MBA

Modules shown are for the current academic year, and are subject to change depending on your year of entry.

You will focus on core modules – covering managerial concepts and the study of company functions, leading on to business environment and strategy – to build your foundation in business.

You will then build your own elective and project portfolio that suits your academic and career ambitions.

Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Design is a unique module which invites you on an entrepreneurial journey. It exposes you to the challenges of effectively introducing novel products and services to market whilst working in a multidisciplinary team.

Following this, you choose six elective modules from a choice of over 20, completing the year with the MBA final project.

You will have the opportunity to work on consultancy projects with big names such as Arup, PwC, GE Healthcare, the NHS, central government and Laing O'Rourke. The benefits of this consultancy are two-fold:

• for the organisation, the opportunity to gain a high-quality piece of research or consultancy when in-house resources are lacking;
• for you, the chance to work alongside potential employers and apply fresh ideas and latest management thinking.

These ensure you have the basic knowledge and skills required for the start of the programme:

• Accounting primer
• Maths and Quantitative Skills
• Career and Professional Development
• Study Skills
• Plagiarism Awareness
• English Language Development

The core modules will build rapidly on your previous experience, while introducing new and challenging disciplines.

• Decision Analytics
• Business Economics
• Accounting
• Organisational Behaviour

• Marketing
• Corporate Finance
• Strategy
• Innovation and Entrepreneurship

• Operations
• Macroeconomics
• Investments and Risk Management
• Design Thinking and Innovative Problem Solving

• Ethics and Values
• Strategic Problem Solving

You choose six electives. You can also apply to sit in on an additional two, for which you will not be assessed. The elective portfolio includes:

• Advanced Corporate Finance
• Behavioural Finance
• Derivatives
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Private Equity Finance

• Design Management
• Managing and Valuing Intellectual Property
• Venture Capital Finance

• Breakout Strategy
• Clean Tech Investments
• Globalisation: its Future after the Crash
• Hi-Tech Strategy
• International Business
• Leadership
• Management Challenges in Healthcare
• Managing Infrastructure Projects
• Managing Negotiations
• Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability

• Brand Management
• Consumer Behaviour
• Price Strategy
• Social Media

• Cultural immersion of business practices of another country

You have the opportunity to take part in a group project spanning across three months. You will choose from one of the following options:

• Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Design
• Consulting project

Independent project reflecting on your MBA learning. You can choose from one of the following options:

• Consulting project
• Consulting report
• Developing a business plan
• Internship

For more information, including comprehensive descriptions of each component, please see Imperial College Business School's website.