Apply by:
13 June 2023
To start:
27 June 2023
  • 180 credits
  • 14 months full-time
  • 2 years part-time
  • £7,740 total fees
  • QAA-commended university

Choose Wolverhampton

  1. Commendation from Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
  2. 85% of research ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally important’ (latest REF)
  3. Business School established for more than 80 years
  4. Courses developed with industry partners
  5. Option to pay per module
  6. Alumni discount available

Transform your career prospects

The online MBA from a business school with a track record for developing leaders.

In a global business market with fierce competition and complex, ever-changing environments, organisations need agile, effective, and transformational leaders with a broad skill set to strategise, innovate, motivate, and lead teams to success.

The distance learning MBA from the University of Wolverhampton has a simple purpose: to develop capable senior leaders for public, private, and not-for-profit organisations who are equipped with the knowledge, skills, and behaviours to lead modern organisations ethically and sustainably, both in national and international business.

This Master of Business Administration course has been designed closely with employers to equip you for success in senior manager, director, MD and CEO roles. It is underpinned by problem-based learning which references real-world practice throughout.

This online course has been shaped by our significant expertise in teaching MBA courses, and start-ups and long-established organisations across a diverse range of sectors, including retail, health, education, and business have already benefited from developing their strategic leaders through our transformative MBA degrees.

Study from anywhere, anytime

Flexible study that allows you to keep moving forward.

On this innovative online master’s course, you will benefit from a sophisticated online learning experience that is built around group learning, collaboration and interaction. You will interact with tutors and fellow MBA students via discussion groups and forums. In group activities, you will learn with and from fellow learners from across the world, sharing professional experience and insights with peers from diverse backgrounds, making this a truly global MBA.

The flexible structure of this online MBA enables you to access the course content on demand, at times that are convenient for you to study. This is critical because it allows you to expand your professional development around work and family commitments to an extent that no other modality of study can. You can continue to earn, retain your current role, and can avoid effectively putting the rest of your life on hold whilst you study.

This online MBA has no geographical boundaries. Because it is taught and studied in an entirely online interactive environment, it is available to a global audience of students and can be studied from anywhere, on your terms. Studying this course represents a key opportunity to make potentially influential connections with fellow learners across the world, growing your global professional network.

What you will learn

The distance learning online MBA provides a deep intellectual appreciation of the rapidly changing organisational context that is interconnected across national and international boundaries, incorporating a diverse range of stakeholders and maximising value sustainably through topics such as: organisational strategy; leadership and people management; marketing strategy; operations; and supply chain management.

Business skills and knowledge taught on our core modules include:

  • Leadership and people management skills
  • Organisational strategy
  • Business analytics
  • Digital transformation
  • Operations management
  • Financial management
  • Strategic marketing
  • Supply chain management
  • Organisational governance
  • Sustainability in business

Academic excellence

Study with a QAA-commended university with deep-rooted MBA expertise.

The University of Wolverhampton Business School is over 80 years old and was one of the very first institutions to offer MBA courses. You will learn from a highly motivated team of experts who have been drawn from a range of business and management backgrounds, many of whom have held senior positions in multinational and blue-chip organisations.

Commended by the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) – the highest accolade they can award to a university – the University of Wolverhampton has been able to leverage its wealth of experience and highly skilled team to provide online MBA courses that equip current and aspiring leaders with the holistic knowledge base and skill set that they need to succeed in senior leadership roles in the modern-day world of work.

Entry requirements for home and international students

Applicants should have or be about to complete:

  • A recognised undergraduate or postgraduate degree (or equivalent qualification) from an accredited college, institution, or university, equivalent to or higher than a UK bachelor’s degree with honours
  • All applicants must have at least two years of relevant work experience in a professional, managerial or supervisory role

Or:

  • If the applicant does not hold a recognised degree or hold an ordinary degree, they should have at least three years of relevant work experience in a professional, managerial or supervisory role

Fees

Total fees: £7,740
Per 15-credit module fee: £645

If you are based in the UK, you may be eligible for a government postgraduate loan to cover the full costs of the course.

University of Wolverhampton alumni discount: If you have successfully completed an undergraduate degree at the University of Wolverhampton, you are eligible for a 10% tuition fees reduction.

Modules

Looking for a more specialised online MBA programme?

QAA Quality Assurance Agency commendation (the highest accolade that can be awarded)
85% of research 'world-leading' or 'internationally important' (latest REF)
80 years Distinguished 80-year-old Business School
Industry partners have helped develop our courses
22,000 A university of 22,000 students