Introducing Hull University Business School
Danny Löwensberg
International Academic Coordinator
A few questions:
1. What do you expect from studying in the UK?
2. What are the differences between studying at
home and in the UK?
3. How are the modules structured and taught?
4. How are you marked in the UK?
5. What do you think the term ‘Independent
Learning’ might mean?
The University
• Traditional (14th oldest University in
the UK)
• Founded 1927
• Two Campuses
• Hull
• Scarborough
• 20000 students
• Arts and social science, health and
social care, applied science, institute
for learning, Hull York medical
school, PGMI
The University of Hull
•Top 20 for teaching quality – The Times
•Top 10 English mainstream universities
for the 4th year running – NSS 2005-08
•Top University in Yorkshire for student
satisfaction – NSS 2008
•The Times Higher Education
Supplement (THES) identified us as the
best northern university for student life
•Top 5 Friendliest University for 2nd year
running – Friends Reunited
•Top 10 for graduate employment
Hull University Business School
• Established 1999
• ‘world-class’ premises and facilities
• 100 academic staff, covering all the major
business disciplines
• 3000 students, around 500 of these taking
postgraduate taught or research programmes
Some features of the Business School?
• Friendly supportive environment
• Excellent teaching quality
• Research-led and practically driven (22nd for
research power in the latest RAE – 2008, over
70% of staff submitted with 85% of research
internationally recognised or excellent)
• Employability
• International – staff, students, curriculum and
partnerships
• AACSB, AMBA and ESRC accredited
• Top 10 for UK business, management and
economics programmes – NSS 2008
• The school features in the top quarter of the
prestigious The Times Good University Guide
2009 rankings for Business Studies.
The Business School’s Mission
To be a leading UK business school with
an international reputation for teaching,
learning and research that is relevant to
a fast-changing, interconnected world.
To equip managers and business
professionals to succeed in a fastchanging and inteconnected world. We
will achieve this by maximising the
connections between excellent
research, learning and teaching across
disciplines; our corporate engagement;
and our work with partners who share
our aspirations and values.
Research
•
Research of national and international
excellence organised in research centres
covering
•
Economic Policy
International Accounting and Finance
Logistics Research
Management and Organisational
Learning
Marketing, Communications and
International Strategy
Systems Studies
•
ESRC recognition for MRes and PhD
research training (UK Economic and
Social Science Research Council)
•
Staff publish widely in international
academic journals, engage in funded
research and consultancy activity, and
encourage and support our thriving
community of research students
•
Eight business journals edited by Hull
staff
Enterprise
• Responsive to the requirements of the
business environment
• Consultancy services in fields such as
management development,
performance enhancement, knowledge
management, logistics, quality
initiatives, marketing strategy and
selling
• In company education, providing
leadership development programmes,
short accredited programmes, or
customised programmes to address
specific managerial issues
• Short courses
• Logistics Institute with first-class
premises and facilities
Features of our programmes
• Flexible degrees in key business subjects
• ‘International’ or ‘Professional Experience’ year
• Focus on professional and lifelong skills
• Professional accreditation (ACCA, CIMA, CIPD,
CMI …)
• Personal supervision and support
• Staff active in research and with business
BA/BSc Honours degree choices
on the Hull Campus
Single Subjects:
Accounting
Financial Management
Business
Economics
Business Economics
Management
Marketing
Logistics
These can then be taken as double subject in any combination
Plus BA International Business (single Honours degree only)
Our degree structure
Finalist year
Core
Semester 1
Main
subject
Core
Skill
Elective
Independent
Business
School
Second
subject
or
Options
Study
or
University
Semester 2
Main
subject
Second
subject
or
Options
Elective
Other programmes offered by the
Business School
• Undergraduate programmes at the
Scarborough Campus: Business and
management; Business Management and
IT; International Business; Sport and
Leisure Management; Tourism
Management
•A suite of specialist MSc programmes
•The Hull MBA full-time and part-time, home
and overseas – Bahrain, Hong Kong, Oman
and Singapore
•MRes, MPhil and PhD programmes
The UK Study Experience
•
Emphasis on self-study
•
Self directed reading - in particular for
assignments
•
Fewer contact hours (average of 30 hours
per module)
•
Assessment for modules usually has more
than one of the following components:
- assignment – essays and reports
- examination
- group/individual projects
- presentations
Entry Requirements
• Successful completion of ≥ 120 ECTS
at your home institution
• Dependent on HUBS programme
choice: certain module combinations
from prior studies may be required
• English language requirement:
•IELTS 6.0, or
•At least 7 years English at School
and at least a ‘pass mark’ in your
current year of study
•A certified English Proficiency course
at your home institution (if school
English < 7 years)
Student Life
The Students’ Union is run by students for students.
It offers:
Over 150 student societies
Its private nightclub ‘The Asylum’
Careers and Appointment Services, incl.
a job exchange service
University own Sports Centre
Accommodation
You can choose either:
University Accommodation
or
Private Accommodation
For University of Hull accommodation
please visit
http://www.hull.ac.uk/accommodation
For private accommodation facilitated
through the University please visit
http://www.hull.ac.uk/accommodation/hullcamp
us/thescheme.html
Costs and Funding
Undergraduate tuition fees for academic
year 2014/15 estimated at £9,000*
Financial Assistance available:
•Tuition fee loans (provided by UK
Government – to be repaid)
•Bursaries (provided by University of Hull –
not repayable)
•Scholarship (provided by University of Hull
– not repayable)
* To be confirmed
Tuition Fee Loan
All EU students can apply to for a tuition fee loan
via the ‘Student Finance Direct’ company.
This loan can cover all, or part, of your tuition fee
payable – not usable for anything else!
Eligibility is not based on means testing, i.e. Not
dependent on your, or your parents’ income
Repayable upon graduation, subject to earning a
minimum level of income
Further information and application form can be
found on
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/EducationAndLearnin
g/UniversityAndHigherEducation/StudentFinance
/StudentsFromOtherEUCountries/index.htm
University of Hull Bursary
£ 1000 if Residual Household Income
up to £25,000 pa
£ 500 if Residual Household Income
£25,001 - £40,000pa
Application at the same time as
application for government financial
support (tuition fee loan)
Hull University Business
School EU Direct Entry
Scholarships
TWO Scholarships of £1,500 each
available
Eligibility criteria:
•applicant must have EU citizenship
•must have applied for and received
an offer for direct entry place on
Bachelor programme
Competitive Process!
Hull University Business School EU
Direct Entry Scholarships
Basis for award of scholarship:
•Academic achievements at home institution
•Position of responsibilities held at home
institution
•Other relevant achievements
Deadline for application: Normally end of
August
Application form can be downloaded on
http://www.hull.ac.uk/hubs/about/bursaries/ind
ex.html
Other useful information about
studying and living in Hull and
the UK
The website of the International
Office:
Cost of Living guide
Travel Guide
http://www.hull.ac.uk/international/d
ownloadresources.aspx
Detailed course information can be
found at:
www.courses.hull.ac.uk
Application Process
• Nomination by your home University
•UoH sends application forms to your academic
co-ordinator
•Application deadline around March 2014
(please include as much documentation as
possible: , e.g.
• A copy of your DUT certificate *
•university transcript confirming ECTS
grades awarded so far, and confirming that
you will have enrolled in a minimum of 120
ECTS by spring 2014
•Applications considered by UoH - unless you
already meet all admission criteria (academic
and English language) you will receive a
‘conditional offer’
•Upon completion of your assessment, send
relevant documentary evidence to UoH; if
conditions are met you will receive an
‘unconditional offer’
*where applicable