MBA (Master of Business Administration)

Overview & facilities

With an emphasis on current business practice, your learning throughout the course will be enhanced by our innovative learning experience (ALE) techniques. Core themes - enterprise and consultancy - run through the MBA and culminate in a final project related to a real business idea.

The Modular MBA course, starting in September, is studied part-time over three years. You replicate the experience of the full time MBA and join a new full time cohort for each of your three years.

Who is the Middlesex MBA for?
Our MBA is designed for practising managers who want to gain a generalist perspective on management. It has been developed for those wanting to develop their entrepreneurial and consultancy skills to progress in an established company or to set up an independent venture. It is an MBA for those who are serious about practice. We do not ask you to complete a dissertation instead we have a project module worth one third of the course's credits which enhances your entrepreneurship skills or your ability to act as a consultant to your own or another organisation.

What is distinctive about the Middlesex MBA?

• Being based in London, it allows you easy access to the world centre of the financial services sector.
• International experience with a well-established international field trip for full-time students. Previous trips have taken place in Cape Town, Milan, Paris, Barcelona and Hong Kong - all costs are included in the fees.
• Emphasis on coaching and personal development for part-time students.
• A project-based MBA means that you undertake a significant project at the end of your taught content, rather than a dissertation. This could be a major business plan or new product/market proposal and can be done through a real company.
• Free Evening With the MBA events for MBA students, prospective students and Alumni to join together and learn from respected industry speakers. (Click the Events tab for more information)

For more information please contact:

General enquiries
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 8411 5555
Email us

Address:
The School Office
Middlesex University Business School
The Burroughs
London
NW4 4BT
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)20 8411 5000

Download the course flyer for structure and content.

To apply for the MBA please download an application guide and information for referees guide. You can apply online.

Find out more about the Business School and the Business and Management Department.

Content & modules

Modules

• Year 1

  Finance and Economics (20 Credits) - Compulsory

  Financial and economic factors affect organisations in many ways. This module aims to provide knowledge, skills and a theoretical understanding in a number of strategic aspects of financial management and economics and how they affect commercial organisations. It also examines the interrelationships between key factors in the economic environment, evaluating the impact of shifts and changes in these factors on organisational decision-making and performance. The inter-connections between the economic and financial environment are also explored.

  Human Enterprise (20 Credits) - Compulsory

  The aim of this module is to explore and develop the personal and professional knowledge and skills so that programme members are able to manage themselves and other people effectively through dynamic change.

  Management Perspectives (20 Credits) - Compulsory

  One of the central features of modern management is its location in a fluctuating intellectual context, in which theories, practices, thought and values continue to evolve new understandings of the management task. This module embeds the knowledge and skills developed in other modules in this ever-changing context. It therefore contributes to fulfilment of the key aims of the programme as a whole, most notably the aim that successful participants will be equipped to operate effectively in the modern corporate environment, and to contribute to the evolution of different priorities and practices. The module deals primarily with values - of enterprise, of social responsibility, and of cultural diversity - and the manner in which professionals can help the implementation of these in organisations, whether via consultancy, entrepreneurial activity or via internal leadership. Issues such as social responsibility, managing with diversity, managing across cultures and, above all, the way in which the programme s two key themes of enterprise and consultancy are elaborated in organisations are therefore the prime areas of the module. The intention, though, is to ensure that this module retains a cutting-edge element. This therefore implies that as the corporate environment develops - and thus too the values we apply to organisations and the different ways in which these are reflected in practices will develop - so the content of this module will evolve to ensure that graduates of the programme will re-enter the marketplace fully equipped to engage with current managerial imperatives.

  Products and Processes (20 Credits) - Compulsory

  The aim of this module is to offer in-depth exploration of the operations function, emphasising those issues that contribute to business performance; to relate business theory and practice, including the integration of participants professional experience and to prepare participants for general management careers through role play and exercises.

  Project (60 Credits) - Compulsory

  This module provides students with a means of developing further and integrating the skills and knowledge gained on the MBA by application to a substantial applied project related to consultancy or entrepreneurship. The aim is for students to develop a project in relation to a specific organizational issue or problem. It enables students to demonstrate proficiency in relation to the scope of the relevant issue s identified, consider relevant literature relating to the project, collect and apply data, consider the financial implications including any cost/benefit analysis in relation to justifying specific recommendations as well as consider any other relevant implementation issues.

