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Master of Business Administration (MBA)

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    Overview

    Studying for the Huddersfield MBA will help you realise your ambitions, become a more effective, responsible leader, develop a strategic and global management perspective and improve your communication skills. Our MBA has an overarching focus on responsible leadership, which engenders the need to take a multiple stakeholder perspective. The course aims to develop in you, an integrated and critically aware understanding of responsible management and organisations and necessary skills to prepare you for effective roles within organisations. It offers four areas of knowledge and skill development: * Professional developments to be a responsible leader * Responsible leadership and people management in an organisation * Responsible leadership in a changing environmental and societal context * Strategy development and innovation for fulfilling value propositions

    Inspirational and supportive tuition, exposure to the latest management thinking and the benefits of mixing with and learning from other talented students for the duration of the programme will help equip you for senior management roles.

    An MBA qualification is a globally recognised postgraduate management qualification that is highly valued by employers. Studying our MBA will help you to achieve your personal goals, become a valuable asset to your organisation and help improve your chances of climbing the career ladder. Alternatively, you may choose to use your MBA to explore and redefine your ambitions and change your career direction.

    Key Information

    Entry requirements

    Entry requirements for this course are normally:

    • You should have an Honours degree (2:2 or above) in any subject or an equivalent professional qualification.
    • In addition you would need at least two years' relevant work or managerial experience.
    • Applicants with other professional qualifications and/or experience will be considered individually.
    • Advanced entry onto the programme would be possible for suitably qualified applicants. In such cases the University’s standard regulations and processes for accreditation of prior learning (APL) will apply.

    If your first language is not English, you will need to meet the minimum requirements of an English Language qualification. The minimum for IELTS is 6.0 overall with no element lower than 5.5, or equivalent. Read more about the University’s entry requirements for students outside of the UK on our International Entry Requirements page.

    Start dates

    22 September 2025

    Duration

    1 year full-time
    2 years part-time

    Course Detail

    Responsible Leadership and People Engagement

    In this module you will demonstrate the knowledge, skills and behaviours associated with ethical and value-based leadership. You will learn how to develop effective stakeholder engagement and talent management strategies and you will learn how to build a high-performance inclusive culture that gets the best from people and enables the delivery of results.

    Strategy and Innovation

    This module will support you to demonstrate knowledge, skills and behaviours associated with shaping organisational mission, values and strategic direction. It encompasses organisational mission, culture and values, horizon scanning, and responsible decision-making. By completing this module you will have the knowledge and ability to set direction, vision, governance and provide a clear sense of purpose for your area of responsibility.

    Operational Systems, Processes and Decision Making

    This module will support you to demonstrate knowledge, skills and behaviours associated with effective operational management and decision making. The module covers financial governance and accountability, knowledge and data management, risk management and procurement. You will learn how to use data from internal and external sources in order to identify longer-term opportunities and risks.

    The Responsible Consultant

    This module will prepare you for the Strategic Consultancy Project. The module will analyse various models of consultancy and you will explore different stages in the consultancy cycle including: the purpose of consultancy in business contexts, project scoping and contracting, information gathering, analysis and reporting, action planning, implementation, review and exiting. The module introduces ethical and responsible consultancy and research methods for applied projects. You will also evaluate your consultancy competency skills and identify development needs.

    Emerging Issues in Management

    This module will examine pertinent issues facing contemporary management and business. Given the global challenges facing business, the module will provide you with the opportunity to explore the changing internal and external contextual landscape and evaluate the impact of contemporary issues on economies, business and management, and suggest critical solutions.

    Applied Business Project

    This module provides you with the opportunity to get involved in a project, that is normally within a business of your choice. It is intended to achieve business objectives and suggest new implementation systems based on the client’s business requirements. Moreover, the Business-research project aims to provide solutions to a commissioned business problem. You will be expected to engage in the process of scoping the project, undertake the necessary information gathering, adopting responsible leadership in analysing the information and make recommendations on the basis of your findings. The nature of the task will vary according to the nature of the issue that is needed to be investigated; it may be strategic or operational.

    Here at Huddersfield 100% of permanent teaching staff* have professional recognition as Fellows of the Higher Education Academy (HEA). Fellowships are only awarded to academics who can demonstrate their knowledge and ability to teach to a high standard.

    We have links with a number of professional bodies that can help your professional development and offer additional insights to your industry and profession. Huddersfield Business School is an official HE Partner of the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). You'll have access to a number of guest lectures and networking events throughout your studies.

    We use a range of teaching methods with a significant emphasis on group discussion. You are expected to share your experiences. Lectures will provide the formal input to the modules. These will be supplemented by guided reading and case study analyses. We also use workshop, tutorial and seminar activities.

