MBA Global MBA at Sheffield Hallam University

• Gain the knowledge to understand, implement and integrate current fundamental concepts of business.
• Build your skills in presenting, negotiation and influencing others.
• Increase your employability through work placements and live projects.
• Create a portfolio of work so you can evidence your learning and development.

This course is designed to give you the skills, knowledge and experience to advance your career into senior management. Our MBA is tailored around you and your individual development needs. Personalised coaching ensures that you graduate with the skills and confidence to become an agile and resilient business leader of the future.

Work placements

You gain essential practical and project management experience during a two week work-based consultancy project. This enables you to consolidate all of your learning and put it into practice by completing a real or simulated project for an organisation in the UK.

Towards the end of the course, you can also choose to complete an industry placement lasting up to 12 months. We can help you to gain a placement by running CV and interview skills workshops. If you are successful in gaining a placement a member of staff will provide support during this time.

Field trips

At the beginning of the course, you take part in a two-day residential to introduce you to the competencies needed to complete the MBA. You work with an expert mentor to design a personal development programme. Your mentor also guides your progress, helping to ensure you gain the maximum benefit from the MBA and that you achieve your leadership goals.

Networking opportunities

During the course you will be able to attend guest lectures from leading industry experts who provide unique insights into business and management. You will also be able to develop shared learning, business contacts and networking opportunities through your placement experiences, peers, teaching staff and industry experts.

Future careers

The MBA is designed to enhance your leadership capability, providing you with support to identify your strengths and weaknesses, and delivers the necessary development to enable you to advance your career. This personal development is supported by practical experience and real world academic learning. This ensures that you have the skills, knowledge and experience that modern organisations seek from their leaders. 

The course is highly valued by employers and previous MBA graduates have gone on to develop successful careers in senior management in a wide range of industries across the world. It prepares you for roles such as Digital Transformation Consultancy, Digital Project Management, and Digital Strategy.