About Hertfordshire Business School

Why choose the Business School?

We take cutting-edge business theory out of the lecture theatre and into real-life work experience to give our students a head start in the competitive national and international job markets.

Mission Statement

To develop enterprising people by:

• Connecting with business
• Applying research
• Challenging ideas
• Working internationally
• Growing professionalism

Trust our reputation

Not only are we rated amongst the best new university business schools in the UK government’s most recent evaluation of research quality, but reviews by the Quality Assurance Agency rate us as having excellent teaching quality too.

We are also the region’s leading provider of Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs).

World-class research facilities and resources

You will have 24 hour access to our Learning Resources Centres 7 days a week, so you can access the workstations, software, and all the books and journals you might need to produce exceptional work.

Study what you want, when you want

Our courses can be studied full or part time at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.

At undergraduate level you can even include a Business School course as a part of your studies if you want to do an interdisciplinary, joint honours or combined modular degree.

Our range of professional short course programmes are also taught during evenings and weekends to fit around your other commitments.

Our state-of-the-art teaching and learning environment is on Hertfordshire University’s de Havilland campus, a short distance from central London and the historic city of St Albans.

You could be among the 4,300 students who are already here studying one of our 13 flexible Business subject areas.

Home to a vibrant research community

Innovative and acclaimed research is constantly produced in the Hertfordshire Business School. The School has concentrated its wide ranging research on Business and Management into one large Research Centre - Centre for Research on Management, Economy and Society (CRoMES).   

World-renowned professional accreditations

Our professional accreditations include:

• Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM)
• City and Guilds (C&G)
• Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
• Chartered Management Institute (CMI)

Study exchange programmes

We offer study abroad and exchange opportunities at over 150 partner universities and business schools across Asia, Australasia, Europe, North America, South America and Africa.

You will also have the opportunity to study a language as part of your undergraduate course.

• Learn about our active student community and what it can offer you.
  
• Get fully involved in student life with a range of activities.
• Discover Hertfordshire and the range of great local attractions.