You’ll acquire creative problem solving, critical reasoning and strategic thinking skills, and apply these to your learning about global economic principles, strategic business issues, organisational management and the realities of the competitive marketplace.
You’ll utilise and augment your written and verbal communication techniques, giving you the confidence to present your ideas and strategies to the business world.
On graduation you’ll join our MBA Alumni community, giving you access to future masterclasses and networking.
Employability focus
Employability Skills for Professionals is a series of workshops designed to help MBA students develop the key employability skills that are needed to be successful in their future careers.
In addition, the Business School Masters Series features talks and panel discussions with senior professionals from across the business world who share their experience and expertise.
Accreditation
The programme is accredited by the Chartered Management Institute. On completion of your MBA, you will automatically be awarded with the CMI Level 7 Diploma. Being registered for the CMI Qualification also gives you membership of the CMI Professional Body and a community of over 170,000 managers and leaders, a wide range of digital resources and tools, and the opportunity to attend a rich range of events. Furthermore, if you have management experience of at least 3-5 years, you are eligible for the FAST TRACK pathway to gain CMI Chartered Manager Status.
What you'll study
You will study eight compulsory taught modules, including Management & Organisational Change, Leading Strategic Decision Making, and Principles and Practice of Marketing to qualify for this award. Each module is equivalent to 200 hours of learning. You will also undertake personal research and complete a final project.
Sustainability
How will my degree reflect sustainability and sustainable development?
The Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME) – established under the UN Global Compact – places a clear onus on Higher Education to ‘transform management education and develop the responsible decision-makers of tomorrow to advance sustainable development’. The Business School is a PRME signatory, and we seek to influence professional practice and policy nationally and internationally, helping to drive key societal, economic and environmental impacts.
Our mission is ‘to empower communities to apply business knowledge for positive societal impact’ and we work constantly to embed practical actions into our curriculum, to promote sustainability and relate these to the key ideas of sustainability, as reflected in the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes now reflect one or more of the SDG, and our research is targeted to solve real world problems, mapped against the criteria used in the Times Higher Education’s Impact Ranking.
The most recent annual league table for Sustainability - compiled by People & Planet, the UK’s largest student campaigning network - again places Edinburgh Napier in a top 3 position among Scotland’s 19 universities. This reflects their assessment of our performance across a range of environmental and ethical considerations, which include carbon reduction and management, and education.
What is distinct about equality, diversity and inclusion?
Edinburgh Napier University is enriched by the diversity of perspectives, cultures and backgrounds brought by all within our global community. We are committed to a positive environment where diversity and inclusiveness is celebrated and everyone is treated fairly regardless of sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, disability, age, ethnic origin, religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status or whether pregnant or on maternity leave. We commit ourselves to providing a learning, working and social environment that is free from discrimination, prejudice, intimidation, stigmatisation and all forms of harassment and bullying.
The Business School's vision: 'To be the Business School for empowerment, enterprise and employability for all'.
Our mission statement: 'Empowering our communities to apply business knowledge for positive societal impact'.