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| Application Deadline: | Applications can be made at any time | ||
| Location: | Loughborough / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 24 months | Start Date: | October |
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| Languages: | English | ||
The Loughborough MBA develops a range of conceptual and analytical skills for dealing with practical management problems of an operational and strategic nature. It formalises the knowledge and develops the management skills and potential of experienced managers, and provides an environment where insightful interaction takes place between students and staff. The programme is AMBA-accredited and as such is designed for professionals who have at least three years’ management experience, in either the private or public sectors. We offer delegates the option of 3-4 day block release teaching as well as evenings and Saturdays, which means our MBA can be obtained in just over two years.
The Business School is a member of the Consortium of European Business Schools which offers a Summer School for Advanced Management (ESSAM). This intensive, double-weighted 10-day course is a unique feature of the MBA programme, allowing you the opportunity to study at a top European university alongside MBA students from all over the globe.
Compulsory Modules
* Operations Management
* Decision Support Systems
* Business Economics
* Marketing
* Accounting for Managers
* Management of Human Resources
* Managing Innovation; double-weighted
* MBA Project (final year)
Optional Modules
(choose 5 or 6, depending on credit weighting)
* Professional Development
* Information Systems: Strategy and Management
* Career Development and Management
* Creative Problem Solving
* Project Management
* Corporate Finance
* Marketing Strategy and Simulation
* International Management
* Leading Strategic Change
* Summer School for Advanced Management (ESSAM); double-weighted
Assessment
Compulsory modules are assessed 50:50 coursework/ examination, and optional modules by coursework only.
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testFirst degree or equivalent professional qualification, and at least three years’ business/managerial experience. Lesser qualifications with significantly more work experience may be accepted.
English language
All applicants must have an acceptable qualification in English language before they can be admitted to any postgraduate programme. Below are the main English language qualifications acceptable for entry to the University (these are the minimum and some departments may require higher levels):
* GCSE English Language – Grade C or above
* IELTS band 6.5 or above with not less than 6.0 in each sub test
* TOEFL (including the Tests in Written and Spoken Practice) 100 (Internet-based test) overall with no less than 21 in Listening, 22 in Reading, 23 in Speaking and 21 in Writing
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | 3 years |
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 100 |
The programme is AMBA-accredited
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