Program Overview

Master of Business Administration (MBA) Online

Our Master of Business Administration (MBA) Online degree is focused on developing your business management and leadership skills with a significant emphasis on understanding developing technologies in the business world. 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.

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

• Full-time or Part-time

Next start date

• September 2025

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 per semester.

• Data Analysis and AI for Strategic Decision-Making (15 credits)
• Economics, Society and Ethics for Sustainable Future (15 credits)
• Strategic Accounting, Corporate Reporting and Finance (15 credits)
• Generating Value through Marketing in the Digital Age (15 credits)
• Operations, Logistics and Supply Chain (15 credits)
• Organisational Behaviour and People Management (15 credits)
• 3 Elective modules (15 credits, 1 per semester)

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)

Elective modules (choose 3):

• International Business Law and Contract Law for MBAs (15 credits)
• Healthcare Management and Technology (15 credits)
• Leading Professional Services Firms (15 credits)
• Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Business (15 credits)
• Legal Aspects of Technology (15 credits)
• Cybersecurity strategy and risk management (15 credits)
• Corporate Governance and the Role of Directors (15 credits)
• Creating and Protecting Intellectual Property (15 credits)
• Managing Business Risk (15 credits)

Course Start Dates

September 2025

• MBA Master's in Business Administration
  • Full-time: Online
  • Part-time: Online
• MBA Master's in Business Administration with Professional Practice
  • Full-time: Online

February 2026

• MBA Master's in Business Administration
  • Full-time: Online
  • Part-time: Online
• MBA Master's in Business Administration with Professional Practice
  • Full-time: Online

June 2026

• MBA Master's in Business Administration
  • Full-time: Online
  • Part-time: Online
• MBA Master's in Business Administration with Professional Practice
  • Full-time: Online

Fees and Applying

Course Fee (for courses starting September 2025 - June 2026)

• Online £16,000
• 2 Year Programme with Professional Practice: Online £17,600

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).
• 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.