Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh Business School

Course Award: MBA

Entry Date: Open enrolment

Overview

The MBA at Edinburgh Business School is our flagship programme. It gives every student a broad
–and deep – range of applied management and business skills.

Students choose Edinburgh Business School at Heriot-Watt University’s online MBA programme for its academic rigour, its intellectual challenge and its proven ability to greatly enhance student career prospects.

They’re also drawn by its sheer flexibility; no other MBA programme gives you as much freedom. You can study the subjects you want, in the order you wish. You can begin and end whenever you choose.

Our MBA programme covers key management disciplines, including economics, financial decision making, leadership, marketing, people skills, project management and strategy.

Programme Duration

it can take a student four years to complete a full MBA, but it can be completed faster or over a longer period. It is self-paced.

Programme Outline

The programme comprises of seven mandatory courses, and two optional. Courses are assessed by a written examination and/or written coursework.

Mandatory Courses

Delivering Successful Projects
Developing and Executing Strategy
Economics for Business
Financial Decision Making
Leadership, Theory and Practice
People, Work and Organizations
Strategic Marketing

Elective Courses

Corporate Governance
Credit Risk Management
Derivatives
Entrepreneurial Venturing
Entrepreneurship and Creativity
Financial Risk Management
Making Strategies Work
Mergers and Acquisitions
Negotiations
Quantitative Methods
Research Methods for Business and Management
Strategic Risk Management

Programme Fees

790 pounds per course

9 courses x 790 pounds= 7110 pounds

NB: Payment is Pay as You Go (you pay on a module-by-module basis).

This affords you the flexibility around payment and helps you better plan your finances.

Entry Requirements

Typically you will hold a recognised first or second class honours degree, or equivalent professional qualification. Students whose native language is not English and who have not been educated previously in the English language must provide evidence of their English language proficiency. Alternatively, formal entry can still be gained by passing three MBA courses one of which must be a core course.

Student Support

Students in Nigeria can also attend scheduled exam-intensive lectures and tutorials with EDC either in person in our Lagos centre and Abuja centre or online via Zoom ahead of each examination diet. The lecture timetable is released in advance of these sessions.

Exam Structure

Most courses assessed by final examinations

Exams come in multiple formats from one course to another

Case studies/Essays/Scenarios/part pre-exam work/pitch.
The full details of the exam format for each course are available on the respective course portals.