Overview
Our Executive MBA will give you the strategic, financial and people skills you’ll need to progress and perform effectively at senior levels.
The programme combines management theory with real business application; from day one you’ll be able to apply new knowledge and skills in your workplace. You will develop a broad foundation of knowledge in core modules, and focus your studies around a particular sector or discipline in elective modules.
The flexibility of our MBA gives you options to study in Bradford, Dubai, Toulouse (one module) and online through Distance Learning. All modes use the same platform but deliver it in different ways to maximise impact. This provides you with excellent and lasting networking opportunities both during and after your MBA.
Our Executive weekend teaching format provides you with a period of concentrated study that has minimal impact on your career. If you are unable to make a weekend you can study the module online, anywhere in the world.
Our refreshed MBA has been designed with your future employability in mind and we continue to work with major employers on our MBA Advisory Board and International Advisory Board to ensure our syllabus deals with contemporary issues.
We also offer a Senior Leader Masters' Apprenticeship through our Degree Apprenticeship scheme. If you are an organisation looking to make the most of your Apprenticeship Levy and upskill your workforce, find out more about Degree Apprenticeships at the University of Bradford.
Professional accreditation
We are proud to be in an elite group of business schools to hold the triple accreditations of Equis, AMBA and AACSB, often referred to as the "Triple Crown".
Our School of Management MBA courses have been endorsed by the NHS Leadership Academy to deliver the NHS Master's in Business Administration (MBA) programme, as announced in a speech by the Secretary of State in 2016.
Rankings
The University of Bradford is ranked 301-400 in the world for Business and Economics in the 2019 Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
Learning and assessment
Teaching for the core is available as block teaching over a weekend. Friday, Saturday & Sunday, 9am – 6pm. The weekends are spaced a minimum of five weeks apart, going up to 9 weeks in some instances. This is to accommodate Easter, Christmas and Bank Holidays.
The majority of modules are available online. This means that if you are unable to make a weekend you can study the module online instead, thus providing you with greater flexibility.
Assessment is mainly by a 4,000 word assignment for the core, and a 2,000 word assignment for the electives. The Management Project is 15,000 words. Additionally there are formative assignments and multiple-choice questionnaires that help develop your confidence and familiarity with the subject matter, without contributing a mark towards your final mark.
Facilities
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Our state-of-the-art facilities are in a self-contained campus on Emm Lane, set in 20 acres of quiet park land.
We offer library facilities, a trading room and teaching facilities specifically designed for MBA students. This includes flat floor teaching areas and debating chamber configurations.
Find out more about the Bradford MBA
Register for an online event
- Wednesday 13 February (15:00 - 16:00 BST)
Study support
All the material is available online. This includes a study book, lecture slides, audio and video.
In addition to the face-to-face teaching, four online tutorials are available after the weekend module. These will normally be led by the lecturer who conducted the module.
Additionally we have an Effective Learning Service that will assist you in areas such as critical thinking and referencing.
Research
The material is research-led with contemporary material for current managerial and business issues. The redesigned MBA maps to the four research centres of the School of Management, ensuring the programme benefits from the latest insight and evidence base.