Whatever industry or business sector you work in, the MBA course will support you in gaining a critical understanding of the challenging business and management concepts and frameworks that will allow you to contribute to business success. You will be provided with the tools to enhance both your professional and managerial capabilities and your life-long career prospects.

Finally you will complete a dissertation, which allows you to carry out a significant piece of project work researching an appropriate aspect of business management and produce findings which are often of relevance and importance to contemporary organisations in the improvement of their commercial strategies.

The course is designed to provide a comprehensive grounding in all the key aspects of personal business skills and managerial development. You will be challenged to analyse and examine the business environment and understand different business models. You will also be given the opportunity to apply theoretical concepts to your personal and organisational settings by examining many of the challenges that businesses face on a day-to-day basis.

The MBA programme allows for specializations in areas like Marketing, Human Resource Management, Logistics & Supply Chain Management and Business Information Systems.

An MBA is widely seen as the most prestigious qualification for business and management throughout the world. The qualification will give you a highly competitive edge – whatever industry you are in or wherever your future career takes you. The MBA course is designed to enhance your lifelong learning, transferable skills and personal development, enabling you to work with selfdirection and confidence to help businesses prosper.

In the UK, full exemption has been granted by the British Computer Society (BCS). This means that this course is accredited as partially meeting the educational requirement for CEng/CSci registration. This is the highest level of accreditation that can be awarded to a BSc (Hons) course by the BCS.

The MBA involves the study of 7 modules and you will also produce a research-based dissertation.

• The following is an indicative list of module offerings:
• Management and Leadership
• Managing Finance
• Managing Business Performance and IT
• Managing People
• Managing Change
• Strategic Management and Marketing
• Research Methods Dissertation
• Each module is worth 20 credits except for the dissertation which is worth 40 credits. Assessment is by essays, case studies, reports and presentations as well as the practically based dissertation.
• To obtain an MBA you are required to achieve 180 credits. The postgraduate Diploma in Management Studies is an interim award (120 credits). The postgraduate Certificate in Management is also an interim award (60 credits).

The course is designed to provide a comprehensive grounding in all the key aspects of personal business skills and managerial development. You will be challenged to analyse and examine the business environment and understand different business models. You will also be given the opportunity to apply theoretical concepts to your personal and organisational settings by examining many of the challenges that businesses face on a day-to-day basis.

Applicants are required to have a minimum of 2 years work experience in a business or management capacity. Applicants must also possess: a UK degree/postgraduate degree or equivalent, and/or NVQ level 4 in Management or Professional Development Certificate in Management Studies, and/or relevant postgraduate qualification (optional). Applicants without the above qualifications may be considered for entry onto this course if they have substantial management experience.