Master of Business Administration MBA

Put yourself on the path to becoming an influential business leader. Learn how to inspire, support and motivate a team. Choose your own modules to specialise in the areas you’re the most passionate about.

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Learning and teaching in 2021

Overview

The Sunderland MBA offers a varied programme of lectures and applied learning through seminars, workshops and corporate engagement. A business simulation game is integrated into core teaching to cultivate and enhance leadership skills. Throughout the course there is a dedicated pathway of management and leadership competence development activities – all this makes the Sunderland MBA an exciting and rewarding programme.

MBA

12 month taught MBA programme.

MBA with placement*

24 month MBA which also includes 12 month work placement, facilitated by the University.

Master of Business Administration with Postgraduate Certificate*

24 month taught programme comprised of a MBA and Postgraduate Certificate in Human Resource Management or Digital Marketing and Analytics.

MBA specialist routes

For those with a specific employment focus, we offer a range of MBA’s with specialist routes:

Functional specialisation

MBA Finance

MBA Marketing

MBA Human Resource Management

MBA Cybersecurity

*additional fee applies

Upcoming start dates
22 February 2021
18 October 2021

Why us?

Affilated with the Chartered Management Institute (CMI)
Our postgraduate Business and Management courses are ranked 3rd (of 48 institutions, 43 respondents) for Overall Satisfaction (PTES, 2020)

'World-leading' research in Business, according to the latest Research Excellence Framework
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Learning and teaching in 2021

Our hybrid teaching model combines face-to-face and online teaching. For your Masters course, your experience will include an induction where you will be meet various staff early on, including our Head of School, Chair of the Postgraduate Programme Studies Board, and your Programme Leader. During induction you will also be allocated a Personal Tutor and have a scheduled 1:1 meeting with them, soon after.

Over the duration of the academic year we will ensure that you receive a full range of appropriate learning experiences to develop your knowledge and skills, including weekly face-to-face module session time alongside students within your tutorial group, and online interactive sessions with guest lectures, practitioner talks and skills-based activities shared across the whole Postgraduate Business Management suite.

Our partners, accreditations and networks

Course structure

Teaching methods include lectures, seminars, class discussions, case studies, group work, presentations and applied study.

Your progress will be assessed with the dissertation and assignments.

Compared to an undergraduate course, you will find that this Masters course requires a higher level of independent reading and research.

Please note, the availability of optional modules may be subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances or student demand.

If you join us in March, you will be offered the general MBA course with designated options.

Core knowledge modules

Financial Management and Control (15 credits)
Strategic Management in an International Context (15 credits)
Professional Management and Leadership Development (30 credits)
Value Creation in Organisations - Operations and Marketing Management (30 credits)

Some modules have prerequisites. Read more about what this means in our Help and Advice article.

Specialist knowledge: route or optional module (30 credits)

October intake:

If you study start the generic MBA in October, you can customise your course choosing from a range of optional modules such as:

Contemporary International Human Resource Management (30 credits)
Management Accounting and Finance for Decision Making (30 credits)
Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer (30 credits)
Digital Marketing (30 credits)
Managing Brands (30 credits)
Management Consulting (30 credits)
Management Information Systems: Business by Design (30 credits)
Operations, Logistics and Supply Chain Management (30 credits)

Please note, not all options may be offered. Optional modules require viable numbers and may not run each academic year. You will be informed in Term 1 which options are available.

MBA Project (60 credits)

Choose the format of your final project:

Business Dissertation
Applied Corporate Project
Route Specialism – MBA Project

**PgCert in HRM or Digital Marketing and Analytics* (60 Credits - Optional)**

Human Resource Management in Context (30 credits)
Leading, Managing and Developing People and Organisations (30 credits)

Or:

Markets and Marketing in the Digital Age (30 credits)
Contemporary Issues in Digital Marketing Analytics (30 credits)

*Additional fee applies. Please refer to course page for more details.

You can access free Wi-Fi throughout the University campus, so you can work from anywhere. If you don't want to carry a laptop around, just use one of the University’s PCs or Macs. We have hundreds of computers for you to use in the Murray Library, St Peter's Library, and the David Goldman Informatics Centre. If you ever have any technical problems, just ask the friendly helpdesk team.
IT provision
The St Peter’s Library contains over 31,000 books related to business, economics, management, human resources, marketing, strategy and tourism, with many more titles available through the inter-library loan service. We also subscribe to a comprehensive range of print and electronic journals so you can access the most reliable and up-to-date academic and industry articles.
Library Services - St Peter's Library
Map and directions

Facilities

You’ll be based at The Reg Vardy Centre, on the Sir Tom Cowie Campus at St Peter’s. The Reg Vardy Centre is a modern building with views of the river, and just a short walk from both the coast and Sunderland town centre.

