Master of Business Administration MBA at University of Sussex

Get ready for your next business challenge. The Sussex MBA draws on our cutting-edge research and teaching from leading academics and industry experts.

We help you bring new skills and ideas to your business. You’ll apply critical and contemporary views to business, and to political, economic and social issues. Our flexible study options allow you to tailor the course around your other commitments.

You can go on a study visit abroad, to places such as Germany, Italy, India or Japan. These visits – subsidised by the School – combine company visits, academic lectures and cultural experiences. We also offer company visits and guest lectures within the UK.

Accreditation

• The Sussex MBA is an AMBA-accredited programme.  AMBA is the global standard for MBA programmes and denotes the highest achievement in postgraduate business education.
• The University of Sussex Business School is accredited by EQUIS, the most comprehensive institutional accreditation system for business and management schools. Accreditation ensures a rigorous quality control, benchmarking against international standards and is acknowledged worldwide.

Careers

Our MBA is for you if you’re interested in mid-career development or want a general management qualification. MBA graduates are eligible for a Level 7 Strategic Management and Leadership Diploma from the Chartered Management Institute.

You’ll be able to:

• understand different approaches to business administration
• apply a critical evaluation of these approaches to current problems and/or new insights at the forefront of your field
• apply these methods to make sound professional judgements, and to be able to communicate these clearly to specialist and non-specialist audiences
• demonstrate originality, self-direction and autonomy in planning and implementing business administration in organisations.