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Business Administration (MBA) (Brunel Business School)
Program Description
Whether you want to advance your existing career, move to a new field, or start your own business, the Brunel MBA can give you the tools you need. Every aspect of the course is practical, fulfilling, integrated and, thanks to our world class teaching and research facilities, always relevant to today’s ever-changing business environment.
The Brunel MBA is a one year full-time or two year part-time course with three pathway options: The Brunel MBA, The Brunel MBA (Aviation Management), and The Brunel MBA (Healthcare Management).
Entry Requirements
Information about requirements:
- A 2:1 (or above) UK Honours degree, or international equivalent.
- A minimum of three years' full time work experience at managerial or professional level in managing people, budget or other resources following a degree. It is important for candidates to clarify that they have significant/focused sector experience with responsibility for people, budget, or other resources, which is supportable by official documentary evidence.
- An interview will be conducted (via Skype or phone) with the MBA Programme Team.
Other accepted qualifications:
- If an applicant has achieved a 2:2 degree and five or more years of required senior managerial or professional level work experience, in managing people, budget, or other resources - this will be reviewed by the MBA Director on a case-by-case basis.
- We welcome applicants from different industries, from both the private and public sector. Previous applicants from IT, healthcare, education, engineering, aviation and many more have been considered.
- Please note - meeting the minimum entry requirements does not guarantee an interview, or a place on the programme.
Other accepted English qualifications:
- BrunELT (Brunel English Language Test): 65% (min 60% in all areas)
- Trinity ISE
- LanguageCert
- City & Guilds ESOL, IESOL adn SESOL (no expiry)
- European Baccalaureate Year 7 (Except English Language 4)
- Duolingo
Pathways
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The General Management MBA specialisation can help you become a more accomplished manager all-round. From finance to international strategy, harnessing technologies and marketing, this course will help you with senior management decision-making and solving business issues. We support you in identifying your strengths and weaknesses and working with them to help you progress.
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The Digital Innovation Management MBA focuses on equipping future leaders and aspiring managers with the toolkit aimed at dealing with technological innovation, vast amounts of digital information, Big Data and using them to make strategic decisions. This matches and reflects upon the increasing digitalisation and the reliance on Big Data as well as the disruptive shifts taking place in the work environment and economy.
The course is designed for professionals who work in the IT sector and have an engineering or technical background, as well as entrepreneurs. The Digital Innovation Management MBA has seven core modules (students do not take Operations Management) and two electives: Information Systems in Organisations and Managing Digital Technology and Innovation.
The course is designed for professionals who work in the IT sector and have an engineering or technical background, as well as entrepreneurs. The Digital Innovation Management MBA has seven core modules (students do not take Operations Management) and two electives: Information Systems in Organisations and Managing Digital Technology and Innovation.
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The Healthcare Management MBA focuses on application of knowledge in the healthcare industry and enables students to develop managerial skills to handle real-life business situations in the sector. The MBA (Healthcare Management) course is designed for professionals in the NHS, public health services and outside suppliers and consultancies.
Course Structure
The Brunel MBA programme is based upon key business concepts that can help managers and CEOs alike develop the expertise required to lead and manage in international business.
The highly commended Leadership Masterclass Series and the Career Development Programme, combined with over 500 hours of student-tutor direct contact hours, successfully maintain the balance between theory and practice, and reflect the school’s ambitions for its graduates.
The Brunel MBA academic component comprises core modules, followed by elective modules in General Management, Healthcare Management or Digital Innovation Management and is crowned by a Business Project.
A typical selection of compulsory and optional modules can be found below. Optional modules are indicative and available subject to numbers.
Curriculum
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Operations Management
Corporate and Business Finance
Strategic Marketing Management
Corporate and Competitive Strategy
Leading People & Managing Organisations
International Business
Business Economics
Business Project & Professional Portfolio
Corporate and Business Finance
Strategic Marketing Management
Corporate and Competitive Strategy
Leading People & Managing Organisations
International Business
Business Economics
Business Project & Professional Portfolio
Careers
As part of the MBA, students receive advice on all aspects of career planning, including a reassessment of their true strengths and weaknesses. This aspect of the MBA programme is invaluable to students who, having worked in managerial roles for a number of years, may now wish to evaluate their experience to date so that they can progress further, now and in the future.
As well as regular visits to companies for MBA students, many representatives from these companies also visit campus as part of the MBA guest speaker series, Let’s Talk Business.
Companies like Barclays, IBM, Microsoft UK and Goldman Sachs have an ongoing relationship with the Brunel MBA, giving students the chance to network and work with them during campus visits.
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