
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh Business School
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
830 pounds per course 9 courses x 830 pounds= 7,470 pounds
NB: Payment is Pay as You Go (you pay on a module-by-module basis). This affords you 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.
Exam Diet
April, August, and December
Exam Results
Results are released six to eight weeks after the exam