University of Strathclyde Business School
Master of Business AdministrationGlasgow, United Kingdom
DURATION
12 Months
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
GBP 38,950
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* although there are no formal closing date for postgraduate applications we advise you to contact the Department/School you are applying to directly to see if your course has an application deadline
Key Summary
Introduction
Study with us
- Gain an internationally-recognized qualification
- Learn in a cross-cultural environment
- Study strategy with internationally-acclaimed academics
- Develop confidence as a manager and leader
- Improve your career prospects or change your career direction
- Study at Strathclyde Business School, founded in 1948
Why this course?
If you choose to study your MBA full-time in Glasgow over 12 months, you can expect a stimulating and challenging experience.
Your year with us is an opportunity to stretch yourself to the maximum, to be challenged and inspired by the faculty and your colleagues, and to make lasting friendships around the globe.
At the end of the year, you’ll have gained skills and abilities to help you realize your career aspirations. Studying full-time allows you the opportunity to focus on the course rather than trying to juggle study and work.
Special features
- The full-time course is 12 months - 10 months are spent taking part in classes, group work, and personal development processes, and two months completing the MBA project
- It allows you to take time to embark on life planning and in many cases reinvent or re-planning your career
- There are a number of classes designed to identify your personal strengths and weaknesses
- The course is intensive and relies heavily on teamwork throughout – encouraging cooperation rather than competition
As the full-time MBA route of study is normally undertaken by those changing careers or considering starting up their own business, the programme has a more formal, integrated career development element.
Benefits of the full-time programme
As we require a minimum of three years' work experience (the average is over nine years) you’ll find your colleagues have a wealth of experience which is a powerful resource that will prove invaluable.
Students come from a wide variety of industries, public service, and voluntary agencies. Typically this has included accounting and financial managers, consultants, engineers, IT specialists, and marketing managers but also some people with very different perspectives, such as medical professionals, civil servants, and military officers.
The class has a maximum intake of around 60-course members from a variety of countries. Our strong belief is by limiting the class size, you’ll interact more with academic staff and classmates, making the overall MBA experience highly participative and engaging.
Association of Masters of Business Administration (AMBA)
You’re eligible to join AMBA after enrolment on an MBA course.
Admissions
Curriculum
The Strathclyde MBA program structure has three distinct ‘pillars’ at its core:
- Responsible Leadership
- Building Capabilities
- Strategy in Practice
The pillars comprise a series of 10-credit modules and one 20-credit module, which clearly embrace the specific leadership challenges and responsibilities impacting business leaders.
Our Building Capabilities module provides you with a solid foundation in the management of key functional areas found in today’s business organizations.
Electives
A number of electives will be on offer each year, led by subject specialists from across the Business School which has a wide pool of academic experts offering a wide range of classes.
To reflect both the latest challenges facing business and the latest insights from our world-leading research, the range of electives is revised annually.
A highlight of the Strathclyde MBA calendar is the annual MBA Summer School which takes place in Glasgow over May and June. The Summer School is open to all study routes of the MBA who have reached the elective study stage and is a wonderful opportunity to study your elective choices alongside a group of like-minded international colleagues.
MBA Project
Your MBA journey concludes with the capstone MBA project. You'll be able to choose the MBA project that suits you best. You can opt for a research dissertation, entrepreneurial project, or consultancy project.
Business engagement activities
Throughout your studies, module and programme-level business engagement activities ensure that your MBA journey is a highly experiential one, and reflective of current issues impacting the business world.
Responsible Leadership
- Strategic Leadership Development
- Leading a Sustainable Organisation
- Grand Challenges of Corporate Governance
Strategy in Practice
- Applied Strategic Management
- Digital Transformation & Technological Innovation
- Economic Analysis for Strategists
Building Capabilities
- Entrepreneurial Thinking & Practice
- Business Intelligence & Data Analytics
- Marketing & Brand Management
- Operations & Project Management
- Accounting & Financial Management
Learning & teaching
The Strathclyde MBA is not just a business program. It’s a stimulating, challenging, and potentially life-changing experience, which will make you question, re-think, and re-evaluate how you do business.
The Strathclyde MBA is highly experiential and based on collaborative learning. You share your varied work experiences, knowledge, understanding, and skills.
The MBA will shape and guide you as a reflective, open-thinking, adaptive learner.
Assessment
Assessment throughout the program involves a combination of:
- course wor
- workshops
- group work
- presentations
Career Opportunities
We recognise that career development is one of the main reasons why people invest in an MBA. The MBA job market offers plenty of global opportunities but can be complex and challenging.
That's why we offer a dedicated careers service for MBA students. This consists of career planning and skills development as well as unlimited access to personal advice and coaching. Our careers service is delivered in-house and by a team of top consultants.
We work with you to complement your own proactive job search efforts. We help use your own particular career background and strengths to help with your next career move.
You’ll gain the understanding and tools to develop your personal, strategic career plan, as well as the self-marketing and communication skills to make effective applications and impress at an interview.
You’ll have the knowledge of the global job market and a range of contacts to make it work for you.
Where you'll find our recent graduates
- Consulting 26%
- Financial Services 18%
- Engineering 10%
- FMCG 10%
- Professional Services 10%
- Public Sector/NGO 10%
- Manufacturing 4%
- Media/Entertainment 4%
- Pharma 4%
- Technology 4%
Dedicated careers resources
You’ll have access to a library of MBA-specific information and resources through our Careers Portal. This offers:
- Company and market information, both the UK and global
- Vacancies all over the world
- Links to top MBA sites
Program Tuition Fee
Scholarships and Funding
Deciding to study the MBA is a considerable financial investment.
You should research how you're going to finance this as early as possible. The majority of students on the full-time programme as self-funded. UK students can apply to loan schemes to fund their studies and non-UK usually raise their own finances through bank loans or scholarships.
The University's Finance Office administers instalment plans for tuition fee payments by self-funded students.