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Bangor Business School

Postgraduate Programmes

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Postgraduate Scholarships

If you are considering postgraduate study at Bangor Business School, you may qualify for one of our £5000 or £2000 Gold and Silver scholarships.

Masters Degrees

We offer a suite of Masters degrees across a range of disciplines including:

  • Accounting
  • Banking
  • Finance
  • Islamic Banking & Finance
  • Management
  • Marketing
  • Joint-masters combining Law with Banking / Management
  • Business & Consumer Psychology

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Our postgraduate courses are designed for candidates with degrees or related backgrounds, who wish to develop their expertise and further their professional careers. The MBA programmes provide a more practical postgraduate course to complement our long established MA and MSc programmes.

A primary objective of our postgrauate programmes is to develop knowledgeable and capable postgraduates to move quickly to key positions in their relevant sectors. The programmes provide training at an advanced level covering the latest developments in their respective fields..

The School has long held a strong international reputation in the study of banking and finance. Indeed in the rrecent Research Assessment Exercise conducted on behalf of the UK government in 2008, Bangor Business School has been rated No 1 in the UK for Finance and Accounting research.

We are an innovative Business School, the first UK university to offer MBA in Banking & Finance, and a pioneer in establishing a specialist Financial MBAs by distance learning. Postgraduates enjoy a mix of both theoretical and practical elements covering contemporary developments in the banking and financial field. Our MBAs aim to extend and develop advanced training relating to the practical managerial issues faced by modern financial service and related firms.

Our postgraduates have strongly benefited from their experience of studying in a convivial, yet demanding, academic environment. The main aim of our full-time programmes is to introduce a much stronger practical emphasis focussing on strategic, corporate and financial management. We believe that candidates following our programmes will benefit in the same way as our past postgraduate students, who have found living in Bangor and studying with the School to be both rewarding and enjoyable.

The School has a lively group of staff and students, from a wide range of backgrounds, who are always willing to share their knowledge and expertise. Your teaching staff at Bangor are active researchers, combining high levels of expertise with a desire to extend their subject areas, and, most importantly from a postgraduate viewpoint, an enthusiasm to encourage others to develop their academic, financial and business skills.

Find out more!

If you want to know a little more before applying, then you can visit the page of our site relevant to your interests, or you can email us at postgradbbs@bangor.ac.uk

or contact:

Bethan Hamilton-Hine
Bangor Business School
University of Wales
Bangor
Gwynedd LL57 2DG

Tel: (01248) 382644 International: + 44 1248 382644
Fax: (01248) 383228 Int: + 44 1248 383228
E-mail: postgradbbs@bangor.ac.uk

Apply now!

Application forms for all our programmes are available here University of Wales Bangor Postgraduate application form (further guidelines on completing the form are available) and should be returned to the:

Assistant Registrar,
Postgraduate Admissions,
University of Wales
Bangor,
Gwynedd,
LL57 2DG

(Tel:- 01248351151 Fax:- 01248 370451 from within the UK)
(International telephone no: +44 1248 351151)

You may submit an application form at any time during the year, but for admission in October, applications must be submitted before 31st August of that year.

Information on fees and accommodation is contained in the University of Wales, Bangor postgraduate prospectus which all applicants are strongly advised to read. Copies of the postgraduate prospectus and further specific information about the MA/Diploma Programme in Business & Finance are available. Please see our contact page for contact details.