Course summary

Become a leader of tomorrow with our Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree. This general business and management degree, with an emphasis on leadership and managerial skills, is essential if you are looking to take your career to an executive level, make a senior career change, or run your own business. You will analyse real life case studies to understand the changing dynamics of business and the implications of varying leadership decisions. This MBA degree adds value to experienced managers by developing an integrated, holistic, and critically aware understanding of management and organisations in today’s global context. You will gain a broad understanding of the most important concepts in global management with a strategic perspective. 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.

• 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.