MBA Master of Business Administration at Nottingham Trent University

Programme overview

A full-time MBA at Nottingham Business School, taught on-campus at City Campus and built around three themes: Leading with Purpose, Leading Agile Transformation, and Building and Leading a Resilient Organisation. It includes three hands-on consultancy projects, two in the UK and one international, and a Professional Leadership Development module with mentoring and careers coaching.

Faculty: Nottingham Business School | Duration: One year full-time or two years with a placement | Intake: September 2026 | Study mode: full-time | Location: Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Modules include Customer Centric Marketing, Leading People and Organisations, Leading Responsible and Sustainable Organisations, Leading Strategy and Leading Innovation, plus the Professional Leadership Development spinal module. Content covers responsible and sustainable management, big data and AI, and organisational transformation, assessed through consultancy reports, strategic analyses and applied projects.

Career pathways

Graduates move into senior and strategic roles such as Operations Manager, Innovation and Growth Specialist, Chief Technology Officer, Global Marketing Director, Head of Commercial Finance and Product Director, at employers including Boots UK, Barclays, the Home Office and NHS trusts.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A good first degree (2:2 or above for the one-year course, 2:1 for the two-year course with placement, or international equivalent, or equivalent professional qualifications); applicants without a degree may be considered with 8+ years of professional experience. At least three years of post-graduation professional experience in a role with responsibility for managing people, projects, budgets or organisational resources. The same criteria apply to UK and international applicants.

Intake: September 2026

Duration: One year full-time or two years with a placement

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