Program Overview

Business Administration with Professional Placement, MBA

Overview

Our Master of Business Administration with Professional Placement is a highly respected business management qualification. This two-year intensive programme focuses on leadership and strategic management, setting it apart from other master's degrees. It’s perfect for you if you want to build or advance your career in business.

Why Study with Us

• You'll complete a professional placement of up to 10 months in the second year of study. You’ll apply for paid positions on a competitive basis to secure a position.
• You’ll be taught by highly experienced and qualified tutors.
• Our course is well established and has an excellent reputation amongst employer organisations in the private, public and voluntary sectors.

Important Information

• This course is only available to international students.

What You'll Do

• Gain new business start-up expertise and develop your entrepreneurial flair.
• Undertake your own project work on a topic within the field of business management that has interest and relevance to your future career.
• Apply the latest thinking on business management to analyse the key problems being experienced by the world's major businesses.

Modules

Year 1

• Postgraduate Learning and Reflection
  • Module code: BM4003
  • This module will introduce you to the conventions and expectations of postgraduate study in the UK and the emphasis on self-directed learning, application of knowledge and critical thinking to create original arguments.
• Business Functions
  • Module code: BM4004
  • This module seeks to develop your knowledge, understanding and critical strategic analysis skills regarding multiple functional areas within the modern-day business.
• Strategic Business Futures
  • Module code: BM4211
  • Gain an understanding of the strategic management process, its importance to the organisation and critically analyse global trends, positioning them in the context of strategic thinking and change within organisations.

Year 2

• Applied Management Project
  • Module code: BM4007
  • This module aims to equip you with the ability to identify, plan, negotiate and action a team-based investigation into a real-world issue or a problem experienced by an organisation offering recommendations and solutions.
• Professional Placement
  • Module code: BM4501
  • Professional Placement provides you with the opportunity to gain first-hand experience of work and decide if it is the career path you'd like to pursue.

Optional Modules

• Leadership and Management
  • Module code: BM4005
  • This module aims to familiarise you with emerging research on effective approaches to leadership, management and learning development practice.
• Preparation for Graduate Employment
  • Module code: BM4006
  • This module will appraise and align individual personal behaviour and competencies towards a prospective workplace within a chosen industry/sector.
• Creative Commercial Development
  • Module code: BM4008
  • This module is designed to provide an insight into commercial ventures and applying commercial skills and mindsets.
• Work Based Learning and Inquiry
  • Module code: BM4009
  • This module aims to examine the theoretical inquiry and experiences related to the work context; to evaluate and challenge the role that management plays in organisations and society; and finally, to critically appraise management learning and change along with its impacts on different stakeholders.
• Enterprise, Innovation and New Venture Creation
  • Module code: BM4010
  • The module will provide support for you to prototype new ventures and business models.
• Research Project
  • Module code: BM4200
  • You'll learn to be a proficient and analytical researcher in Business and Management through academic or practice-focused research.

Entry Requirements

• Applicants should hold a 2:2 degree or equivalent professional experience or learning in a related field
• IELTS: Score of 6.0 with no component score lower than 5.5 or above

Fees and Funding

• 2024/25: International Full-time £16,900 per year, Year 2 £2500 for the year
• 2025/26: International Full-time £17,900 per year, Year 2 £2,625 for the year

Scholarships and Bursaries

• Dependants Bursary
• Carers Bursary
• Sports scholarships
• Alumni Loyalty Discount

Learning and Assessment

• Business reports
• Case study analyses
• Reflective writing
• Exams
• Coursework
• Presentations
• Debates

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