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MBA

Master of Business Administration Global

The University of South Wales's MBA Global programme is a two-year MBA that offers you the opportunity to gain up to eight months work experience with companies in the UK and overseas.

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Key Course Details

  • Start Date

    September

  • Location

    Newport

  • Campus Code

    C

Fees

  • Home students

    £14,125*

  • International students

    £16,900*

  • Full-time fees are per year. Part-time fees are per 20 credits.

This MBA Global builds on a strong ethos of helping managers and leaders solve complex business problems while developing professionals who will make a strategic difference within the context of their organisations.

DESIGNED FOR

Individuals seeking to enter management roles, or who are already in management positions but are looking for a qualification to support promotion or a career change.

Career Paths

  • Business analyst
  • HR officer
  • Operations manager
  • Financial planner
  • Business development manager

Skills taught

  • Leadership
  • Communication
  • Project management
  • Innovation and enterprise
  • Research and analysis

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Course Highlights

Work Placement

You will have the opportunity to secure your own placement of up to eight months in duration.

Industry Projects

You will work on capstone, industry projects which are set by public and private sector partners to help you hone real-world problem-solving skills.

Specialist Pathway Options

The MBA Global offers specialist pathways in Finance, HRM, Supply Chain Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship.

Learn from Business and Policy Leaders

You will have the opportunity to go on industry visits to learn from major employers and put questions directly to senior decision-makers from across the public and private sectors.

Module Overview

Global Challenges  
Explore the main global mega-trends, driving forces and challenges for global business today, and the ways in which they impact on global business management and global value chains. 

Global Marketing and Communication 
This module will equip you with the knowledge and the tools required to design globally integrated marketing communications strategies and practices. 

Organisational Behaviour, HRM and Leadership 
This module will provide you with a critical and integrated understanding of leadership, organisational behaviour and HRM in a global context. 

Global Strategy and Decision-Making 
This module develops your ability to critically understand and evaluate a range of strategic options for effective decision-making consistent in a dynamic and diverse global marketplace.

Strategic Financial Management 
The module provides an overview of the strategic financial management of an organization, from both internal and external stakeholder viewpoints. 

Operations Management in the Digital Age 
This module will provide you with a critical understanding of operations management principles, practices, and methodologies and their adaptation in the digital age for enhanced operational and supply chain performance. 

Personal and Professional Skills Development 1 
Based on contemporary professional practice and delivered by industry experts, the workshops provide you with the skills needed to become a resilient, ethical and globally minded professional. 

Capstone Project  
Working in a student team you will prepare a report and actionable recommendations for a client using the tools, perspectives and theories studied in the course curriculum. 

Personal and Professional Skills Development 2 
This module offers an exciting opportunity to further develop your professional and employability skills via a series of practical skills workshops. 

Work Placement  
For your work placement module, you must choose between an external work-placement, an internal consultancy-based placement, an internal entrepreneurship-based placement or an internal online business simulation. 

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Typical qualification requirements:

A minimum UK second-class honours degree or recognised international equivalent qualification.

Relevant managerial experience is preferable and all applicants would be considered on an individual basis. 

International applications welcomed:

We welcome international applications with equivalent qualifications of our entry requirements. For more details related to your country of residence please view our dedicated country pages.

English language requirements

International applicants will need to have achieved an overall of IELTS 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in each component/TOEFL 72 overall and a minimum of 18 in reading, 17 in listening, 20 in speaking and 17 in writing or equivalent.

Equivalents can be located on our English Language pages.

If you have previously studied through the medium of English IELTS might not be required, please visit our country specific page for further details. If your country is not featured, please contact us.

If you do not meet the English entry criteria please visit our Pre-Sessional course pages.

Contextual offers

We may make you a lower offer based on a range of factors, including your background (where you live and the school or college that you attended for example), your experiences and individual circumstances (as a care leaver, for example). This is referred to as a contextual offer and we receive data from UCAS to support us in making these decisions.

