MBA Master of Business Administration
The University of Liverpool's MBA, ranked amongst the top online MBAs in 2025 by CEO Magazine, equips you with the skills to enhance strategic leadership and global business expertise with customisable modules and an emphasis on ethical management practices.
Level
Master'sDuration
30 months (Approximately)Language
English
MBA Master of Business Administration
Master's (Postgraduate)
30 months (Approximately)
Transform your leadership skills with a top-ranked MBA
Ranked amongst the top online MBAs in 2025 by CEO Magazine, this renowned MBA programme from the University of Liverpool is designed to enhance your existing expertise and develop your strategic leadership capabilities.
Studying alongside fellow high-calibre managers, you’ll discuss and debate the challenges posed by the rapidly evolving commercial world.
The programme encourages you to analyse and reflect on your own organisation and role. This will help you apply theory to case studies of other organisations, and to benefit from peer-to-peer learning through collaboration with fellow professionals from other cultures and industries worldwide.
Master global business strategies and tailor your MBA
Core modules focus on the macro-economic environment that heavily shapes organisational decision-making, management, and leadership. They explore various theories and models underlying the growth of international trade and globalisation, and the practical applied nature of this.
The MBA also provides the opportunity to tailor your educational journey with optional modules reflective of different business disciplines. This includes the option to dive into the rapidly developing field of data and analytics or investigate the ethical perspective of business decision-making.
Elevate your business expertise for ethical leadership
The MBA is designed to enhance and develop your previous relevant experience in business and management. It will also provide opportunities for you to become more skilled and confident in your ability to lead and manage others, ethically and responsibly, and address complex business issues in a range of contexts.
Across the programme, this will be achieved through activities and assessments, which enable you to engage with work-based issues to apply to your own context.
Enhance professional growth through authentic assessment
The underpinning philosophy of authentic assessment will ensure assignments are meaningful and enable the development of employability attributes relevant to professional managers.
What can you do with an MBA?
With an MBA from the University of Liverpool, you can pursue various leadership roles across industries, such as:
Business Development Manager: Develop strategies to drive company growth, exploring new markets and partnerships while utilising strategic leadership skills to seize business opportunities.
Operations Director: Oversee daily operations and strategic implementation of company processes, using knowledge from macroeconomic and global business modules to enhance efficiency.
Marketing Director: Lead marketing strategies and campaigns, leveraging analytical and ethical perspectives from the MBA program to drive brand growth and engagement.
How will you be assessed?
Online programmes feature professional assessments like reports and presentations, with transparent feedback and clear criteria. You’ll receive prompt feedback within seven days, easy access to grades, weekly lecturer support, and dedicated Student Support services.
Is this a part-time or full-time degree?
This is a part-time online degree. It usually takes approximately 30 months to complete.
MBA candidates are expected to have a minimum of a 2:1 class degree in any subject, equivalent to a UK bachelor’s degree, or an equivalent professional qualification from a similar non-UK institution.
Candidates are also expected to have a minimum of three years of substantive postgraduate managerial experience in the private or public sector, including the management of budgets, people and projects.
Non-graduates who possess extensive professional experience (more than five years) and/or a postgraduate qualification are encouraged to apply under the non-standard entry route.
Non-Standard Entry Non-standard entry relates to applicants who may not hold a degree or the required degree classification. We still encourage applications if you have: Below 2:1 or no formal university degree but who possesses substantive management experience (more than 5 years), and A substantial record of continuous professional development and learning in business and leadership (for example accredited training courses, learning & development courses).
GMAT Score Although not mandatory, we encourage candidates who have undertaken the examination to submit their scores for consideration, these must be valid (attained with the last five years) by the time of entry.
English Proficiency All applicants must provide evidence that they have an English language ability equivalent to an IELTS (academic) score of 6.5.
What will it cost?:
Fees for the academic year 2024/25:
MBA: £23,153
This fee is fully inclusive of all costs, including all teaching materials, core textbooks, assessments and resits.
How long will it take?
This master’s award has an approximate study duration of 30 months, studied online and part-time.
- Apply knowledge of the principles and current issues relevant to general management roles in business organisations in new and unfamiliar circumstances.
- Develop subject-specific and key transferable skills necessary for employment in general management positions including business creation.
- Be supported in your personal and professional development.
- Gain opportunities to acquire a range of analytical techniques required for the effective tactical and strategic management of business organisations.
- Identify and evaluate a range of relevant information sources and develop your skills in the application of digital tools for analysis and communication, such as spreadsheet or slide software.
- Understand inter-cultural perspectives and enhancement of skills of collaborative communication in an international context.
- Become a responsible leader who place ethics and sustainable development at the heart of your practice.
- Engage in independent and collaborative learning activities through a virtual learning environment to enhance student confidence, digital fluency and global citizenship.
University of Liverpool
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