Program Overview

Business Administration MBA

Course Overview

This course develops a creative approach to business that leads to true innovation in the business world and helps students become outstanding business leaders. Students will develop a skill set for tackling complex issues based on a deep understanding of client needs, collaborative working, cross-disciplinary thinking, personal reflection, and rapid prototyping of new ideas.

Study Style

Students will be assessed through presentations, independent projects, essays, and portfolio review, business cases, and business venture proposals. Through design thinking and practical exercises that build on theory, students will enhance their management and leadership capabilities and develop an entrepreneurial mindset.

Entry Requirements

• Typical Offers: Students should hold at least a 2.2 Bachelors degree with honours.
• Professional or postgraduate qualification: The university will consider a comparable professional or postgraduate qualification.
• Relevant work experience: Relevant work experience will also be taken into consideration.
• Management/supervisory experience: Ideally, students will have a minimum of two years' management/supervisory experience; however, applications will be considered on an individual basis.
• IELTS 6.0: EU and international students need IELTS 6.0 overall (no less than 5.5 in writing and in any other band) or equivalent.

Course Modules

Core Modules

• Leadership and Organisational Development (BM7170)
• Personal Development (BM7171)
• Business and Finance Decision Making (BM7172)
• Business Strategy (BM7173)
• Operations Management (BM7174)
• Innovation, Sustainability and Change (BM7175)
• Brand Value (BM7176)
• Work Based Project (BM7177)

Optional Modules

• Managing Complex Projects (BM7178)
• Strategic Consulting Project (BM7179)
• Contemporary Issues in Higher Education Leadership (BM7180)
• Strategic Healthcare Leadership and Management (BM7300)

Fees and Costs

• Part Time (3 years): £11,925 (UK), £18,700 (International)
• UoG graduates receive 15% off postgraduate tuition fees.

Careers

Graduates will gain a professional accreditation (CMI) and establish a range of industry connections, providing them with the competitive edge required in today's dynamic business environment. Career opportunities include strategic management, consultancy, human resource, and business ownership.

Teaching Staff

• Clare Taylor, Academic Course Leader for Business Administration

Professional Accreditation and Industry Connections

The course provides professional accreditation (CMI) and established industry connections, giving students the competitive edge required in today's dynamic business environment.

Integrated Executive DBA Programme

This programme combines the opportunity for senior business executives to attain a professional doctorate by offering a potential progression route from an MBA Master's Stage Award. Successful completion will mean a dual degree is awarded.

Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

Gloucestershire Business School is a member of AACSB International Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.

ThreeSixty Student Consultancy

Students on this course will have the chance to get involved with the university's new student consultancy, ThreeSixty. Based at the state-of-the-art School of Business, students will get the opportunity to develop their graduate competencies and attributes by working with business, third sector, and individuals on a consultancy basis, solving their challenges.