Entry requirements

Our typical offer is:

Qualification	Minimum grade
a Canadian bachelor's degree	GPA 2.40
a USA bachelor's degree	GPA 2.5

If your qualification is not listed above, please contact the Student Administration team at studentadmin@sunderland.ac.uk for further advice.

This course is designed to support career acceleration for suitably academically qualified applicants. All levels of practical work/work experience will be considered including applications from candidates with pre-graduation or limited/no work experience post degree who can display that they will benefit from a programme of this type.

Relevant degree or equivalent professional qualifications.

If English is not your first language, please see our English language requirements.

Is your qualification not displaying here? For international qualifications, search our full list of international entry requirements for this course.

Fees and finance

2020/21 fees:

The annual fees are:

£12,000 if you are from the UK or EU
£14,500 if you are an international student

If you choose to proceed onto the optional PgCert in HRM or Digital Marketing and Analytics (24-month total duration) the fees are:

£14,000 if you are from the UK or EU
£16,500 if you are an international student

2021/22 fees:

The annual fees are:

£12,500 if you are from the UK/Ireland/EU settled/pre-settled
£15,000 if you are an international student

Take a look at the Your Finances section to find out about the scholarships and bursaries that may be available to you.

This information was correct at the time of publication.

The Sir Tom Cowie Campus at St Peter's by night

Career ready

An MBA is a challenging qualification which requires significant dedication. Employers recognise its worth, and the value that an MBA-qualified business leader can bring to their organisation.

While you are studying for this course, you will be an Affiliate Member of the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). This gives you access to the CMI's support resources and networking opportunities. If you have 3 or more years' management experience when you graduate, you will be entitled to apply for full membership of the CMI or Chartered status.

Business graduates from Sunderland have secured roles in organisations such as Facebook, Microsoft, Sage, HSBC, IBM, Enterprise, Nissan, Accenture, Procter & Gamble, Merck & Co, Barclays, Nissan, Marriott Hotels, Viacom 18, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Adidas.

Optional PgCert in Human Resource Management or Digital Marketing and Analytics

Following the completion of your MBA programme, you can continue your studies by completing an optional Postgraduate Certificate in Digital Marketing and Analytics or Human Resource Management.

This route enables you to develop specialist knowledge in the areas of digital marketing and analysis or in skills in people management and learning and development.

The total duration of the MBA with PgCert is 24 months.

Industry links

We invite business leaders into the University to share their experiences with students. Past speakers include Divine Chocolate’s Head of Sales and Marketing and Sunderland Football Club’s CEO.

Learning from business professionals can be very useful if you’re not sure what career to pursue when you graduate. If you already have a plan for your career, these events are an excellent way to start building a network of business contacts.

The Sunderland MBA is affiliated with CMI, the Chartered Management Institute.

Programme support

The programme team is very much committed to supporting you on your learning journey. We provide a robust personal tutoring system setting academic goals and working with you to keep this on track. Study skills development is a feature of the programme support, for example, honing critical skills and critical writing. We pride ourselves on Sunderland being a friendly and sociable place to study – many long-lasting friendships and networks are formed within our Sunderland MBA cohorts.

Meet the students

The MBA is the very foundation and motivation for the initiative.

Abedalrahman Al-Zghoul
Sunderland has provided me with brand new critical thinking skills.

Mohammad Adwan
It's been absolutely great, inside the class, and the experience outside the class as well.

Octavian and Hanneke Lazin

Meet the team

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Contact

Contact the Student Helpline for further information about studying at the University of Sunderland:

0191 515 3000

student.helpline@sunderland.ac.uk

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Overview

Why us?

Our partners, accreditations and networks

Course structure

Core knowledge modules

Specialist knowledge: route or optional module (30 credits)

MBA Project (60 credits)

PgCert in HRM or Digital Marketing and Analytics* (60 Credits - Optional)

Facilities

Entry requirements

Fees and finance

Career ready

Optional PgCert in Human Resource Management or Digital Marketing and Analytics

Industry links

Programme support

Meet the students

Abedalrahman Al-Zghoul

Mohammad Adwan

Octavian and Hanneke Lazin

Meet the team

Related courses

Contact

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**PgCert in HRM or Digital Marketing and Analytics* (60 Credits - Optional)**