Business Administration

The Bristol MBA

The MBA degree is recognised across the world as the business qualification for those aspiring to senior executive roles. High quality programmes, like those offered by Bristol Business School are exceptionally demanding, both intellectually and emotionally. But the rewards are tremendous and the experience life-enhancing. You come to see the bigger picture and cope with the complexities of modern management. Above all you learn how to take control of your career, building skills and networks that will create value for yourself and your organisation - both now and in the future.

• One of an elite number of programmes in the UK to be accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBA).

• With a choice of specialist routes focused on areas crucial in leadership and management today, you can tailor an MBA to fit your career, your organisation and the future.

• The integrated approach taken by the Bristol MBA better prepares you for the leadership and management challenges you will face in the real world.

• You'll benefit from a comprehensive professional development programme focused on developing you academically, as a manager, a leader and a member of the business community.

• We provide an exciting range of opportunities for MBA students to hear from influential guest speakers such as leaders of industry and pre-eminent researchers.

A choice of routes

There are two routes to gaining the Bristol MBA. Studying full-time you can complete your MBA in 12 months working in a diverse international group of students. The Executive MBA is ideal for busy experienced managers who want to continue working and study part-time. It minimises time spent away from the workplace and is delivered in four day blocks during the week.

Structure

Content

Core modules

The core modules of the MBA equip you with the skills, insight and experience needed to thrive and excel in business.

Becoming a specialist

Building on the expertise developed in the six core modules, you choose two electives from a wide range, write a dissertation and add additional courses as required. In this way, you build an MBA designed around your career, your organisation and your future.

The programme offers full-time students the flexibility of returning to work after the taught part of the programme and conducting a collaborative dissertation with an organisation.

We offer a comprehensive professional development programme focused on developing you academically and as a manager, a leader and a member of the business community. Throughout the course of your MBA, we offer specialist conferences on academic skills and career development with supporting speakers on these topics. You will also take part in learning action sets where you can explore issues connected to the course, your personal and career development and your work.

Based on student needs, we also develop sessions on self-leadership, management and leadership skills such as presentation skills, negotiation skills, dealing with conflict and interviewing.

Teaching and learning

Traditional lectures will only be one part of your course. You'll also learn through syndicate work, group and individual presentations and discussion, student-led seminar groups, analysis and application of case studies as well as experiential learning and simulations including role-plays. Guest speakers from industry and professional bodies also regularly contribute to the MBA programme. These innovative methods create an environment that is enjoyable, varied and hugely effective.

Assessment

Assessment is by a mixture of work-based assignments (supervised mini projects), examinations, presentations/vivas and the dissertation.

Requirements

Entry requirements

For both routes you will need a good honours degree from a recognised Higher Education institution, or an equivalent academic qualification from an equivalent overseas institution.

For the full-time MBA you will need three years’ work experience relevant to the MBA programme content and for the part-time Executive MBA you will need three years’ work experience with managerial responsibilities

If you do not have a first degree, certain professional qualifications, combined with management experience, may be sufficient. Candidates may be interviewed prior to acceptance.

If English is not your first language, you will also need to demonstrate your English language proficiency. For example you should have either:

• A minimum grade of 6.5 overall on the British Council English Language test (IELTS)
• A TOEFL score of at least 600 (written scale) or 250 (computer scale)
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If you would like to improve your English language skills before you start the course you can take either a three week or eight week pre-sessional language course at the University.

Mode of Attendance : Full - time