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About the Alliance Manchester Business School

The Alliance Manchester Business School is the business school of the University of Manchester in Manchester, England. It provides education to undergraduates, postgraduates and executives across the globe.The University of Manchester was created in October 2004 by bringing together The Victoria University of Manchester and UMIST, two of Britain's most distinguished universities, to create a powerful new force in British higher education. Twenty Nobel Prize winners have either studied or conducted some of their work here, including Ernest Rutherford who is known for his work on splitting the atom. The University of Manchester has about 25,600 students and is home to approximately 7,400 international students from 180 countries. There are 10,407 staff employed by the University of Manchester, including more than 4,500 academic and research staff to provide you with a stimulating learning environment and the highest standard of teaching. The University has teaching and research in more subjects than any other single-site British university. Situated in the heart of Manchester, the campus has a mixture of traditional Victorian buildings and more modern architecture that sit comfortably alongside each other creating an exciting and eclectic environment.

Term Dates

The University of Manchester offers IBEX opportunities in fall and spring semesters.

• Fall semester: mid-September to early-January. Students can arrange to complete courses in late December.
• Spring semester: late-January to early-June

Dates are approximate and may be subject to change.

Housing and Living Costs

• Housing: on-campus housing is available but students attending for one semester will not be able to choose a specific hall or the type of accommodation, but can only indicate a preference between a Self-Catered (no meal plan) or a Catered Hall (meal plan compulsory).  Costs range from £175 – £255/week. 
• Food: approximately £35 – 60/week.  
• Books and course materials: approximately £180/semester.
• Local transportation: approximately £11/week.
• Personal expenses: approximately £175/week.

Note: £ = British Pounds

Find out more about IBEX tuition, housing, and other logistics.

Language of Instruction

English

Student Services

The student services available to exchange students include:

• Career services
• Sports facilities
• Student clubs and associations
• International Society

Academic Information

If you are accepted to IBEX, you will attend two advising meetings to plan and revise your schedule: one individual advising meeting with NYU Stern Academic Advising and one group advising meeting with the NYU Stern IBEX team. As you build your academic schedule for your semester abroad, carefully review and consider the following course information.

IBEX Course Information

• You may take a full semester of business classes while abroad on IBEX.
• At Manchester, students can complete up to 2 classes of their concentration. You will need to take or have taken 2 other courses in your concentration in residence at Stern. There are no exceptions to this policy. Students with concentrations that have more than a 12 credit and 4 class minimum, please contact your Advisor for specific guidance.
• Leave room for at least two general electives in your schedule. This allows you to:
  • Take interesting, location-specific courses not offered at Stern, and
  • Have more flexibility during the course registration process.
• Reference the IBEX Course Guide: What you can or cannot take.
  • You can take a maximum of two classes per concentration.
  • Accounting courses cannot be taken for credit toward the Accounting or CPA majors/concentrations.
  • All IBEX grades will transfer back to NYU Stern as Pass/Fail.

Manchester Pre-Approved Courses

• Review the list of Manchester Pre-Approved courses via the link below. The courses listed on this sheet were taken previously by Stern IBEX students and have already been approved for a specific NYU equivalent.
• There is no guarantee that the courses listed here will be offered during the specific semester you study abroad. It is important to be flexible. Have a Plan A and Plan B and the space to take some electives.
• If a course is already on this pre-approved list, it does not need to be reviewed again - unless you want to see if it will count towards a new requirement.

Finding New Courses

• You are not limited to only taking the courses listed on the spreadsheet.
• If you see a course on Manchester’s website that you would like to take, but is not listed below, you must submit the syllabus to Stern’s Global Experiences team for approval.
• Once Manchester publishes its confirmed courses for the semester you will be attending, you can revise your list as needed based on what is being offered.