The MBA class
Who will you be working and socialising with during your MBA at Lancaster?
Each year the precise class mix will of course vary but one thing is certain – you will be alongside fellow professionals from all over the world, whose experience and contacts could be useful to your next career move.
The value of such a diversity of experience will be immediately evident to you in the classroom or when working in groups with your fellow students.
Geographical distribution
The 57 members of the 2011/2012 MBA class are typical, in that participants are from all parts of the world, and 22 nationalities are represented.
The data below provides an overview of the 2011/2012 class.
Work sectors pre-MBA
- Banking, Finance and Insurance: 12%
- Professional Services and Consulting: 21%
- Manufacturing, Engineering and Construction: 14%
- Health and Social Services, Pharmaceuticals and Bio Sciences: 5%
- Government, Armed Forces and Security: 2%
- Retail: 5%
- IT, Telecomms and Technology: 30%
- Energy and Petrochemical Processing: 5%
- Media, Arts, Leisure and Publishing: 4%
- Education: 2%
Academic background
The academic background of class members is diverse: business and management, law, arts, architecture, social sciences, engineering, physical sciences, computing and agriculture are just some of the first degree disciplines of class members.
