LUMS wins 'Business School of the Year' award
Lancaster University Management School has won the Times Higher Education Business School of the Year award.
At the awards ceremony in central London on 29 November, LUMS was commended by the judges for its “demonstrable, consistent and considerable impact locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.”
Lancaster ranked top for Marketing
Lancaster University has been ranked the top UK university for marketing in the 2014 Complete University Guide, published 29 April.
The Complete University Guide uses a combination of measures, including student satisfaction, entry standards, the quality of research and graduate prospects, to judge the top UK universities.
A World-Ranked Business School
LUMS is a triple-accredited, world-ranked management school, consistently among the UK's top five. Lancaster is among the few leading business schools to combine excellence in research with a student-centred campus, and a full spectrum of undergraduate, postgraduate, PhD and executive programmes. Leadership programmes for multinational companies and outreach provision for SMEs are of equal importance to our mission.
International
LUMS recruits students from all over the world, and we have partnerships with organisations across the globe.
Undergraduate Study
Lancaster's business and management students are among the most satisfied in the UK - according to recent national student surveys. Discover what our innovative and flexible degrees, expert teaching and great campus environment can do for you.
Postgraduate Study
Leadership and Executive Development
LUMS specialises in customising solutions to organisations' needs for leadership and executive development in all sectors. Global leadership programmes include the Advanced Leadership Programme and International Masters in Practicing Management (IMPM) with guru Henry Mintzberg and our international partners.
Business Support
LUMS’ business support has assisted over 1300 SMEs – both private sector and social enterprises – through the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development (IEED).
IEED offers comprehensive support – constantly developed to meet the changing demands of this sector.
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Research
Research is at the heart of life at Lancaster. Three quarters of the Management School’s research activity is world leading or internationally excellent in terms of originality, significance and rigour, and virtually all its research (95%) is of international standing.
Latest Working Papers
Higher-order moments in the theory of diversification and portfolio composition
Niguez, T., Paya, I., Peel, D. & Perote, J. 2013 , (Economics Working Paper Series)
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Facility layout design with random demand and capacitated machines
Zhao, Y. & Wallace, S W. 2013
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The Work Foundation
In October 2010, Lancaster University acquired The Work Foundation, forming a powerful new alliance to enhance their research impact.
