"Founded in 1965, we are one of the UK’s first business schools and are celebrating our 50th anniversary in 2015 We became the largest business and management school in the UK in 2004 when we merged with the The Victoria University of Manchester's School of Accounting and Finance, UMIST's School of Management and the Programme in Research in Science and Technology." We are a full-service business school, providing industry-focused education to undergraduates, postgraduates and executives across the globe.Original Thinking Applied is at the heart of what we do - turning theory into practice across all our activity, through our programmes, consultancy and research.