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MBA - Master of Business Administration
College Lane - Campus
Full Time
Sep 2026
2 Year
About the course The Master of Business Administration with Extended Professional Practice degree will equip you with a critical understanding of business and management essentials, covering areas such as people management, marketing and financial proficiency. You’ll develop strategic leadership skills crucial for success in the professional world, and the ability to assess organisational strategic positioning. The programme is well-suited for you, regardless of your previous experience, if you are interested in leadership roles and entrepreneurial ventures. This is course offers a comprehensive and immersive experience designed to develop well-rounded business leaders. This course not only provides you with academic knowledge, but also integrates real-world practice, enabling you to apply what you learn in dynamic business environments. The course includes a 30-week postgraduate professional placement. Students who are academically eligible for the placement must secure a professional work placement by themselves with the structured and dedicated support and guidance of the Future Success and Employability Team. During the 2-year course, year 1 will focus on academic modules while year 2 will focus on applying your learning in a real-world setting through a professional placement, supported by a reflective portfolio. This is complemented by Strategic Management Research and Financial Principles and Practice modules in your final semester of study. As a University of Hertfordshire MBA student, you’ll be supported by first-class facilities, including our virtual learning environment, StudyNet, which provides access to other students, lecture notes and over 100,000 e-books and e-journals. You’ll also benefit from the opportunity to participate in the Young Enterprise Start-Up Programme—an intensive, hands-on experience delivered in partnership with one of the UK’s leading enterprise education charities. Students work in teams to launch real businesses, act as company directors, and compete in national and European competitions. This initiative bridges the gap between academic theory and the practical demands of innovation, leadership, and entrepreneurship in a live, supportive environment. You’ll benefit from teaching and supervision by expert, research-active staff, many of whom are internationally recognised and work as consultants or advisors to leading organisations. Their experience includes supporting FTSE-listed firms, global health bodies, innovation hubs, and digital transformation projects—bringing real-world insight directly into the classroom.
The module is designed to support postgraduate students in their search for work placements and their applications. Students are given an overview of the employment market, and information on what employers will be looking for when selecting. During their study, students will analyse current recruitment and selection methods used, and the module provides students with support to prepare for these.
Undertaking a sandwich placement provides students with the opportunity to set their academic studies in a broader context. It also provides an opportunity to gain practical experience of the professional workplace, and to strengthen key employability skills. The Work Placement Portfolio module requires students to reflect on the learning gained throughout their placement, both in relation to their personal development, and their learning from their programme of study.
Undertaking a placement year provides students with the opportunity to set their academic studies in a broader context, to gain practical experience of the workplace, and to strengthen key employability skills. The Professional Work Placement module provides opportunities for students to reflect on the learning gained throughout their placement, and to prepare themselves for articulating their experiences and enhanced skills when applying for future employment.
The module is designed to equip students with a critical understanding of the main principles of people management including practices and processes, contextual influences and their impact on individuals and organisations. By examining various perspectives and approaches to people management, whether within teams or as individuals, students will prepare for a people management role through the development of their own personal 'toolkit'. Additionally, the module provides students with practical insights on how effective people management contributes to both organisational and personal success.
This module equips students with a critical understanding of strategic marketing, encouraging the exploration of innovative methods to identify and capitalize on emerging market opportunities for both established businesses and startups. Through projects focused on product/service development, students learn to leverage digital business models, marketing communications and transformation strategies. Furthermore, entrepreneurial skills are cultivated in this module through a variety of approaches. The module is structured into two parts: initially emphasizing on marketing comprehension and then shifting to practical marketing and entrepreneurial skill development.
This module is designed to enhance your understanding and application of financial information, which is crucial for effective interaction with both financial and non-financial management. You will learn to evaluate financial statements for external stakeholders and internal management reports, vital for decision-making. This module also explores methods for evaluating investment decisions and their financing options and combines theoretical knowledge with practical application through a blend of lectures, case studies and exercises to equip you with crucial skills for dynamic financial management in contemporary business contexts.
The module content focuses on career development within the context of the contemporary workplace and preparation for life beyond the MBA. Students will be enabled to evaluate the skills, knowledge, and behaviours required to achieve their professional career goals. Through research, reflection, self-evaluation, and engagement with industry practitioners from relevant career focus contexts, learners will consider their own career development needs and produce a personal development plan to aid them in their employability.
Students will undertake strategic analysis and decision making in the context of real businesses and organisations, exploring the role of unpredictability, rapidly evolving industry architecture and dynamic processes of organisation. Students engage in a range of strategic debates impacting modern organisations, developing their skills as a manager and leader through the exploration of complex business challenges. Creativity, innovation and collaboration are critical success factors within the context of strategic decision making.
Success at university requires a full understanding of institutional expectations as well as the development of key academic skills needed to enable students to fulfil their potential. This module will provide a structured step-by-step guide along the student journey to equip students with the necessary knowledge and skills to best achieve their goals. Using engaging and interactive content, this module aims to provide students with all the tools and a strong foundation upon which to build successful academic and professional experiences.
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