Location
Bangor University is located between the Menai Straits and the Snowdonia National Park. The location is probably one of the most beautiful university settings in the whole of the UK with panoramic views of mountains, coastline and the sea. Bangor University is situated in one of the UKs smallest and oldest cities with ancient roots traced back to the 6th century and possessing UKs oldest cathedral. While Bangor’s rurality provides a great environment for scholarly reflection, the city is well-connected to the UK’s major metropolitan centres, including a direct fast train links to London in a little over three hours, is close to Manchester and Liverpool and acts as a strategic gateway to Ireland. The city includes Wales’s longest High Street and remains culturally diverse and unique with the Welsh language retaining a high profile within the city and surrounding area.
Bangor University was founded in 1884 through public subscription and voluntary contributions from local people, including farmers and quarrymen. Since this time the university has flourished becoming one of the leading universities within Wales. The Bangor Business School also has a long history, developing initially from the actions of the banker, George Rae, who in 1902 endowed a public lecture series in banking at Bangor that attracted some of the leading thinkers and practitioners of the day. This lead to the development of the department of economics in the 1920s, which subsequently innovated in the fields of game theory, welfare economics and pioneering in banking and finance education. Bangor was one of the first universities in the UK to offer degrees in banking and the first to offer a Banking MBA. This originality in teaching and educational provision has been matched by significant contributions to banking and finance research. Bangor has been consistently ranked as one of the top universities in Europe for banking research and in the world Top 25 (Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis). Furthermore, Bangor was also one of the first UK universities to be designated a Centre of Excellence by CBI. These accomplishments have drawn high profile supporters, including leading figures from the world of banking and finance, like Lord Mervyn Davies.
Currently, Bangor Business School is a research focused business school offering a full range of disciplines from undergraduate to doctoral level. Students worldwide are attracted to Bangor Business School by our reputation for high quality and expertise, particularly in the areas of banking and financial services, in which Bangor is a leading European centre and home to one of the largest PhD schools of any business school in the UK. In recent years, staff have conducted high level consultancy work and training for many leading organisations including the European Commission, The World Bank, the UK Treasury, The Financial Conduct Authority and the Competition and Markets Authority.
THE LOCAL AREA
With so much on your doorstep, choice is never a problem. Fitting it all in might be. The Management Centre is based in Bangor, North Wales. Bangor is predominantly a University city, one of the smallest and oldest cities in Britain and being home to one of Britain’s oldest Cathedrals.
One of the things that makes it a location of choice is that it is located in the heart of Snowdonia, North Wales. Surrounded by beautiful scenery Snowdonia is one of the UK's most popular destinations for hiking and outdoor holidays. The area is also blessed with some of the most beautiful coastal scenery in Wales and its reputation for fine dining using Welsh meat, fish and cheese is growing all the time.
For more information about the area and things to do, three very good websites are Visit Wales and Visit Snowdonia and Visit Anglesey.
Attractions in the Bangor area and nearby
Bangor Cathedral
Bangor Pier
Penrhyn Castle
Surf Snowdonia
Activity providers in the Bangor area and nearby
Psyched Adventures
Wales Walking Holidays
Celticos
Walking and cycling in the Bangor area and nearby
Lôn Las Ogwen & Lôn Las Menai
Wales Coast Path