    There are a variety of assessment methods, including individual and group reports, essays, learning logs, time constrained assessment activities and the dissertation.

    The postgraduate dissertation proposal module is delivered through the entire programme, enabling you to get an understanding of the importance of research for business while you develop a research question which will inform your dissertation. You will undertake your postgraduate dissertation during the summer term, once all of the taught elements of the module have been completed.

    On average 10%** of the study time on this course is spent with your tutors (either face to face or online) in lectures, seminars, workshops etc. Study and assessments will be based on your choice of modules. Your module specification/course handbook will provide full details of the assessment criteria applying to your course.

    *Permanent staff, after probation: some recently appointed colleagues will only obtain recognition in the months after their arrival in Huddersfield, once they have started teaching; research degrees applies to those on contracts of more than half-time.

    **based on 22/23 programme specifications

    1. Our teaching staff rank first in England for the proportion with higher degrees and teaching qualifications, as well as being top five for those holding doctorates (HESA 2025). So you’ll learn from some of the best, helping you to be the best.

    2. We are joint first in the country for National Teaching Fellowships, which mark the UK’s best lecturers in Higher Education, winning a total of 23 since 2008 (2024 data).

    3. We won the first Global Teaching Excellence Award, recognising the University’s commitment to world-class teaching and its success in developing students as independent learners and critical thinkers (Higher Education Academy, 2017).

    Visit ‘Our experts’ page where you’ll find in-depth profiles of all our academic staff

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    Important information

    We will always try to deliver your course as described on this web page. However, sometimes we may have to make changes as set out below.

    Changes to a course you have applied for

    If we propose to make a major change to a course that you are holding an offer for, then we will tell you as soon as possible so that you can decide whether to withdraw your application prior to enrolment.

    Cancellation of a course you have applied for

    Although we always try and run all of the course we offer, we may occasionally have to withdraw a course you have applied for or combine your programme with another programme if we consider this reasonably necessary to ensure a good student experience, for example if there are not enough applicants to ensure you have a good learning experience. Where this is the case we will notify you as soon as reasonably possible and we will contact you to discuss other suitable courses with us we can transfer your application to. If we notify you that the course you have applied to has been withdrawn or combined, and you do not wish to transfer to another course with us, you may cancel your application and we will refund you any deposits or fees you have paid to us.

    Changes to your course after you enrol as a student

    We will always try to deliver your course and other services as described. However, sometimes we may have to make changes as set out below:

    Changes to option modules

    Where your course allows you to choose modules from a range of options, we will review these each year and change them to reflect the expertise of our staff, current trends in research and as a result of student feedback or demand for certain modules. We will always ensure that you have a range of options to choose from and we will let you know in good time the options available for you to choose for the following year.

    Major changes

    We will only make major changes to the core curriculum of a course or to our services if it is necessary for us to do so and provided such changes are reasonable. A major change in this context is a change that materially changes the services available to you; or the outcomes, or a significant part, of your course, such as the nature of the award or a substantial change to module content, teaching days (part time provision), classes, type of delivery or assessment of the core curriculum.

    For example, it may be necessary to make a major change to reflect changes in the law or the requirements of the University’s regulators; to meet the latest requirements of a commissioning or accrediting body; to improve the quality of educational provision; in response to student, examiners’ or other course evaluators’ feedback; and/or to reflect academic or professional changes within subject areas. Major changes may also be necessary because of circumstances outside our reasonable control, such as a key member of staff leaving the University or being unable to teach, where they have a particular specialism that can’t be adequately covered by other members of staff; or due to damage or interruption to buildings, facilities or equipment.

    Major changes would usually be made with effect from the next academic year, but this may not always be the case. We will notify you as soon as possible should we need to make a major change and will carry out suitable consultation with affected students. If you reasonably believe that the proposed change will cause you detriment or hardship we will, if appropriate, work with you to try to reduce the adverse effect on you or find an appropriate solution. Where an appropriate solution cannot be found and you contact us in writing before the change takes effect you can cancel your registration and withdraw from the University without liability to the University for future tuition fees. We will provide reasonable support to assist you with transferring to another university if you wish to do so.

    Termination of course

    In exceptional circumstances, we may, for reasons outside of our control, be forced to discontinue or suspend your course. Where this is the case, a formal exit strategy will be followed and we will notify you as soon as possible about what your options are, which may include transferring to a suitable replacement course for which you are qualified, being provided with individual teaching to complete the award for which you were registered, or claiming an interim award and exiting the University. If you do not wish to take up any of the options that are made available to you, then you can cancel your registration and withdraw from the course without liability to the University for future tuition fees and you will be entitled to a refund of all course fees paid to date. We will provide reasonable support to assist you with transferring to another university if you wish to do so.

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