Everything you need to know...
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What is the fee?
Home: £16,650 for the course
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How long will I study?
2 Years
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Where will I study?
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When do I start?
September 2025
January 2026
Course summary
- Grow your confidence, challenge your thinking and take your career to the next level.
- Enhance key business skills for leadership, management and consultancy positions.
- Direct your learning with projects that meet your ambitions and organisational needs.
- Benefit from flexible, part-time study options while applying your learning to the workplace.
- Study and collaborate with fellow professionals and business leaders.
- Join a network of entrepreneurs in our award-winning enterprise centre.
This Executive MBA programme is recognised and respected for its innovative, practice-based teaching and integration with the modern business environment. Combining theory with practice, it’s an MBA of choice for individuals looking to develop themselves as the leaders and managers of tomorrow.
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How you learn
All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.
Based in our Sheffield Business School, you’ll join a global community where business leaders, researchers and business students all come together to solve problems and make things better.
You’ll be taught by industry experts, who bring their professional experience and insights from cutting-edge research into the classroom. They’ll lead you through a transformational experience – on a programme that’s designed and delivered to inspire you to realise your ambitions.
You learn through:
- Formal teaching
- Applied problem-solving
- Real and simulated case studies
- Class discussions
- Presentations
- Guest speakers
- Networking opportunities
- Independent study
- Portfolio assessment
- Reflective practice
Course Topics
To be a successful global business leader, you need insights from differing professional and sector perspectives.
You’ll gain knowledge, skills and expertise across core topics including marketing, strategy, leadership, people, finance, operations and business research. Direct your learning by choosing to develop specialist knowledge in areas such as sustainability, internationalisation, disruptive technology, crisis response, and equality, diversity and inclusion.
Throughout the MBA, our approach replicates the real-world – where strategic decisions are made. Rather than simply teaching theory, you’ll learn how things work in practice – through case studies and real-world projects.
You’ll also have the option to strengthen your business acumen and gain work-related experience by exploring other functions within your organisation. This will help you to gain the maximum benefit from the MBA, developing skills to enable you to achieve your leadership goals.
Course Support
Throughout your learning journey, you’ll experience a range of dedicated support, such as:
Access to our unique student support triangle to help with your personal, academic and career development.
- Access to our Skills Centre with one-to-one support, webinars and online resources.
- Free office and studio space, expert workshops, freelance opportunities and a vast business network.
- A network of entrepreneurs and business leaders in our award-winning enterprise hub.
- Career support for up to five years after graduating.
Applied learning
We think the best way to learn something is to do it in the real world. Our knowledge applied approach to learning focuses strongly on learning from experience in the business world.
Live Projects
We bring the 'real' business world into your learning experience by using live case studies linked to accessible organisations – and by applying concepts, theories and research to your own organisation. This means you can make your learning a truly relevant and meaningful experience.
Networking Opportunities
During the course you’ll be able to develop shared learning, business contacts and networking opportunities through your workplace experiences, peers, teaching staff and industry experts.
You’ll collaborate with other professionals and leaders from the public, private and third sectors. Together, you’ll reflect on challenges, share ideas and innovate new solutions.
You’ll also be encouraged to attend networking events from leading organisations, such as The Institute of Leadership and Management.
Guest Lectures
You’ll also be able to attend guest lectures from business leaders and senior managers – who provide unique insights into business and management.
Future careers
The course is highly valued by employers and previous MBA graduates who have gone on to develop successful careers in senior management – in a wide range of opportunities across the world.
You’ll be preparing for a career in several management fields, such as:
- Human resource management (global/local)
- Marketing
- Finance
- Consultancy
Previous graduates of this course have worked at:
- Tata Consultancy
- UBS
- The NHS
- Clipper
- Local councils
- Universities
- Various Government agencies
Where will I study?
You study at City Campus through a structured mix of lectures, seminars and practical sessions as well as access to digital and online resources to support your learning.
City Campus
City Campus is located in the heart of Sheffield, within minutes of the train and bus stations.
City Campus map | City Campus tour
Adsetts library
Adsetts Library is located on our City Campus. It's open 24 hours a day, every day.
Learn moreEquipment and facilities
You’ll study in world-class learning facilities, such as practice facilities, simulation environments, our award-winning enterprise centre and a 24/7 library.
A variety of physical small and large group teaching settings will be used. Digital learning will be used alongside on-campus learning, including our Virtual Learning Environment, digital media, online teaching and collaboration tools.
As part of our campus masterplan, we’re developing a brand new, net-zero-ready building right at the heart of the city centre. Here, you’ll benefit from dedicated business facilities such as a business lounge, trading floor and languages hub, plus plenty of room to study in social learning spaces, seminar rooms and PC labs – all set in 400 square metres of stunning green space, where you can socialise, eat, relax and study.
360 tour - i-Lab
Entry requirements
All students
Applicants must normally hold a 2:2 undergraduate honours degree or its equivalent in any subject discipline and have at least 3 years of full-time professional work experience. Applicants with a lower degree classification and/or relevant work experience will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Additional information for EU/International students
This course is not open to international students who require a Tier 4 (General) student visa to study in the UK. If you are an international applicant but do not require a Tier 4 (General) student visa, email our Admissions Team to find out whether you’re eligible to apply.
Modules studied may differ depending on when you start your course.
Modules
Important notice: The structure of this course is periodically reviewed and enhanced to provide the best possible learning experience for our students and ensure ongoing compliance with any professional, statutory and regulatory body standards. Module structure, content, delivery and assessment may change, but we expect the focus of the course and the learning outcomes to remain as described above. Following any changes, updated module information will be published on this page.
Modules studied may differ depending on when you start your course.
Year 1
Compulsory modules
Global Finance And Operations Management
Leadership, Change And Responsible People Practice
Strategy And Marketing For A Changing World
Final year
Compulsory modules
Mba Applied Business Investigation
Elective modules
Digitalisation Of Business Processes
Enterprise And Entrepreneurship
Global Business In Emerging Markets
Fees and funding
Home students
Our tuition fee for UK students starting part-time study in 2025/26 is £16,650 for the course. For part-time study the fee will be calculated pro-rata each year based on the number of credits studied. The tuition fee displayed above is for the full course. If the full course is more than one year in duration, the fee will be divided into annual payments which will then be rounded. This may mean the total fee you pay is slightly higher than the fee stated above. If you take a break in study or have to re-take part of the course, you may also be charged an additional fee and will be notified of this at the time.
If you are studying an undergraduate course, postgraduate pre-registration course or postgraduate research course over more than one academic year then your tuition fees may increase in subsequent years in line with Government regulations or UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) published fees. More information can be found in our terms and conditions under student fees regulations.
Postgraduate student loans
Up to £11,222 available for Home students on most masters courses.
Additional course costs
This link allows you to view estimated costs associated with the main activities on specific courses. These are estimates and, as such, are only an indication of additional course costs. Actual costs can vary greatly depending on the choices you make during your course.
Additional costs for Business, management and enterprise courses (PDF, 334KB)Legal information
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