Master of Business Administration MBA / PgCert

Further enhance your specialist skills with this two-year course comprised of a Master of Business Administration with a Postgraduate Certificate in an area of interest.

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Info on joining us in September 2020

Overview

This is a 24-month MBA course with an integrated Postgraduate Certificate (PgCert) in either Human Resource Management or Digital Marketing and Analytics, allowing you to gain specialist knowledge in an area relevant to your interests. Following completion of the MBA, you will have the option to undertake a further PgCert in either Digital Marketing and Analytics or Human Resource Management.

Upcoming start dates
26 October 2020
22 February 2021
21 June 2021

Why us?

Affiliated with the Chartered Management Institute (CMI)
Accredited by the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD) in the UK and by the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) in the USA (Human Resource Management)
Benefit from employer engagement opportunities, employer visits and our guest speaker programme

'World-leading' research in Business, according to the latest Research Excellence Framework
We are affiliated to the Chartered Institute of Marketing (Digital Marketing and Analytics)
Watch our MBA webcast to find out where an MBA can take you

Joining us in 2020

Our hybrid teaching model combines face-to-face and online teaching to ensure that you can undertake your course with us and keep safe. 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.

Course structure

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

Your progress will be assessed by a dissertation and assignments, as well as some exams.

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

If you join us in February or March 2020, you will be offered the general MBA with designated options.

Core 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 (30 credits)
Managing Operations and Marketing (30 credits)
Innovation Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer (30 credits), or
Designated option for cohorts without options or routes (30 credits)

Plus, choose from:

Postgraduate Certificate in Digital Marketing and Analytics

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

Postgraduate Certificate in Human Resource Management

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

Some modules have prerequisites. Read more about what this means in our Help and Advice article. Please note, the availability of optional modules may be subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances or student demand.

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

The total fee for this course is:

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

If you are not sure whether you qualify as a UK, EU or international student, find out more in our Help and Advice article.

The Skills Boost North East Discount is a 20% waiver on the full cost of course fees for postgraduate taught Masters courses for any worker who has been furloughed, has been made redundant, or is likely to be made redundant and who has a local connection to the North East region. The discount is also available to anyone with a connection to the North East who graduated in academic year 2019/20 with an undergraduate degree from any university, or who has graduated with an undergraduate degree from a university in the North East in academic year 2019/20 and has been unable to secure full-time graduate employment due to pressures of Covid-19. Read more about the discount.

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.

Our graduates have gone on to careers in a variety of organisations around the world and many alumni are entrepreneurs who have established their own businesses. Students have secured placements with companies including Nissan, Caterpillar, Fujitsu, Network Rail and White Lodging Services, as well as small entrepreneurial firms in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors.

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.

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

View Programme Specifications for the Faculty of Business, Law and Tourism.

Page last updated: 16 September 2020

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