Warwick is top Midlands University for entrepreneurs and managers
- University of Warwick ranks 1st of all Midlands universities for producing entrepreneurs and managers – new study finds
- More than one in eight Warwick graduates start their own business or become managers
- 5.15% of Warwick alumni surveyed started their business
- 5.76% of Warwick graduates in the survey work in CEO and high managerial roles
The University of Warwick is the number one university in the Midlands for students who aspire to start their own company or run a business, according to a new survey by Hitachi Capital Invoice Finance.
The UK-wide study included 1,555,000 students at 18 universities in the Midlands, and found that at more than one in eight (12.02%) of Warwick students started their own company, or held high-ranking managerial positions, after graduating.
5.15% of the University of Warwick alumni surveyed have gone on to start their own business, and 5.76% of them are now in CEO and high managerial roles.
The complete results of the research are here:
|
University |
University Rank |
Midlands Rank |
% |
|
University of Warwick |
9 |
1 |
12.02% |
|
University of Derby |
26 |
2 |
11.03% |
|
De Montfort University |
62 |
3 |
10.74% |
|
University of Nottingham |
18 |
4 |
10.58% |
|
University of Wolverhampton |
115 |
5 |
10.30% |
|
University of Leicester |
84 |
6 |
10.22% |
|
Staffordshire University |
37 |
7 |
10.19% |
|
University of Loughborough |
4 |
8 |
10.12% |
|
Aston University |
36 |
9 |
10.09% |
|
Nottingham Trent University |
12 |
10 |
10.00% |
|
Birmingham City University |
81 |
11 |
9.78% |
|
University of Birmingham |
16 |
12 |
9.76% |
|
University of Northampton |
93 |
13 |
9.14% |
|
University of Lincoln |
17 |
14 |
9.01% |
|
Keele University |
32 |
15 |
8.65% |
|
University of Worcester |
88 |
16 |
8.63% |
|
Coventry University |
15 |
17 |
8.31% |
|
Newman University Birmingham |
110 |
18 |
7.37% |
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Notes to editor:
Hitachi Capital Invoice Finance (now Novuna Business Cash Flow) commissioned this study involving 9,544,010 former university students in the UK.
Image: Graduation at the University of Warwick (click image for higher res) - credit University of Warwick.
16 April 2020
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