
Online MBA with Engineering Leadership
DURATION
24 Months
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Aug 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 26,250 *
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
* £1,875 per module
Introduction
Combine your engineering expertise with responsible business practices
Harness your engineering expertise and integrate it with responsible business practices to set yourself apart as a leader who can make a lasting impact on both your organisation and society. Grow your knowledge in systems thinking and build your engineering expertise to drive responsible business practices with an AMBA-accredited, global top 10 Online MBA (Financial Times 2024).
Our AMBA-accredited online MBA with Engineering Leadership offers flexibility, convenience, and collaboration with international colleagues to gain essential knowledge to achieve your career goals. Designed with a responsible business focus, the Birmingham MBA offers three intakes per year and imparts hands-on experiences to tailor your learning and translate valuable skills to your current or future business role. Immersive study opportunities are available face-to-face in the UK, UAE, Singapore, Mexico, and Spain – plus, there is the option to take up to three modules at one of our campuses in the UK, UAE, or Singapore.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
The University of Birmingham is providing 26 scholarships, each worth £3,000, which are available for all master’s degree programs, excluding PGCerts, for the start dates in February, March, June, and July.
Curriculum
The online MBA with Engineering Leadership is a 180-credit programme which includes 13 modules and a 40-credit project or research dissertation to help you develop the expertise you need to pursue senior engineering management and leadership positions. Study as part of a diverse, global coalition of students with opportunities to expand your professional network during group assignments, lecture sessions, roundtable discussions and optional residencies.
Module highlights:
- Safety Critical Systems
- Engineering Sustainability
- 4th Industrial Revolution, AI and Data
If you’re unable to commit to the full MBA qualification, there are alternative qualification routes. You can exit with one of the following credentials:
- Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip): 120 credits
- Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert): 60 credits
Strategic events such as job search workshops, career development sessions, and networking opportunities with employers and alumni are designed to further advance your career. In addition to being invited to online industry guest lectures, you will have the opportunity to visit campus for workshops like our annual Deloitte Consultancy Challenge and MBA Symposium.
Rankings
Online MBA ranked 9th in the world (Financial Times 2024), including:
- 2nd for MBA careers services
- 4th for value for money
- 5th for global mobility
Online MBA ranked 11th in the EMEA region (QS 2024)
World-leading ‘Top 100’ university (QS 2025, THE 2025)
Russell Group member university
Partner with University Hospitals Birmingham and other major NHS Trusts.
Program Outcome
- Practice purposeful and inclusive leadership in an engineering setting.
- Identify risks, challenges and lines of consequence within complex systems and services.
- Critically evaluate the performance of a system safety assessment.
- Use consistent and clear terminology in communications about safety engineering to peers and senior colleagues, translating between the vocabularies of different domains.
- Make informed judgements on complex ethical issues not addressed in current practice.
- Conceptualise opportunities and challenges for AI and Data Analytics about strategic leadership in own areas of activity.
- Formulate and analyse a complex problem to reach a conclusion substantiated by a deep understanding.
- Communicate a plan of action to an audience with mixed backgrounds e.g. priorities, and expertise.
- Develop original and creative responses to problems and issues related to sustainability.