The name of the University of Bradford School of Management wouldn't be an obvious choice for most people if you asked them to name the jewels in the district's crown.

Yet tucked away in a fine building behind trees off Emm Lane it is beavering away quietly doing sterling work to promote Bradford in a very positive light around the world among people whose opinions mean a lot.

Many congratulations to the institution for winning third place in the Financial Times's top 20 of management schools, being beaten only by the London School of Economics and the University of Durham Business School.

The criteria on which the FT's European Masters of Management list is based are sound and sensible ones: average salaries three years after graduating; value for money; the career rankings of graduates and the employment rate three months after graduating.

For Bradford to shine in these areas can only enhance a reputation which already attracts students from a wider span of countries than any other European business school (92 per cent of them are not British citizens).

Those people take their qualifications away to their jobs in Britain and in other countries and as a result of what they have learned at the School many of them enjoy successful careers in the international business community, creating lots of friends in high places for Bradford.

An excellent rating in a prestigious list like this can only increase demand for places and allow the School to build even further on its success.