MBA - Master of Business Administration Aberdeen (Campus based)

A good MBA can really make you stand out for the top jobs in any type of business in fast paced major growth, transformation, innovation and operational change in any country and business discipline area. You develop insights across the top discipline functions such as finance, strategy, economics and project management, marketing, leading and managing people, supply chain and new business creation. These are all disciplines within themselves which you rapidly acquire skills and knowledge to manage successfully. These are essential disciplines to many known high street brands, service industries, online businesses and high growth start ups which ensure that if you start a business using existing skills or a new team that you are likely to provide a high growth enterprise very quickly. Alternatively you may have been employed within a sector undergoing a real transformation to prevent threat to business existence which involves you in making changes very quickly at operational level using the range of disciplines you learn.

In this situation you can overcome the threats quickly to ensure long term viability whilst managing short term risks to business and you can be a very sought after individual due to your ability to quickly assess what needs to be done with minimum impact to allow long term profitability. Many brands have recently been disrupted by mass communications and the rapid rise in online trading, some were able to quickly re-organise their business model to avoid going out of business, some were able to innovate and others relied on a wide variety of techniques to allow them to reinvent themselves. MBA positions are normally fast paced but very rewarding in terms of achievements and business satisfaction.

Aberdeen MBA - On Campus

The Aberdeen University MBA is a one year full-time management programme which covers all the main disciplines of business management. You take leading edge modules during our intensive summer school, which is run by visiting scholars, as well as our own expert staff at the University of Aberdeen Business School. In drawing upon the international expertise of research-active staff, the programme promotes the development of cross-disciplinary knowledge in preparing students for effective management careers in both the private and public sectors. You can take this programme over a year full time or two years part time with September or January start.

You may be able to continue working whilst you study, but there is also an online option which may help you manage your time much better whilst studying (below)

Courses listed for the programme

Semester 1

• Accounting & Finance For Managers
• Operations Management
• Business Economics
• Business Strategy & Organisation

Semester 2

• Strategic Marketing
• Marketing management and strategic planning across product and all communications areas of business
• Managing People At Work
• Management of people as a key element for organisational success
• Managing Change and Innovation
• The Leadership Challenge

Semester 3

• Strategic Financial Analysis
• Key concepts of financial forecasting and analysis
• Talking to Teams
• Investigates how teams are shaped in terms of performance by their managers communication methods
• People, Creativity and Change
• Supply Chain Management
• Internationalisation
• Essential Human Resource Practise

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Why study at Aberdeen?

• Aberdeen is ranked as a Top 3 University for world leading research impact in Business and Management (REF 2014)
• Teaching is informed by close links with industry and delivered by industry professionals in some cases
• You gain top level operational management across special core functions required to drive business growth

Where you study

• University of Aberdeen for the MBA (Aberdeen)
• Online for the MBA (Global)
• Full time and part time options available plus September, January available for the MBA (Aberdeen) and other options available for the Online MBA

International Student

• International
• Scotland and EU
• Other UK
• Events and Visits in Your Countr
• Find out more from the programme page

*Please be advised that some programmes have different tuition fees from those listed above and that some programmes also have additional costs.

Scholarships

• The University of Aberdeen funding database
• Latest postgraduate opportunities
• Your Programme page

Fees

• View fees on the programme page

Entry Requirements and Study Support

• English Language Requirements – view the programme page
• Pre-Sessional English Language Support
• Access Courses – English and Maths
• Free Online Courses
• Short Courses

Living in Aberdeen

Find out more about:

Your Accommodation

• Catered Accommodation
• Self-Catering     

Campus Facilities

• University of Aberdeen: A Global Community
• University of Aberdeen: We are international
• Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire
• Student Support
• Clubs and Societies
• Review

Find out more about living in Aberdeen and living costs

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Visit the MBA - Master of Business Administration Aberdeen (Campus based) page on the Aberdeen University website for more details!