University of  Leicester

About the University

The University of Leicester was established in 1921, making it one of the oldest universities of excellence in management education in UK. It was granted its Royal Charter and Degree Awarding Powers in 1957. It is also a member of the Association of commonwealth Universities (ACU), giving its students international recognition.

Association of MBAs - Distance Learning

The School of Management has provided courses in management since 1989 and its MBA is accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBA). ULSM is the second largest provider of Distance Learning Education in the UK. The Independent refers to the School of Management in the following terms: “One of Europe's largest management schools with a big emphasis on teaching and research.” (The Independent 13th May 2005).

The University has the joint highest scores for overall student satisfaction in England amongst mainstream universities (National Student Survey 2007). Leicester's student completion rates amongst the very highest.

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Distance Learning Courses

The MBA is a prestigious management qualification. The Leicester MBA is one of a few to have attained accreditation for its full-time and distance learning programmes by the Association of MBAs.

Study the Leicester MBA, MSc Marketing, MSc Finance or MSc Management through supported distance learning

Enhance your career through a flexible, high quality, cost effective University of Leicester management qualification: AMBA accredited MBA, MSc in Marketing or Finance or our new MSc in Management.

Career Enhancing

Studying a professionally accredited management qualification will enhance your career prospects. It can be the springboard to promotion with your current employer, the platform from which to launch a new career or simply become more effective in your current role. The Association of MBAs’ latest careers survey shows that MBA graduates enjoy, on average, an 18% rise in their base salary after graduation. Average salaries three to five years after graduation were 53% higher than graduates’ pre MBA salaries.

Flexible Learning

Our MBA and Master's degree courses can be studied flexibly through supported distance learning meaning that you don't have to take a career break to get ahead. You can study at a pace to suit you - in your own time and your own space.

Professionally Accredited Qualifications

You are guaranteed a high quality qualification. Our MBA is AMBA accredited and the University of Leicester is a top 20 UK University (UK Good University Guide, the Guardian University Guide and the Sunday Times University Guide 2007 league tables)

The University of Leicester is an experienced provider of flexible delivery, meaning you can be reassured that you will be fully supported throughout your studies.

  • More than 7,440 MBA students are studying with the School of Management by distance learning from over 80 countries.
  • More than 11,037 students have successfully graduated with a distance learning qualification from the School of Management.
Quality

The University of Leicester has been ranked 12th (out of 113 UK universities) according to the Independent's Good University Guide, ranked 14th by the Times Good University Guide and the Guardian league table.

Great Support

You will benefit from studying with a University that has a huge amount of experience in delivering distance learning education. We have more than 5,000 distance learning students - making it part of our core provision and meaning our teaching and learning support is well developed for this kind of learning.

Value for your Money

As the second largest provider of distance learning education the cost of our degrees won't break the bank. Our MBA is one of the least expensive at £ 6,995 and our MSc degrees are just as competitive. We are so confident in the quality and rigour of our programmes.

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