About Master Of Business Administration: The Essex MBA in University of Essex

The University of Essex is home to the brave and the bold. Our MBA harnesses this daring and experimental spirit. Whether you want to advance to a leadership role or run your own business, you will gain the knowledge, self-confidence and skills to develop new projects and ventures and champion innovation.

You study a broad range of business topics and learn the fundamentals of management and leadership. We foster your entrepreneurial spirit, so you can build sustainable, resilient business models that make sense to shareholders and the environment. You explore the impact of internationalisation on businesses, suppliers and customers and gain the skills to lead in increasingly demanding marketplaces.

Our Director’s Workshops are integral to The Essex MBA and run as one and two-day workshops at key stages of the programme. The sessions may include company visits, trips to business incubators and presentations from industry practitioners, as well as our specialist academics. The Director’s Workshops give you the opportunity to relate current business issues to content taught in your modules and develop your professional skills. Recent examples include sessions on personal branding, new business creation, business ethics, risk management, big data for small businesses, value proposition development and company visits to the likes of Adnams PLC, Cambridge Science Park and HSBC.

The Essex MBA is accredited by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) the only chartered professional body in the UK promoting the highest standards in management and leadership excellence. On successful completion of the MBA you will receive a Level 7 CMI qualification in Strategic Management and Leadership alongside your Essex MBA.

Gaining an industry-recognised CMI professional qualification can make you more employable. You become a CMI Affiliate member during your studies (your membership fee is funded by Essex Business School) and gain access to exclusive benefits, such as:

• CMI networking events
• the opportunity to attend lectures from top level CMI industry-expert members
• ManagementDirect, featuring business publications, CMI research, company profiles and marketing trends management mentoring
• Careers Development Centre, offering online advice on interview and CV skills
• access to the UK’s largest management library
• CMI online CPD system to record your continuing professional development

Receiving a CMI qualification can fast-track you into the next stage of training to become a Chartered Manager, the most prestigious status that can be achieved in the management profession.

CMI is the only chartered professional body in the UK dedicated to promoting the highest standards in management and leadership excellence.

Essex Business School is also in the process of applying for AMBA accreditation for the Essex MBA and whole school accreditation via AACSB.

Your course begins with one week of activities to develop your networking, team work and adaptive thinking skills. It ends with an MBA project, where you choose to complete a dissertation or comprehensive business plan that can be tailored to your professional experience or goals.

Our MBA is taught at Essex Business School, which is placed in the top 25 in the UK for research quality (TGUG 2018) and is placed in the top 20 Business Schools in the UK (CABS REF 2014).

We offer a range of learning styles to fit around your professional commitments. As well as the year-long full-time MBA, we offer a part-time MBA and a part-time Degree Apprenticeship MBA funded through your employer’s apprenticeship levy where you can opt for a two or three year pathway and complete your MBA alongside your existing employment or own business. We also teach an online MBA that gives you the freedom to study when and where it suits you.

Why we're great.

• The Essex MBA is accredited by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) which means that you gain a Level 7 CMI Qualification in addition to your MBA
• We are one of the few face-to-face MBA programmes with a near 50:50 split of female and male students
• We are close to London, but in the picturesque Essex countryside

We have a truly international faculty, attracting students from all over the globe. You benefit from a wealth of expertise and experience in the classroom and can form lasting connections.

Our world-class MBA tutors have both academic and extensive private sector experience and are at the cutting-edge of research in: business ethics and corporate social responsibility; organisation studies; leadership and strategy; finance and banking; risk management; and international management.

The course is led by our MBA Director, Professor of Management, Nicolas Forsans. An international business and corporate strategy specialist, Nicolas investigates the role of business in society and the impact of emerging business models built around digital technologies. Nicolas has 20+ years of experience teaching international business, responsible management and strategic management modules at all levels.

Nicolas has designed, developed and repositioned various Master, MBA and dual degree programmes, embedding innovation in programme design and delivery, securing world class, academic and professional accreditations while collaborating with business and the third sector to create experiential learning opportunities and securing enviable positions for those programmes in leading league tables. He previously held academic appointments at the University of Exeter (2013-2018) where he re-positioned and led the growth of the MBA. Prior to that he worked as a FME Research Fellow, Lecturer then Associate Professor at the Centre for International Business, University of Leeds (CIBUL).

As well as support from academic tutors, our MBA Programme Manager Sian Savage, will be in regular contact and can answer any non-academic questions you have. Throughout your course, you benefit from a personalised and supportive learning environment where help is always at hand.

A degree with an overall grade of between 50-55% OR 6-7/10, depending on the degree institution. You are also expected to have at least three years of relevant, professional work experience, post-graduation.

If you are a non-standard applicant (which is typically an applicant who possesses an undergraduate degree below a 2:2 standard, or an applicant who does not possess an undergraduate degree at all) we require at least five years of relevant managerial experience. You will also be required to write an essay (2000 words) outlining a range of business situations which you have experienced and identifying what you have learnt from them.

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University of Essex The Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses

The annual tuition fees for undergraduate courses is estimated to be around 16,050-18,730€ for a regular course. The approximate costs of living are mentioned in the table below: