We mean businessBristol Business School is the major provider of business and management education in the West of England, with over 3,000 full and part-time students on industry-relevant undergraduate, postgraduate and professional programmes. We have extensive experience in designing and running programmes for busy people with other commitments. More than 100 highly qualified academic and support staff with a diverse range of management experience will facilitate specialist teaching on electives and dissertations, to maximise the relevance of your studies. Over 80% of Bristol Business School academics are research active and many provide consultancy expertise to major corporations and institutions, vital activities that inform and enrich the teaching you will receive.Six subject-based schools provide expertise in Accounting and Finance; Human Resource Management; Marketing; Operations and Information Management; Organisation Studies; and Strategy and International Business.Bristol Business School has an international reputation with extensive links with other Business Schools, institutions and businesses around the world.Officially excellentIn recent years, Bristol Business School, like other business schools in the UK, has been rigorously assessed for the quality of its teaching and learning. It has emerged from each of these assessments with very positive endorsements. The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) rated the School as 'Excellent' in 1994, and in 2001 this top rating was reconfirmed following a detailed inspection by the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA), which awarded the School 23 points out of a maximum of 24, an extremely good result.During December 2001 the Government published the results of its Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), which evaluated the quality of research in UK universities. Bristol Business School's results demonstrate significant progress over the previous 5 year period; on a scale of 1 to 5 Business and Management scored a creditable 3A whilst Accounting and Finance scored an excellent 5, one of very few in the country.The full-time MBA UK or European route* The UK routeThis 12 month, full-time route will appeal to you if you have already developed some business expertise and now wish to develop capabilities that will enable you to reach senior management roles. Like the European route this mode of study can help re-launch your career. It comprises a richly diverse cohort and caters for those who have commitments that prevent them from undertaking the European route.* The European routeWe recognise that many MBA candidates are likely to be internationally mobile and will not necessarily envisage a future in the UK. This route is ideal, therefore, if you are interested in pursuing an international management career and wish to develop a wider appreciation of European and international business issues, whilst enhancing your European business languageThe programme starts in the UK and then provides the opportunity for you to gain your MBA whilst living and studying in France and Germany at our partner institutions: The Graduate School of Business (ICN) University of Nancy, France, and Georg-Simon-Ohm-Fachhochscule, Nurnberg, Germany. Like Bristol Business School, these organisations have strong historical and contemporary links with European and International business activities. All tuition on the MBA European route is in English, however, in order to fully enjoy your time in France and Germany we would suggest that you have some French and/or German language skills. As a Business School student you will be able to take advantage of the facilities offered in the University's Language Skills Centre, prior to your departure abroad....