Program Overview
Master of Business Administration
MBA in Governance and Risk Management Online
Our MBA in Governance and Risk Management Online 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.
Key Facts
Entry requirements
- 2:2 or above from a UK Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent qualification(s), plus 3 years professional experience (standard route)
- A qualification at Level 6 or above combined with 5 years of relevant professional/managerial experience and two professional references (non-standard route)
Duration options
- 1 Year Full-Time
- 2 Years Full-time with Professional Practice Year
- 2 Years Part-Time
Study mode options
- Online
Course Details
MBA in Governance and Risk Management Online
Our Master of Business Administration in Governance and Risk Management Online degree (MBA in Governance and Risk Management) will develop your business management and leadership skills, while the governance focus will include compliance, ethical oversight, sustainability and risk management. Designed with 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.
The 2-year version 'with Professional Practice' will give you the opportunity in your second year to showcase your practical experience by choosing to undertake either a paid placement in a company, a dissertation, a business project, a consultancy project or a business plan.
Why study an MBA with us?
- 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. Full-time online students benefit from 8 hours per week of live webinars, allowing real-time engagement with peers and lecturers.
- 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. MBA Tech Leadership specialty has a Legal Tech module, and the Governance and Risk Management has an IP module that is half law content.
Course Structure
Modules
Students will study for one year divided into three semesters of 13 weeks. In each semester full-time students will study 60 credits of taught modules. Part-time students will study 30 credits of taught modules each semester.
- Data Analysis and AI for Strategic Decision-Making (15 credits)
- Economics, Society and Ethics for Sustainable Future (15 credits)
- Corporate Governance and the Role of Directors (15 credits)
- Strategic Accounting, Corporate Reporting and Finance (15 credits)
- Generating Value through Marketing in the Digital Age (15 credits)
- Creating and Protecting Intellectual Property (15 credits)
- Operations, Logistics and Supply Chain (15 credits)
- Organisational Behaviour and People Management (15 credits)
- Managing Business Risk (15 credits)
The MBA Challenge modules form an integrative thread across the programme:
- The Leader’s Challenge: Creating a mindset (1st semester) (15 credits)
- The Innovator’s Challenge: Create your digital product (2nd semester) (15 credits)
- The CEO’s Challenge: Strategy and Integration (3rd semester) (15 credits)
- Capstone: Connecting the MBA with Your Career (runs in the 2 weeks after the 3rd semester) (0 credits)
Course Start Dates
Fees and Applying
How to Apply
You can apply for this course directly with The University of Law Business School.
Fees and Funding
- Course Fee (for courses starting September 2025 - June 2026)
- Online £16,000
- 2 Year Programme with Professional Practice:
- Online £17,600
International
We have students from over 120 different countries throughout our campuses, with a dedicated team to help international students.
