FULL TIME MBA
ALL-NEW FULL TIME MBA The Durham MBA is designed to help you transform into a world-class business leader. By choosing to study an MBA at Durham you will have the opportunity to develop your strategic, analytical and critical thinking by applying theoretical concepts to global business situations, as well as enhance your capabilities for leading and managing people.
Who is it for?
Personalise your route
What are the benefits?
Our all-new MBA programme includes a combination of core modules and specialist routes, giving you the opportunity to develop your knowledge, skills and capabilities and specialise in specific areas that are most suited to your own professional needs.
• Build fundamental skills that every global manager or leader needs with the broad range of core modules
• Those looking for a career change/boost • Mid-level managers • Entrepreneurs & Intrapreneurs
• Graduate with proficiency in an additional language such as Mandarin, Spanish or German • Customise your MBA through a specific route
Entrepreneurship Route The Entrepreneurship route is designed to provide you with the knowledge, skills and capability of management and corporate entrepreneurship, including the ability to create your own new business venture. You will also have the opportunity to attend master classes run by industry experts, as well as receive one to one mentoring from experts in the industry.
Consultancy Route This route will enable you to build your consultancy capability by critically examining the complexities of managing projects in a business context including planning, monitoring, quality control and closure. You will explore the intricacies of leadership, culture, change and motivation of project teams. Including the project management frameworks of PRINCE2®, PMBOK® and AGILE®. You will also have the opportunity to work within a company where you can put your knowledge and theory into practice. The MBA programme can be studied full time over a 12 or 15 month period. If you choose to study the MBA programme over a 15 month period, you will have the choice to either explore a new industry/role, or accelerate your career through an internship or concentrate on business development for setting up your own business.
• Connect classroom to company with visits to businesses
How long will it take? • 12 months OR 15 months full time
How much is it? • £25,000 • Scholarships of up to £15,000 available
Entry requirements • Upper second class Bachelor Degree, or international equivalent • Min 3 years work experience • Good spoken and written English See www.durham.ac.uk/business/programmes/mba for full entry requirements
CLASS OF 2015-16 NATIONALITIES 27 12 MONTH 15 MONTH Full-time MBA: 68th in the world 9th in the UK
(Ranking 2015)
39% 61%
AVERAGE AGE 30 GENDER:
50% female 50% male
NATIONALITIES
CHINESE 23%
PORTUGUESE 3%
GERMAN 2%
INDIAN 17%
SPANISH 3%
INDONESIAN 2%
JAPANESE 8%
TAIWANESE 3%
KOREAN 2%
BRITISH 5%
AMERICAN 2%
OMANI 2%
ITALIAN 5%
AUSTRIAN 2%
SOUTH AFRICAN
2%
HONG KONG
3%
CAMEROONIAN 2%
SRI LANKAN
2%
MALAYSIAN 3%
COLOMBIAN 2%
SYRIAN AR
2%
NIGERIAN 3%
COSTA RICAN
2%
THAI 2%
PAKISTANI 3%
EGYPTIAN 2%
TURKMENISTANI 2%
‘A business project at one of Germany’s largest car dealerships – Gottfried Schultz – followed the Business School’s concept of combining theory and practice, which we had already appreciated during our studies at Durham. In this context, it gave me the opportunity to apply a mix of newly-gained knowledge and previous work experience to a complex academic research project at a client’s site.’
Sebastian Bahr Durham Full-time MBA Graduate
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE The specialised elective routes are taught together via core modules and include the opportunity to specialise with additional routespecific modules.
CORE MODULES
STRATEGIC BUSINESS PROJECT Throughout your study, you will source, research and then produce a detailed report on a business project you have undertaken at an organisation of your choice. This consultancy exercise will give you the opportunity to analyse and evaluate tangible business issues and apply the knowledge you have acquired in the classroom.
• Accounting and Finance • Economics for Global Business • Leading and Managing People • Marketing • Operations and Technology • Strategic Management • Sustainability, Ethics and Change
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Our MBA programme will give you the opportunity to visit an international business overseas. In addition to attending language classes throughout the year, you will visit leading international companies where you will test and examine academic business approaches in global companies and gain an appreciation of the complex nature of the different dimensions of business. This will help you to appreciate the challenges of global business and also give you the opportunity to apply your new language skills into practice.
ROUTE-SPECIFIC MODULES INCLUDE: • Management Consultancy • Project Management OR • Entrepreneurship • New Venture Creation
BOARDROOM EXPERIENCE Each route also benefits from the Boardroom activity, which is one of the most challenging but rewarding aspects of our MBA. The module is a real-life simulation of a boardroom and will give you the opportunity to apply the concepts and theories learnt during the core modules to a real board-level management team in an international organisation. This will allow you to enhance your analytical, critical thinking and strategic management skills and will also give you the opportunity to network with a number of different business professionals to develop key business relationships.
DEVELOP YOUR CAPABILITIES Throughout your MBA you will develop and enhance your skills in: • Negotiation and Leadership • Trust Building • Cultural Awareness • Conflict Management in the Boardroom • Motivation
TIMELINE
MEET US CAREERS SUPPORT Our dedicated MBA Careers consultant will help you develop a stand-out CV, work with you to enhance your employability throughout your studies and identify opportunities within sectors or companies you want to target. In addition, our Recruiter Relations team can facilitate connections with relevant recruiters and support applications where applicable.
We encourage you to attend one of our Durham MBA Open Events. These are a great opportunity to see the School, meet our staff, current students and alumni, and find out more about the course and studying in Durham. Alternatively, if you are unable to get to the School, you may wish to visit us at one of the recruitment fairs we attend throughout the year. For more information on locations and dates, visit www.durham.ac.uk/business/news-and-events/events Alternatively, visit www.durham.ac.uk/business/mba-events to book a place on one of our Virtual Open Days or to arrange a Skype call with a member of the MBA department, please email pg.bus@durham.ac.uk.
HOW TO APPLY To apply using our online application form, read the accompanying guidance notes, or find information regarding entry requirements, supporting documentation, fees or scholarships, visit: www.durham.ac.uk/business/programmes/ mba/full-time
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