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The Loughborough Full-Time MBA at Loughborough University - UCAS

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Course summary

Equip yourself with the knowledge, skills and insights needed to accelerate your career as a senior international leader on our AMBA accredited full-time MBA with optional internship, taught by leading academics in a top 10 UK university. Businesses need highly skilled, globally minded, socially responsible leaders to steer them confidently through the challenges of today’s fast-paced business world. Join us on this AMBA accredited programme to set yourself up for senior level leadership positions, working alongside renowned experts and academics from Loughborough Business School. Suitable if you have at least three years’ professional or managerial experience, the Loughborough MBA is our flagship postgraduate programme. The MBA will expand and shape your potential as you develop the intellectual, analytical and enterprising knowledge and skills needed to make an impact at the highest levels of business. Two pathways to take your career to the next level You can take this programme in two ways:

  • As a one-year full-time MBA pathway
  • As a two-year full-time MBA with internship pathway
On the two-year pathway, you’ll spend your second year working on a 45-52 week supervised internship, gaining invaluable experience of applying your skills in a commercial environment. Graduates regularly go on to secure roles with their internship company. Whichever pathway you choose, you’ll learn alongside an international cohort of experienced managers, where you can share fresh perspectives on similar problems and build lasting business networks. Purposeful Leadership The senior leaders of tomorrow need to navigate a fast-moving commercial environment with agility, skill and integrity, getting the best out of their people and setting strategic direction. Purposeful Leadership incorporates three core modules: Leading Strategic Change; Leading Organisations and People; and Sustainability and Responsible Business Practice. Performance Management Understanding the key disciplines which underpin Performance Management is vital for organisations, ensuring that strategic objectives are delivered effectively. Performance Management incorporates three core modules: Accounting, Finance and Economic Management; Business Analytics; and Operations and Project Management. Value Creation What made an organisation successful in the past won’t be sufficient to seize future opportunities in an increasingly digital world. Value Creation incorporates three core modules: Strategic Marketing; Digital Economy and Enterprise; and Innovation Management – where students have the opportunity to work on a live business project to commercialise new technologies. Capstone Challenge The Capstone Challenge is an integral part of the Loughborough MBA, offering you the opportunity to bring together and apply your new knowledge, skills and insights in a practical context. You will be able to choose between three project-based modules:
  • Business Administration Project – Work on an individual project investigating and developing original solutions to a contemporary organisational challenge, building research and analytical skills.
  • Consultancy Project – Work as part of a team to apply theoretical and research-led knowledge from the MBA programme. Address the real-world challenges of a client organisation, fostering critical thinking, problem-solving and teamworking skills.
  • Work Based Learning Project – If you choose to enrol on the 24-month internship pathway, you will undertake a Work Based Learning Project focused on investigating and developing original solutions to a challenge within your host internship organisation.
Whichever project you choose, you will receive comprehensive guidance on research, consulting, and analytical techniques and methods, along with support from a dedicated academic supervisor.

Assessment method

You will be assessed by a combination of exams and skills-based coursework assignments, undertaken both in groups and individually. Given the practical and applied nature of the course, the emphasis is towards coursework.

Professional bodies

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

  • Association of MBAs
  • EQUIS
  • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

Entry requirements

A minimum of three years’ management/professional experience, plus: - a 2:2 honours degree (or equivalent international qualification) - or membership of an approved chartered institute - or a Diploma in Management Studies.

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

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Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

Please see our course listings on the Loughborough University website for individual fees.
The Loughborough Full-Time MBA at Loughborough University - UCAS