Course summary
Overview Fast track your career and embrace the challenges of global business on this Global MBA with industry placement. Study a core curriculum that combines global business principles with an in-depth understanding of local market dynamics. To start, you'll cover modules in areas such as Responsible Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Corporate Strategy. From here, you'll choose an area of focus from our specialist pathways, developed in conjunction with our research centres:
- Sustainable Business
- AI and Digital Transformation
- International Tourism and Hospitality Management
- Strategic Leadership in Healthcare
- Explore and apply global business principles through both learning activities and assessments
- Choose a specialist pathway that interests you, from options designed alongside our research centres
- Complete an industry placement year, either with a company or by setting up your own business
- Learn from a teaching team with experience and expertise from industries including global corporations, dynamic start-ups and non-profit organisations
- Graduate ready for a range of careers in high growth industries, and a transferable skillset in demand by employers
Professional bodies
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
- Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
Entry requirements
A second-class honours degree (or equivalent, including professional qualifications), not necessarily in a business related subject.
English language requirements
| Test | Grade | Additional details |
|---|---|---|
| IELTS (Academic) | English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.5 with no component score below 6.0. | |
| Cambridge English Advanced | Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) (taken after January 2015). An overall score of 176 with no component score less than 169. | |
| Cambridge English Proficiency | Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE) (taken after January 2015). An overall score of 176 with no component score less than 169. | |
| PTE Academic | An overall score of 61 with a minimum of 54 in each skill. | |
| TOEFL (iBT) | 91 with a minimum of 20 in Reading, 19 in Listening, 21 in Speaking and 20 in Writing. |
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| EU | £12200 | Year 1 |
| England | £12200 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £12200 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £12200 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £12200 | Year 1 |
| Channel Islands | £12200 | Year 1 |
| Republic of Ireland | £12200 | Year 1 |
| International | £18100 | Year 1 |
Additional fee information
Students who are resident in EU countries: please note that the net fee is inclusive of the Transition Scholarship
Fees are accurate at the time of publishing and are subject to change at any time without notice.
Fees may also be subject to an annual increase in later years.
Provider information
University of Portsmouth
University House
Winston Churchill Avenue
Portsmouth
PO1 2UP