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Course overview
This CMI-accredited Online MBA equips you with the skills to excel in senior management roles and drive transformative change across industries.
You’ll develop expertise in strategic management, marketing, and finance while refining your leadership abilities to navigate complex challenges, foster innovation, and lead diverse, global teams.
With industry insights and real-world experience, you’ll be prepared to make a global impact; and optional specialisation courses allow you to tailor the MBA to your specific career goals.
What you'll learn
Upon completion of this degree, you should be able to:
- Apply the latest theories: Relate and apply relevant theoretical frameworks to contemporary, real business situations and/or your own business experience to bring about successful solutions
- Successfully convey your message: Communicate your findings and strategic solutions effectively
- Lead for innovative change: Implement strategic solutions effectively and efficiently both to your own and to wider business contexts
- Visualise your future: Plan your own career through the intellectual and transferable skills necessary for career enhancement, such as the ability to integrate new knowledge with professional experience or career aspirations
- Manage complex issues: Solve problems using relevant techniques applicable to best business practices, applied research, or business consultancy, demonstrating self-direction and originality in tackling and solving global business and management problems
Recognition
Study method
- Online
- Blended
- In-class
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Duration study load
- 2 years part-time
Entry requirements
Higher education requirements:
To be eligible for this online degree, you should hold a second-class honours degree of any background from a recognised university. However, the University of Roehampton encourages non-graduates with appropriate professional qualifications and those with third-class honours degrees to apply.
Language requirements:
This programme is delivered in English. If you’re a non-native English speaker, you’ll need to demonstrate a minimum standard of English language proficiency through a valid English language qualification, such as IELTS, that is no older than two years from the date of issue.
How to apply
- Academic qualifications (certificate or transcript)
- Valid English language qualification
- Personal statement
- Two references
Course features
- Gain a recognised edge: Our Online MBA, accredited by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), boosts your career prospects and connects you with a global professional network.
- Build in-demand expertise: Develop core business acumen, technical skills, and strategic competencies to thrive in today’s evolving business landscape.
- Apply knowledge to real-world challenges: Bridge the gap between theory and practice by solving real-world business problems and tackling practical scenarios.
- Broaden your global outlook: Join a diverse network of professionals and gain expert insights into international business practices.
- Secure your career’s future: Stay ahead of industry trends and unlock new opportunities with cutting-edge knowledge and guidance from business leaders.
- Available to all: Accessible to learners of all backgrounds, this course is well-suited for ambitious professionals from non-business backgrounds aiming for competitive positions.
- Learn on a global stage: Join an international cohort of peers, offering fresh perspectives, cross-cultural collaboration, and a broader professional network.
- Career-focused projects: Undertake a consultancy or applied research project that addresses a live business challenge, ensuring your work is relevant, impactful, and career-enhancing.
- Comprehensive support: Accessible support resources – including academic guidance, career counselling, and learning tools – are available on-demand to ensure students have everything they need to succeed.
Why join this programme?
Study 100% online
With Roehampton’s MBA, you will access your course content through our learner-friendly virtual platform. From anywhere, you’ll be able to see lectures, case studies, seminars, and other interactive activities to keep things interesting.
Learn business-ready skills
This postgraduate degree is designed to strengthen your skills with management and business topics applied within the business context. You’ll be ready to put your enhanced business acumen to the test in your current role or on the first day of your new job.
Gain leadership confidence
Master the latest techniques used in management to cultivate an innovative and efficient team within your organisation. Our experienced faculty will help you learn to lead for change.
Subjects
We make learning possible anywhere, anytime, and in any way. On this programme, you’ll work through forward-looking, research-driven modules tailored for the real world — all at your own pace. Sharpen your professional skills and get ready for the real world as you experience a dynamic approach to learning through hands-on projects, innovative assessments, a practical dissertation, and on-demand support — all on our cutting-edge virtual learning platform.
Master essential strategic tools like VRIO, Value Chain, and TOWS to drive business success. Gain a comprehensive understanding of mergers, acquisitions, and strategic alliances to strengthen growth strategies.
Hone advanced project management skills, focusing on planning, execution, and managing change in global, project-based environments. Develop the soft skills needed to adapt and lead in dynamic contexts.
Sharpen your critical thinking and research skills to address complex business challenges. Learn to analyse issues, critique findings, and present actionable recommendations to senior management.
Understand how international companies develop and implement marketing strategies to gain a competitive edge. Learn to apply market segmentation, targeting, and positioning to solve real-world challenges.
Explore how strategic leadership drives organisational change. Study modern leadership and change management techniques to understand how effective leaders navigate and implement transformation.
Learn the financial strategies essential for effective decision-making. Explore budgeting, accounting, and performance evaluation techniques such as KPIs and the balanced scorecard to support strategic goals.
Apply your knowledge to a focused study or consultancy project, showcasing your expertise and consolidating your learning from the programme.
Master the art of resource allocation across projects with a focus on global investment strategies. Apply capital investment and risk appraisal techniques to make informed, high-stakes business decisions.
Delve into the principles of global brand management, studying the creation, maintenance, and strategic growth of brands in international markets through case studies and theoretical approaches.
Examine critical ethical and social issues in business, including sustainability, diversity, and data privacy. Develop a strong understanding of business responsibility and its impact on global challenges.
Explore the core principles of HR management, focusing on diversity, equality, and ethical leadership. Develop key skills to lead and manage teams effectively in today’s evolving business landscape.
About University of Roehampton Online
The University of Roehampton has been shaping futures since the 1840s, earning a reputation as one of London’s leading higher education institutions.
For over 10 years, we’ve pioneered online learning, offering flexible, expert-led courses that fit around your life.
Ranked in the top 15% of young universities worldwide (THE Young University Rankings 2024) and among the top 10 UK universities for postgraduate satisfaction two years running (PTES),
Roehampton combines academic excellence with a student-first approach to our online business, marketing, and computing degrees.
