MBA

Overview

The MBA is the premier qualification for individuals wishing to progress to strategic-level positions in their organisation. It aims to provide a rigorous grounding in the knowledge, skills and understanding necessary for participants to operate effectively as strategic general managers in a variety of environments.

Our course offers:

• a comprehensive introduction to functional aspects of business
• a sound integration of theory and practice
• development of personal managerial skills
• instruction in techniques of strategic analysis

The University's provision in Business and Management was rated 'Excellent' in the most recent subject reviews by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, and this MBA complies fully with all QAA benchmarks.

Key features of the course are the UK residential conference, held over a weekend at the start of the course, and small teaching groups, as we believe that personal attention is necessary for success on an MBA. There is also an emphasis on teamwork and personal development.

Students joining the course from September 2012 will be able to apply for work placement and internship opportunities in London as part of this taught programme

London Metropolitan Business School

Applying and entry

PLEASE NOTE There is no official closing date for this course, but you are advised to apply as early as possible as we will only consider your application if there are places available on the course.

Tel: 020 7133 4202
Email: admissions@londonmet.ac.uk

Applicants should either have:

Students with a good degree in business, management, finance, economics or engineering, with excellent English, or a good degree in any subject plus at least two years of professional business or management experience and excellent English

All applicants should have evidence of excellent English language competence. This may require an English language test; for example IELTS with an overall score of 6.5 and a minimum of 6.0 in all components, or TOFL equivalent.

We value the professional and extra-curricular experience of our students, particularly if they have shown leadership and management aptitude through their work and other experience.

To apply now, click on the “Apply online” button immediately to the left.

Course contents

The MBA (full-time) is divided into two taught stages. Stage One lasts one semester and gives a solid grounding in all key business functions. Stage Two has a strategic emphasis and consists of five modules followed by a dissertation or extended applied project.

Stage One topics include coverage of leadership, people management and talent development, the business economic context, understanding financial information and quantitative measures, marketing and operations management. It also gives a solid grounding in the academic scholarship skills and knowledge required to succeed at masters level

Stage Two builds on the foundation material of Stage One to consider strategic issues in business; looking at strategic management itself, the management of change and innovation, any cultural or comparative management

dimension, it develops research methods skills plus offers one free elective drawn from the Business School’s broad provision in HR, finance, banking, international business, marketing, CSR, and sports and cultural industries.

The final dissertation is a major piece of work of approximately 15,000 words, based on research into an organisation.

Assessment

Assessments vary according to the nature of each module. Typically there are group reports, group presentations, individual reports and examinations.

Careers

Successful MBA graduates are more likely to gain increased responsibilities at work, secure promotion and in general enjoy enhanced career opportunities. Graduates may also progress to further study.

Recent MBA graduates have found new employment opportunities both in the UK and abroad whilst others have successfully started their own businesses following completion of the course. Current employers of LMBS MBA graduates include PricewaterhouseCoopers, Procter & Gamble, Dell, CapGemini, Deloittes, Honeywell, Capital Group, General Electrics, HSBC, Expedia, Ladbrokes group, Royal Mail, NHS, InfoSys Consulting, NatWest Bank, UBS, and KPMG among others.

Student profiles

Read a student profile:

Atemtabe Atemson  Atemtabe now works as an Analysts for Dell in China, and is about to commence his PhD on a part time basis

Martin Avetisyan Martin is now co-founder and CEO of a multinational company developing e-commerce solutions in emerging markets

Nawshad Naqueeb Nawshad is now faculty member of the Independent University of Bangladesh

Shehzaad Shams Shezaad is now a Digital Project manager for Amnesty International in London

Sujit Sivasankaran Sujit is currently the coordinator of the UK-Kerala Business Forum and runs his own culture-bridging consultancy business

Marina Dzhashi Marina is a news and current affairs anchor on Russian television

Olga Korablina

Hushnudjon Rahimberganov Hushnud is an associate at PWC in the UK