About AMBS

“ Building the next generation of responsible leaders is at our core, with social responsibility at the heart of our teaching and research. The University will do this by encouraging passion for curiosity, innovation and lifelong learning while also providing the skills leaders will need, in business and education. ”
– Professor Ken McPhail, Head of Alliance Manchester Business School

Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS)

Founded in 1965, we are one of the UK’s first business schools and celebrated our 50th anniversary in 2015. The School was renamed Alliance Manchester Business School, or AMBS, recognising Lord David Alliance’s generous donation and long-standing relationship with the University and the AMBS.

With triple accreditation from AACSB International, AMBA and EQUIS, we provide world-class, industry-focused education to students and executives across the globe. AMBS has also developed strong ties with many leading professional service bodies, such as the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), the Institute of Chartered Accountants England and Wales (ICAEW), the British Accounting and Finance Association (BAFA) as well as corporate organisations such as BT, Zesco and Ingersoll Rand.

Most recently, we were ranked 5th in the UK and 46th in the world in the Financial Times’s Global MBA Ranking. We are the most targeted university by the UK’s top 100 recruiters according to the High Fliers report on The Graduate Market in 2023. Our MBA was also ranked 6th in the world in the QS Online MBA Rankings 2022.

Today, our centres in Manchester, Dubai, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore have opened up a world of opportunities for our students, researchers and clients. We engage with businesses of all sizes to share expertise and form rewarding partnerships from all over the world.

Original Thinking Applied

At Alliance Manchester Business School, ‘Original Thinking Applied’ sits at the heart of everything we do.

Inspired by Manchester’s abundant history, we aspire to deliver inventive business and management solutions through our world-class research and teaching methodologies. From Manchester, the world’s original modern city, we are imbued with an ethos of enterprise, culture and innovation.

We take on leading-edge and influential research so as to have a transformative effect on policy and practice. To do this, we use our far-reaching influence on a global stage through the School, our international centres and our vast global network of over 60,000 alumni, spread across 176 countries.

Original Thinking Applied

At Alliance Manchester Business School, ‘Original Thinking Applied’ sits at the heart of everything we do.

Inspired by Manchester’s abundant history, we aspire to deliver inventive business and management solutions through our world-class research and teaching methodologies. From Manchester, the world’s original modern city, we are imbued with an ethos of enterprise, culture and innovation.

We take on leading-edge and influential research so as to have a transformative effect on policy and practice, having far-reaching influence on a global stage, through the School, our international centres and our vast global network of over 60,000 alumni, spread across 176 countries.

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