Thank you for your interest in the Lord Ashcroft International Business School. We sincerely hope you find within our course portfolio something that meets your interests and needs.

This is a very important time to be considering joining our Business School community. The world of work is changing faster than ever and trying to understand both the nature of that change and the role that you may play in it is something we all must seek to understand. For our part, we believe we offer of selection of courses that are carefully designed to be both challenging of existing business practice and yet at the same time offer you a good preparation to make a serious and thoughtful contribution to your current or future employment.

We are one of very few Business Schools that has 'International' in our title. We believe this represents an important statement of what we are and what we seek to do. We educate students from the United Kingdom and from many other countries, to become thoughtful and well rounded corporate citizens. We seek to develop in our students the knowledge, skills and attitudes to become confident in operating in a business world that has fewer certainties than it once did, and that presents more challenges than ever.

We believe we offer good facilities in which to study at our major locations in Cambridge and Chelmsford and have faculty well versed in bringing out the best in our students. We believe we are building an excellent reputation as a centre of excellence for business and management and we are well known, not only within the region, but throughout the world. We have well established partnership agreements with higher education institutions across Europe, in North America, the Caribbean, India and Malaysia and these support the School's distinctive international mission. In total, over 6000 students are studying with LAIBS.

All our programmes of study have been designed to ensure flexibility, choice and relevance. Our business courses are structured to encourage students to develop their creativity enterprise and problem-solving abilities as part of a wide range of relevant work skills that will make them attractive to potential employers. We place a high priority on the quality of our teaching and have an enviable reputation for preparing students for employment in an increasingly competitive, international environment.

All our undergraduate, postgraduate and professional pathways will bring you into close contact with expert practitioners, analysts and consultants to give you valuable insights into current strategic approaches within your chosen field of study. These expert practitioners are making a major contribution to students in the Lord Ashcroft International Business School, linking professional business and management practice to the rapidly changing global environment in which all businesses, both large and small, must operate. Our pathways are constantly under review to incorporate even better opportunities for learning to take place in the work place to enhance our graduates' employability.

We look forward to welcoming you to our University.