Master of Business Administration (Online)

"Due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, examinations may be replaced by an alternative form of assessment during the academic year 2021/2022. Please refer to the Programme Specification on these pages for further details."

About the course

Studying an M.B.A. can transform the way you think and the way you work, change the way others see you and open up new leadership and management opportunities.

Hertfordshire Business School's part-time online M.B.A. enables you to develop the critical and reflective strategic leadership skills you need to succeed in an uncertain world, challenging your assumptions, cultivating flexible thinking, effective decision making and responsible management.

As a Hertfordshire M.B.A. student, you’ll be supported by our virtual learning environment, StudyNet, which provides access to other students, structured online study materials, online activities or tasks and over 100,000 e-books and e-journals. The academic team who lead and deliver on the respective modules are dedicated tutors with a student-focused approach. You’ll also benefit from the support and supervision of our expert research-active staff.

The programme is offered in a part-time (two year) mode and leads to the award of a Master of Business Administration. This requires 180 credit points at Level 7.

Why choose this course?

• You'll learn the skills to enable you to make a powerful difference to your organisation by developing a strategic, global outlook and experience of everything from accounting to marketing
• Earn a highly respected Master of Business Administration (MBA) to support your future career opportunities
• Take a life-changing professional journey and expand your mind, skills, career potential and professional network
• Engage with an innovative approach to management learning and cutting-edge research which will challenge your assumptions about management practice
• Gain a critical, reflexive approach to strategic leadership and management.

Additional information

• Sandwich placement or study abroad year: n/a
• Applications open to international and EU students: Yes

Our teaching and learning methods ensure you are able to actively engage with your own development. All of the online study and teaching resources have been designed in a highly structured and complementary way to take you progressively through business concepts and to give you confidence, enhance your skills and expertise when completing specific tasks. A participative style is used throughout to enable you to learn from your fellow students, as well as from the teaching staff. Experiential learning is central to our teaching philosophy, utilising web-based activities and reading, alongside case studies, reflective writing and live or asynchronised discussions.

There is a considerable emphasis on the utilisation of theory and knowledge to make sense of your own and fellow participants' experiences at work. Current media resources or other material will be widely used alongside case histories developed by fellow participants.