Master of Business Administration (Online) MBA

Course overview

The Teesside University Business School MBA (Online) is a flexible global programme for ambitious working professionals and aspiring business leaders. You develop the skills, knowledge and mind-set to tackle the difficult challenges facing organisations of all sizes, drive strategic change and make a real, practical difference to the success of businesses and economies.

By studying our MBA, you not only gain an internationally renowned qualification but you will develop entrepreneurial and leadership skills to make an immediate impact in the workplace. If you aspire to make a significant contribution to your organisation and society more generally by leading at a strategic level, this is the course for you.

On completion of the MBA programme you will:

• think and act entrepreneurially to lead through uncertain and rapidly changing conditions in the global business environment
• be a responsible leader able to work with a diverse range of teams, in a variety of cultural contexts
• be international in your outlook and understand the challenges and opportunities the global business environment presents businesses
• have a deep understanding of the functions of business and appreciate the importance of functional collaboration to achieve organisational goals
• be a self-reflective practitioner with acute awareness of your self-identity and values
• understand the importance of the role of business in society.

Professional accreditation

The course is accredited by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). On successful completion of the MBA, students will also be eligible for a CMI level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership.

How you are assessed

The programme adopts a range of formative and summative assessment methods to suit the demands and requirements of the applied nature of the MBA. These include business reports, case study analysis, presentations, self-diagnostic assessments, reflective reports and a research proposal and associated dissertation.

Career opportunities

Typically graduates move into general or senior management and strategic leadership roles, internal consultant/project leadership roles or into external consultancy roles. You build on your existing work experience and skills, and the programme enhances your ability to lead and manage change.

Graduates from this course are confident, enterprising and proactive. They are attractive to employers across a broad spectrum of sectors and job roles and many go on to become successful business leaders and entrepreneurs.

You must be an honours graduate of any discipline, with a minimum of a 2.2 obtained from a recognised university, or hold an equivalent professional qualification acceptable to Teesside University Business School. You must also have a minimum of two years, graduate-level, full-time work experience in a relevant role (for example, management, administrative, professional, supervisory capacity).