De Montfort University is formed from
a range of specialist institutions, founded in the
technical and trade education of the late 19th Century.
In 1992 HM the Queen opened the Milton Keynes campus.
De Montfort University is one of the largest universities
in the UK with over 23,000 students, 3,300 staff.
It takes one and half
hour to get to London (100 miles). De Montfort University
has two centres in Leicester and Bedford. The Campus
is situated in the heart of the Leicester city.
University
rank: 77; Business School rank: 21 (Guardian 2003)
IELTS: 6.5
IELTS: 5.5 4-month extra English
￡800
IELTS: 5.0 5-month extra English
￡1600
Students with IELTS 6.0 are required
to come to De Montford to study 4 weeks English before
the term starts, FREE of CHARGE; students with 6.5
are also recommended to come to study 4 weeks, FREE
of CHARGE, but not required.
￡8,020 2003/04
International
students are guaranteed with accommodation: ￡250-300/m
￡150/m
· Located in Leicester
, the 10th largest city in the UK , a very multi-culture
city
· Newly built students centre with facilities
including restaurants, bars and entertainment
areas
· 2000 international students. A very
active International Students Association. Weekend
tours organized for students to understand UK culture
and social life.
· Living cost are much lower than London .
· Work Bank is located on campus to help
student to find part time work during their studies.
Minimum wage: ￡4.5/hr, catering work could get ￡5-8
· Teaching rated as ‘Excellent' by the
Government's Quality Assurance Agency, most recently
achieving 24/24 in Public Policy
· Ranked No 1 Business School for
“Value Added” in recent Guardian survey (2001)
· Research of International Excellence
awarded top scores in recent Research Assessment Exercise
(RAE)
· Pre- English courses are cheaper than
most universities. Business School offers free English
courses for students whose IELTS scores are lower
than 6.5
· Courses are designed with practical
focus which are welcome by industry As a result high
employment rate of 94%
· Business School offers sandwich courses
by helping students to find work placement. There
is no guarantee of work placement as it is very competitive
and a good commend of English is crucial
· Some courses give students exemptions
from professional exams
Duration: 3 years full-time, 4
years sandwich
This course is aimed primarily at students who intend
to follow a career in the accounting field. It provides
a sound understanding of the core issues of financial
and management accounting as well as other business-related
subject areas.
Successful completion of the whole course gains graduates
exemptions from the Association of Chartered Certified
Accountants examinations (ACCA, Papers 1-9) and from
the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
(CIMA, Papers 1-11). These are the maximum professional
exemptions offered by any undergraduate degree course.
A placement year, completed between the second and
third years of the course, is also an option for Accounting
and Finance students.
Accounting(Joint)
This is designed to develop the understanding of
accounting information rather than develop technical
expertise. Accounting plays a fundamental role within
business. Being able to competently discuss finance
and accounting concepts and practice is often considered
vital in many business contexts.
A joint honours degree course is a combination of
two different subjects - students study 50% of one
subject and 50% of another. Accounting can currently
be combined with:
Business
Computing
Enterprise
Law
This pathway has been designed for students who wish
to gain an appreciation of accountancy within a wider
context. Modules cover topics such as the social and
environmental aspects of accountancy and company performance
evaluation, subjects intended to complement studies
in the subject that forms the other half of the joint
degree.
Duration: 3 years full-time,
4 years sandwich
This course provides a solid grounding in fundamental
business concepts, ideas, practices and methodologies
and offers students the opportunity to follow a broad
business pathway or focus on a specialist area such
as Marketing, Human Resource Management or Finance.
Business Studies can be studied full-time as a three
year degree course or a four year sandwich course
D the placement year is optional, although the majority
of students take advantage of this superb vocational
opportunity.
In the final year, students study core modules in
Strategic Management and Contemporary Business Issues.
They can then choose from a wide range of modules
across the subjects of either marketing, accounting
and finance, HRM or general business. Optional modules
might include:
• Issues in HRM
• Labour Market Analysis
• Crisis Management
• Greening Business
• Marketing Law
• Business Finance
• Auditing
• Retail Marketing
• Services Marketing
Duration: 3 years full-time, 4
years sandwich
Marketing is one of the most misunderstood yet vital
areas of business. At DMU we teach well-founded marketing
principles that can be applied to real situations.
We seek to address the many misconceptions held about
marketing and provide sound career prospects for our
graduates.
Duration: 3 years full-time, 4
years sandwich
This course offers students the opportunity to keep
pace with the continuous challenges of transforming
markets in a global economy.
The course provides a thorough understanding of
international business across a range of functions,
incorporating elements of international strategic
management, international human resource management
and international finance. And students will, of course,
develop an excellent understanding of marketing methods
and international marketing issues.
Duration: 3 years full-time,
4 years sandwich
Effective communication is an essential business tool
and a highly desirable interpersonal skill in the
competitive commercial world. Whether it is verbal,
written or visual, methods and appropriateness of
communication can make all the difference in marketing,
advertising, public relations, sales, retail, services
and management.
This course concentrates on the
process of management - in both the private and public
sectors, at corporate, business and operational levels.
Business can currently be combined with:
• Marketing
In combination with the Marketing joint, students
can follow a range of business-related modules including
Entrepreneurship, E-Business, Operations Management,
Crisis Management, Organisational Behaviour. The first
year also involves 'real life' management experience
running a company as a director.
We teach well-founded marketing
principles that can be applied to real situations.
Leicester Business School is a Chartered Institute
of Marketing (CIM)
Marketing can currently be combined with:
• American Studies
• Computing
• English
• Enterprise
• Law
• Media Studies
• Psychology
This course provides a solid grounding
in basic business concepts, ideas, practices and methodologies
and offers students the opportunity to follow a general
business pathway alongside a more specialised second
subject. Business modules might include Business Economics,
Principles of Marketing, E-Business, Entrepreneurship
in Business Today, New Business Creation, European
Business, Crisis Management, Greening Business and
more. The first year also involves 'real life' business
experience running a company as a Director.
Business can currently be combined with:
• Accounting
• Computing
• Finance
• Human Resource Management
• Law
• Media Studies
• Technology
The Finance course focuses on
the basic knowledge and skills of financial management
and accounting. This is complemented by the theoretical
study of economics, practical computer applications
and business skills for accountants.
Finance can currently be combined with:
• Business
• Enterprise
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