History
The Department of Industrial Administration at the Birmingham Central Technical College (now Aston University) enrolled its first students in 1947, with a remit to "consolidate and extend teaching work in industrial administration". David Hall Bramley was the first Head of the Department, and is recognised for his pioneering work in Industrial Management Education at the University.
Aston received its charter in 1966, and in October 1972 the Management Centre was set up, merging the Department of Industrial Admninistration and the Graduate Centre for Management Studies and offering undergraduate, postgraduate, research and post-experience courses. 1978 saw the opening of the Nelson Building, purpose-built for the Management Centre. Its first MBAs were awarded in 1979. The Centre became the Aston Business School in 1988. The MSc in International Business offered for the first time in 1997, and the BSc in International Business and Management in 2005.
A £22m extension to the Nelson Building opened in 2006, now the main Business School building.
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