Course summary

Our MBA in Governance and Risk Management is a general business and management degree with an added focus on corporate governance and risk. Our specialist MBA is designed to equip general managers, business owners and entrepreneurs with the crucial knowledge to better provide protection of their companies' assets and reputation. Our MBA in Governance and Risk Management is one of our MBA programmes in the UK that leverages the strengths of The University of Law and our Business School as "the place where Business meets Law". The programme provides students with solid foundations on Business subjects and includes the aspects of the Law that are pertinent to organisational managers and leaders. You will analyse real life case studies to understand the changing dynamics of business and the implications of varying leadership decisions. This MBA degree elevates experienced managers by developing an integrated, holistic, and critically aware understanding of management and organisations in today’s global context and allows experienced managers and business owners to better manage and oversee their businesses' risks and sustainability. This MBA degree is available to study full-time on-campus, or online as a full-time course (1 year) or with Professional Practice Year (2 years) or part-time online (2 years). As well as an emphasis upon meeting industry developmental needs, you’ll learn how to be:

• A business management professional, expert in the advanced study of organisations, their management and the changing context in which they operate, both nationally and internationally, as well as the critical oversight necessary for top management.

• A critically aware learner who can identify how to fast-track business opportunities in a corporate or entrepreneurial venture.

• A confident manager and leader who can convert theory into practice from a detailed and informed perspective, to advance the effectiveness of an organisation.

• Our Careers and Employability Service: You’ll benefit from 1:1 executive coaching for 3 semesters and develop a PDP (Personal Development Plan) tailored to your career goals and unique skills.

• Professional Networking: Through our heritage and connections in law and business, you’ll benefit from our combined networks, supplemented by an annual residential networking week (for online and on-campus students). Our teaching methods and extra-curricular employability activities promote ongoing relationships between students throughout the programme.

• Unique teaching methodology: You'll work on real-life business scenarios and benefit from peer-to-peer learning in the classroom, moderated by industry specialists.

• Our ‘MBA Challenge’ modules ensure that you practice and develop the vital business skills you learn across other modules in an integrative manner, better reflecting the complexities of the real world.

• Flexibility of study: Decide whether to study full-time, part-time, on-campus or 100% online. General MBA programme electives include options focused on different industries, including healthcare, professional services, technology and business legal issues, and we also offer specialised programmes in Tech Leadership and Governance & Risk Management.

• Integrating Business and Law: Focused on impact, employability and future outcomes, our MBAs provide you with solid foundations on Business subjects, as well as including aspects of the Law that are pertinent to organisational managers and leaders. A choice of elective modules gives students the option to specialise in legal areas of their interest.