MBA Facilities Management

This course is for facilities managers wanting to improve their skills and career prospects and for other graduates who want to enter the field.
We designed it in collaboration with employers. It meets the needs of people who manage in-sourced or out-sourced facilities for their own organisation or provide facilities management services to other organisations.
The philosophy behind the course is that in any organisation facilities management is a distinct management discipline that supports the core business relationship between people, processes and places.
You study a carefully designed curriculum of core management topics. This involves technical subjects ranging from procuring and using technology and buildings, to setting up and managing projects and services.
This benefits you by supporting the development of your leadership and management skills. By transferring what you learn on the course, you can raise the profile of facilities management and the contribution it makes to the effectiveness of the organisation.
We gear the course towards supporting part-time students who are combining study and a demanding full-time job. You may also be returning to study after a long break from education.
The course includes · induction programme · study workshops · one to one support from experienced personal tutors · online access to the course's e-learning environment · access to the University's Distance Learner Support Service for University library resources.
This course is the only MBA in Facilities Management offered in the UK. Course content

Postgraduate certificate
· strategic management in action for facilities management · managing organisations and people · strategic facilities management · strategic marketing and communications for facilities management
Postgraduate diploma core modules
· finance for facilities management · strategic property asset management · leadership and strategies for change for facilities management
Postgraduate diploma options
One from · managing projects and contracts · work-based project
MBA
· research methods · dissertation

Attendance
Part-time - typically three years, in four one-week block sessions per year
Starts October
Fees
For academic year 2009/10
Home and EU students
Typically £4,240 a year for years one and two, and £2,120 for year three
International students
Typically £4,840 a year for years one and two, and £2,420 for year three
Professional recognition
Subject to continuing accreditation, this course is accredited by the British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM). Successful completion of the postgraduate diploma allows you exemption from the Institute's Parts 1 and 2 written examinations. Submission of a suitable portfolio of evidence then gains you the formal BIFM professional qualification in facilities management.
The MBA is also approved by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). On entry to the part-time course, or completion of the full-time course, you may register your experience for the RICS' Assessment of Professional Competence.
Assessment
By written coursework. There are no traditional formal examinations. The MBA requires the completion of an assessed dissertation.