USW prides itself on its student experience and we support our students to achieve their goals and become a successful graduate. This approach helps us to support students who have the potential to succeed and who may have faced barriers that make it more difficult to access university.

 

We're here to help

Whether you a have a question about your course, fees and funding, the application process or anything else, there are plenty of ways you can get in touch and we'd to talk to you. You can contact our friendly admissions team by phone, email or chat to us online.

 

Fees and Funding

UK Full-time Fee

£14,125

per year*
UK Full-time Fee

£14,125

per year*
International Full-time Fee

£16,900

per year*
International Full-time Fee

£16,900

per year*

Further Information

Studying at university is one of the most significant investments you'll ever make. Whilst you’re studying, you’ll have two main financial obligations – tuition fees and living costs. There’s lots of financial help available from the University of South Wales and external funding sources, that may provide loans (which have to be paid back) and grants, scholarships and bursaries (that don't).

*Full-time fees are per year. Part-time fees are per 20 credits. Once enrolled, the fee is anticipated to remain at the same rate throughout the duration of your study on this course except as described below.

Please be aware that we may increase the maximum fee for home students on full-time undergraduate courses only where the Welsh Government increases the permitted level of inflation of fees. Fees for all students (including part-time, postgraduate and international students) may be amended in accordance with our applicable Fees and Debt Management Policy.  We will ensure that students are given clear, intelligible, unambiguous and timely information about our courses and costs in good time, ahead of the next academic year.

 

Fees and Funding Scholarships and Busaries Alumni Discount

Additional Costs

As a student of USW, you’ll have access to lots of free resources to support your study and learning, such as textbooks, publications, online journals, laptops, and plenty of remote-access resources. Whilst in most cases these resources are more than sufficient in supporting you with completing your course, additional costs, both obligatory and optional, may be required or requested for the likes of travel, memberships, experience days, stationery, printing, or equipment. 

*Obligatory

£250 - £250

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to obtain the CMI Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership. Students wishing to do this will be charged £250 (price correct at time of writing).

Course Highlights

How you’ll learn

You will undertake a variety of innovative assessments designed to build a portfolio of skills and competencies, from preparing scoping reports and briefings, to applying theoretical knowledge developed on the modules to a range of authentic work-related settings and challenges. There are no examinations on the course. 

Teaching staff

The MBA Global staff are drawn from across the world, and, between then, speak over 15 languages. They are specialists in core fields such as operations management, business analytics, energy transitions, HRM and digital marketing. They have experience of studying and working in countries across the world, from Australia, India and the USA through to Japan, Nigeria and Finland, and therefore bring to the MBA Global an approach which is informed by culturally diverse experiences.

Placements

MBA Global students have the opportunity to complete an internal or external work placement. These placements provide students with an invaluable opportunity to apply knowledge developed in the taught modules, polish skills and competencies highly sought after by employers, while also providing insight into the way organisations operate and the challenges they face. The MBA Global offers a variety of placement choices, including an industry placement, a business consultancy internship, a start-up internship, and an online business simulation, thus enabling students to zoom in on different aspects of business skills and roles, and providing a full-fledged placement experience for all students. Placement pathways are subject to availability and students will make choices in consultation with the course team.

Careers and Employability

Possible career paths

The MBA programme will prepare students for employment within a range of sectors including retail, international management, consultancy, marketing, and e-commerce. It is ideal if you want to progress to a managerial or leadership position within an organisation or work for global companies and MNCs or whether your aim to become a consultant in an area of expertise. Graduates have gone on to work for large organisations such as Santander, Deloitte, the Ministry of Justice, the National Health Service as well as for a host of SMEs both in the UK and beyond.

Careers support

On the MBA Global, the Personal and Professional Skills Development module provides students with an exciting opportunity to develop their personal and professional skills to support career development. Students will participate in workshops reflecting contemporary professional, hands-on business practice which are delivered by industry experts and/or academic specialists. You will also be able to use training and development platforms such as LinkedIn Learning to complete courses which help you build a portfolio of skills and knowledge which is tailored to your career destination.  

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