MBA in General
Online Malawi
MBA
DURATION
24 months
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
TUITION FEES
STUDY FORMAT
Key Summary
About: This online MBA has eight taught modules (25 credits each; five core, three elective) plus a 40-credit dissertation, totaling 240 credits. Each module lasts seven weeks with materials online 24/7. You can study full-time or part-time and add tutorials in a blended format. Research runs for 14 weeks under a PhD-qualified supervisor; the dissertation is internally and externally examined. Unicaf partners with universities and offers scholarships to eligible students.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can move into senior management, operations, consulting, project management, entrepreneurship, or strategic roles across business, finance, healthcare, education and NGOs. Employers value leadership, research and specialist-stream expertise.
The programme is an online programme composed of 8 taught modules of 25 credits each, of which five are core modules and three are elective modules relating to a specialist stream, culminating in a research-based dissertation of 40 credits. The modules may be taken continuously on a full-time basis or spread over a longer period on a part-time basis, depending on the circumstances and needs of the student. Each taught module lasts for seven weeks and the material is available online 24 hours per day, seven days per week during that period. The student may opt to supplement the online taught modules during this period with face-to-face tutorials in a blended approach. The research is supervised by a PhD-qualified tutor within a structured format over a period of 14 weeks, resulting in a dissertation that is both internally and externally examined.
Foundation Courses
- Induction Module
- Introduction to Master’s Degree
Core Units
- Theories of Management and Leadership
- Strategic Development
- Managerial Economics
- Financial Management
- Markets and Financial Institutions
- Risk Management in Finance
- Corporate Finance
- Research Practices
- Dissertation


