A World-Ranked Business School

LUMS is a triple-accredited, world-ranked management school, consistently among the UK's top five. Almost uniquely among leading business schools, Lancaster combines 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.

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International

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LUMS recruits students from all over the world, and we have partnerships with organisations across the globe.

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Undergraduate Study

If you’re thinking of applying to Lancaster, why not visit us to find out about our unrivalled range of business and management undergraduate degrees? Open Days provide a great opportunity to learn about the University, LUMS, the accommodation and the degrees we teach. Register online for our 17 February Open Day now.

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Postgraduate Study

Choose from our world-ranked MBA programmes (24th in the world’s top 100), or our outstanding Masters or doctoral programmes in business, management and related subjects. Join a community of graduate students from across the world.

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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.

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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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Latest News

PhD studentshipsNew doctoral studentships for 2010

LUMS is now offering a wide range of PhD studentships across all management disciplines, for doctoral study commencing in October 2010.

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Rate My PlacementLancaster University Management School highly commended at placements awards

Lancaster University Management School has been highly commended at the inaugural National Rate My Placement Awards for the quality of staff assistance given to students on work experience placements.

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EPSRC logoLancaster launches new Centre for Doctoral Training in Statistics and Operational Research

This week the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) announced a new investment of £13 million to create three Centres for Doctoral Training at the universities of Lancaster, Cambridge and Warwick.

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Bringing accounting and finance aliveBringing accounting and finance alive

The first term of Lancaster's MSc in Finance and MSc in Accounting and Financial Management is nearly complete. But for the 120 students on the two programmes, it's not all been traditional study in lecture theatres.

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Sunway University CollegeNew executive programme for Malaysia

Lancaster University Management School has launched an executive programme for middle managers in the Sunway Group, in collaboration with Sunway University College in Malaysia.

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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.

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Latest Working Papers

Fortini M, Letchford AN, Lodi A and Wenger KM, 2010, 'The Compatible Tour Heuristic for the Symmetric Traveling Salesman Problem', Lancaster University Management School Working Paper
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Davydenko A, Fildes RA and Trapero Arenas JR, 2010, 'Judgmental Adjustments to Demand Forecasts: Accuracy Evaluation and Bias Correction', Lancaster University Management School Working Paper
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