Oxford Brookes University is a leading modern university in the United Kingdom, consistently rated as the No. 1 post-1992 university in a number of league tables.     

Oxford Brookes University Business School operates two of the Subject Centres for the Higher Education Academy: the Business, Management, Accountancy and Finance Subject Centre and the Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Network. It offers the top accredited Global MBA degree through distance learning. All students, whatever their mode of study, will receive the same certificate upon completion of the program.

The School is a member of the Association of Business Schools and the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD). Its BA (Hons) Business and Management and the Hospitality & Tourism MSc programmes are EPAS accredited. The University was among the first European schools to receive EPAS accreditation. In addition the programmes in purchasing and supply management are CIPS (Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply) accredited.

The Business School is also a member of AACSB (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business). The MBA degree programme is accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBA). The Global MBA has two intakes per year, in January and July, and it can be completed in 30 months.

Furthermore it has formed strategic alliance with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) to offer an MBA programme specifically designed for ACCA members.

Rankings:

- A Top 50 University in the UK, ranked 50th nationally in the Sunday Times University Guide 2010.

- The Global MBA was placed among the Top 42 distance learning and online MBAs published in the Financial Times newspaper on 16 March 2009.

- 47th for Accounting & Finance Programs (Times Good University Guide 2008).

- 44th for Business and Management Studies (Guardian University Guide 2009).

- Named the leading modern university in the country, 2001-2010 (The Sunday Times).

- In an independent assessment of teaching quality, the Business School was one of only two in the nation to gain the maximum score (24/24) across more than one subject area.

- It is the only UK modern university to have achieved 24 subjects rated as excellent for teaching.

- 26th overall for graduate employment, ahead of Russell Group Universities such as Manchester, Nottingham and Edinburgh (Times Good University Guide 2008).

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