Course overview
This Master in Business Administration (MBA) has a particular focus on finance, giving you a fast track towards senior roles with major financial responsibility. More broadly, the course aims to accelerate your promotion and open up new opportunities.
You will develop a deep strategic understanding of the different functions within organisations. You will also learn how to re-apply the best of international management practices and how to implement approaches that deliver outstanding results.
In addition to the core elements completed by all our MBA students, you will complete the specialist module ‘Management, Accounting and Control’. You will also undertake a dissertation related to finance.
At Sunderland, we focus on problem-solving ability and linking theory to real-world challenges. As part of this, you will visit companies both in the UK and in Europe, and also learn from guest speakers who share their practical business experiences.
We understand that your MBA is part of an onward journey. We offer extensive career support to help you gain a rapid return on your investment in yourself.
If you prefer, you can choose to pursue our broad-based MBA or a more specialist MBA that has a specific reference in the award title to Enterprise and Innovation, Marketing, HRM, Hospitality Management or Supply Chain Management.
Course content
Modules on this course include:
- Financial Management and Control (15 Credits)
- Managing and Leading People (15 Credits)
- Operations Management (15 Credits)
- Marketing Management (15 Credits)
- International Business Environment (15 Credits)
- Global Corporate Strategy (15 Credits)
- Management Accounting and Control (15 Credits)
- Managing Innovation and Technology Transfer (15 Credits)
- MBA Dissertation (60 Credits)
Teaching and assessment
We use a wide variety of teaching and learning methods that include lectures, seminars, class discussions, case studies, group work, presentations and applied study.
Assessment is mainly through the dissertation and assignments, as well as exams in some subjects. Information about our policies relating to student experience and quality assurance processes can be found on the Academic Services website.
