MBA Business Administration Professional Practice at University of Staffordshire

MBA Business Administration Professional Practice combines taught modules in strategy, risk management, leadership, innovation and entrepreneurship with a year-long professional placement applying learning to a real business. Students who do not secure a placement can take 60 credits of entrepreneurship modules plus a dissertation, leading to the award MBA Professional Placement (Entrepreneurship). The course may particularly appeal to international students seeking leadership and management skills in a UK context.

Faculty: Business School  |  Duration: 2 years full-time including a 1-year placement  |  Intake: September and May  |  Location: Stoke-on-Trent, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Students complete six core modules and a professional placement, exploring entrepreneurship and innovation in practice, management strategies for organisational performance, international marketing plans, ethical decision-making, risk management and sustainable global supply chain management. The placement is likely to be a management-trainee-equivalent role and students keep a reflective journal that informs the final assessment.

Career pathways

Management and leadership positions in accounting and financial management, consultancy, human resource management, manufacturing and marketing management; graduates work at Harley-Davidson, Airbus, IBM, Expedia and British Telecom Global Services, among others.

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