International Institutions

Manchester Business School has been consistently ranked among the International elite of Business Schools. From its inception in 1965 as one of two UK national centres of excellence in management development and research, MBS has enjoyed an outstanding reputation for its management development programmes. The Business School’s Faculty are selected for their management experience as well as their academic pre-eminence. Faculty undertake a significant amount of consultancy work keeping them in touch" with business and industry, and at the forefront of the application of management teaching.

The University of Wales is the national University for the principality of Wales and its the second largest residential university in the United Kingdom. Bangor is the northernmost campus of the University and has been established for more than 100 years. The campus is situated in an area of outstanding natural beauty, bordered by the Menai Strait and the Snowdonia National Park.

The School of Accounting, Banking and Economics (SABE) at Bangor has an International reputation as one of Europe major university schools of banking and financial studies. The School has an outstanding record of close cooperation and sponsorship with the UK largest financial institutions and the Chartered Institute of Bankers. SABE also houses the Institute of European Finance ; a major European research facility in banking and financial systems.

The Institute for Financial Management is a Company Limited by Guarantee established by the two partner Universities to manage and develop the joint venture MBA. In addition to its main office at the University of Wales, Bangor and a regional office in Hong Kong, the Institute has agreements with a number of prestigious overseas organisations to provide local administration and support for the MBA.

The International Centre for Management Development (ICMD) ICMD is a member of the Dimension Data Group and has achieved rapid success in providing single quality, integrated management development solutions to leading Southern African organisations.
Since inception in 1996, ICMD has established itself as a preferred education partner through a commitment to, and imperative in, management education. ICMD further reflects Dimension Data's approach to innovation and professionalism which makes this organisation a consistent top performer in an increasingly global market place.