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.”
IEED wins ESRC impact award
The Institute for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development (IEED) at LUMS has won one of the Economic and Social Research Council's first 'Celebrating Impact' awards, in recognition of its outstanding impact on business.
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.
Latest News
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A team of Lancaster MBA students has come out top in a tough new case competition focused on the healthcare sector and organised by Warwick Business School.
Smart thinking: Project Management students devise walking and cycling app
Published 20 May 2013
As part of their course, a group of MSc Project Management students have produced an innovative android phone app featuring cycling and walking routes around Lancaster.
Forbes: 'A Look at the Agency of the Future'
Published 26 April 2013
In an article on the Forbes website, Danny Turnbull, MD of advertising agency gyro Manchester, describes the power of a recent Lancaster MBA Consultancy Challenge, in which the students were asked 'What will the agency of the future look like?'.
Lancaster ranked in top ten for best student experience
Published 26 April 2013
Lancaster University has been ranked 10th in the UK in a survey of the best student experience, ranked by students.
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)
Working paper
Facility layout design with random demand and capacitated machines
Zhao, Y. & Wallace, S W. 2013
Working paper
The Work Foundation
In October 2010, Lancaster University acquired The Work Foundation, forming a powerful new alliance to enhance their research impact.