  Strategy Dynamics (20 Credits) - Compulsory

  Strategy concerns those actions that determine whether an organisation survives, prospers or dies, and our focus in this course is on understanding the strategy process to understand how firms achieve and sustain competitive advantage. Successful strategy design and implementation requires an understanding of the firm s external environment and its internal resources and capabilities. It also requires an integrated view of the firm that spans functional areas such as operations, marketing, and finance and, as such, this course will build on and integrate learning from other MBA modules. A central aim of this course is to achieve a balance between theory and practice and to use strategic tools to address the level of complexity and uncertainty facing organisations.

The Middlesex University MBA gives unique added value in course content.

MBA sessions rely on a mixture of formal lecture sessions, case study sessions, guided and independent research, workshops, discussions, debates, student presentations, group work, guest speakers, self-managed learning, simulations, role plays, reflective practice / learning logs, consultancy activities as well as a major project related to the core theme of entrepreneurship or consultancy.

Added value in course content
The course covers six major management themes: human enterprise, strategy dynamics, products and processes, finance and economics, customer focus and management perspectives. Each of these themes is taught through four five-week units providing you with an intense, extensive coverage of management.

• Two-day team building and leadership course within first three weeks included in the course fees.
• A residential field trip to examine international business and management. Previous locations have included Cape Town, Milan, Paris, Barcelona and Hong Kong included in the course fees.
• Additional sessions on career and personal development ranging from presentations and negotiations training to networking skills.
• Business simulation workshops.
• Interaction with industry -the project module involves taking on a major piece of work, consulting for an organisation or developing a business plan for a new venture.
• Corporate placement opportunities are offered to high-achieving students on a competitive basis.

Academic expertise
We have a select number of staff teaching on our MBA, all of which have considerable teaching and professional expertise in their subject areas and there is a thriving culture of research and consultancy.

Key MBA staff include:

Dr. Vinaya Shukla - Full Time MBA Programme Director 
Hong Woo - Director of Advanced Business and Management Programmes

Find out more about the Business School and the Business and Management department. 

Entry & applying

Normally a second class honours degree or above, or an overseas equivalent qualification. You should also have a minimum of two years managerial or professional experience in a full-time position since graduation. Candidates without an honours degree need to demonstrate a significantly successful managerial experience and may be required to complete a GMAT test obtaining a minimum score of 550. AGMAT test will help your application even with a degree. Managerial experience means managerial responsibility for people and/or functions and/or technical expertise, e.g. accountancy

English language requirements

You must have competence in English language and we normally require Grade C GCSE or an equivalent qualification. The most common English Language requirements for international students are IELTS 6.5 (with minimum 6.0 in all four components) or TOEFL paper based 575 (no less than 4.5 in test of written English) or TOEFL internet based 90 (with no less than 19 in each component) Middlesex also offers an Intensive Academic English course (Pre-Sessional) that ranges from 5-17 weeks, depending on your level of English. Successful completion of this course would meet English language entry requirements. For more information on applying for the pre-sessional please email english@mdx.ac.uk. For details of other equivalent English language requirements that Middlesex accepts see international entry requirements.

How to Apply

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Applications for postgraduate study should be made directly to the university. The quickest way to apply is by making an online application, once you have created your account and completed your application, you will be able to track the progress of your application online. Alternatively, you can fill in an application form and return it to the appropriate admissions office. UK and EU students should apply directly to the London office. Non-EU international students can apply to our international admissions office in London, or use our network of regional offices across the world to assist you with your application.

English Language Requirements

You must have competence in English language and we normally require Grade C GCSE or an equivalent qualification. The most common English Language requirements for international students are IELTS 6.5 (with minimum 6.0 in all four components) or TOEFL paper based 575 (no less than 4.5 in test of written English) or TOEFL internet based 90 (with no less than 19 in each component) Middlesex also offers an Intensive Academic English course (Pre-Sessional) that ranges from 5-17 weeks, depending on your level of English. Successful completion of this course would meet English language entry requirements. For more information on applying for the pre-sessional please email english@mdx.ac.uk. For details of other equivalent English language requirements that Middlesex accepts see international entry requirements.

To apply for the MBA please download an application guide and information for referees guide. You can apply online.

Fees & funding

The fee for the MBA for the academic year 2012/13 is as follows:

UK/EU/International students

£13,500

Find out about our flexible payment plans for UK/EU students, and how they can help you spread the cost of your course.

Why sponsor an MBA?

Our MBA courses prepare capable managers and executives for leadership roles within their organisations.

Our MBA equips individuals with a broad range of management skills, and in doing so, you will gain an innovative leader able to inform and support organisational strategy. Sponsoring an employee will add high value to the organisation's human resource management strategy and assist employee relations. Skilled executives offer strategic value to companies looking for growth opportunities. 


To apply for the MBA please download an application guide and information for referees guide. You can apply online.