sector management schools in the UK with nearly 60%of academic staff research-active. The School has a distinguished record of high quality research that 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 turn-around of large-scale research projects and delivery of cost-effective solutions.
The School of Management is situated in Guildford, the governmental capital of England's south east region - an area that would be the 22nd largest economy in the world based on GDP. The School is at the heart of a region with more than 4,700 foreign-owned companies and the leading location for European headquarters of multi-national companies (source: SEEDA). The south east is also the capital of the UK's pharmaceutical, information and communication technology, bio-tech and healthcare, aerospace, defence and environmental industries. Both the University and the School are forceful driver in the region's thriving economy.
Also situated within the purpose-built School of Management building is the Lakeside Restaurant, which as well as being operated as a professional, fully functioning business, its kitchens are a fundamental part of the School's hospitality 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 is positioned at the heart of the University of Surrey's safe, friendly and vibrant campus in Guildford. Facilities are grouped in an attractive setting adjacent to Guildford Cathedral and surrounded by playing fields, gardens and a lake. The university has a superb range of recreational, sporting and arts amenities.
The School of Management really does offer a world-class management education to an international community.
For full details of the programmes that the School of Management offers visit www.som.surrey.ac.uk.