Business Administration MBA

About the Course

The Brunel MBA is Brunel University's flagship business management master's degree and is one of a distinguished group of MBA programmes to be accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBA). AMBA accreditation testifies to the quality of our teaching staff, your fellow MBA students and your overall MBA experience. The programme is an intensive, research-led MBA designed to maximise students' investment in a global executive career.

The Brunel MBA award is available in three specialisations: MBA (General Management), MBA (Healthcare Management) and MBA (Aviation Management).

Academic tutors on the MBA Programme are also researchers in one or more of the Business School’s six world renowned Research Centres and students have access to this innovative international research. Brunel Business School has established longstanding contract research, knowledge transfer, Research & Development partnerships with some of the world's largest corporations, as well as with many innovative SMEs.

Please visit the Brunel MBA webpage at www.brunel.ac.uk/mba

Enquiries

MBA Admissions
Brunel Business School
Email: brunelmba@brunel.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1895 267124

Special Features

Leadership Masterclasses

The Brunel MBA incorporates an innovative series of Leadership Masterclasses (LMS)  which aim to help you perform better as a manager. Sessions in the series will help you improve the ways in which you present your ideas, teach you how to manage change and negotiate conflict as well as give you deeper insightinto cross cultural issues and corporate responsibility.

Masterclasses will help you, for example, to become a better negotiator, manage projects more efficiently, resolve conflict at work more effectively and present your ideas with greater credibility. Research indicates that these are employable skills that recruiting organisations look for in a senior manager.

Accreditation

• The Association of MBAs (AMBA)
• Chartered Management Institute (CMI)
  

Course Content

The MBA is an intensive one-year full time programme starting annually in late September. It takes a real commitment and is designed for managers to maximise their investment in time and resources. Classes are scheduled from Monday to Friday with some events and professional workshops held on Saturdays.

Our integrated MBA programme consists of:

• six core modules
• two electives in either General Management, Aviation Management or Healthcare Management
• a 12000 word Business Project

MBA (Healthcare Management)

The full-time Healthcare Management pathway will help students to have a more informed output into senior management decision making or consultancy within the public or private healthcare sector. Specialist modules on managing change and healthcare policy setting will help specialists or those interested in the sector to develop managerial skills to handle real-life business situations in the sector and related industries.

MBA (Aviation Management)

The full-time Aviation Management pathway will help students to have a more informed output into senior management decision making or consultancy within the sector or related industries. Learning on the specialist modules in airline management and airport operations is deeply rooted in the Aviation industry and informed by extensive cutting-edge aviation research. The Aviation pathway is ideally suited to professionals working for airlines, airports authorities and supply and support services within the aviation sector such as engineers, logistics, catering, cargo, energy, safety, security, IT and travel and tourism. It is supported by our proximity to the world’s busiest passenger airport at Heathrow, Brunel’s growing reputation in aerospace and environmental research, and our close links with the aviation industry.

Core Modules

Corporate and Business Finance

• Strategic Marketing Management
• Leading People & Managing Organisations
• Corporate and Competitive Strategy
• Operations Management
• International Business

Elective Modules*

• Information Systems in Organisations
• Managing for the Future
• Global Diversity Management
• Healthcare Policy
• Managing Change in Healthcare
• Airline Management, Economics and Ethics
• Airport Management and Planning

*Please note that specialisation modules are subject to a minimum enrolments of 10 students

Teaching and Learning

You will be taught by a team of highly qualified, experienced, research active academic staff at the forefront of their field or professionals with a wealth of commercial experience.

Teaching will be through a mix of lectures, interactive case discussions, small group and plenary discussions. In addition, speakers from a range of industrial sectors and business areas regularly give guest lecturers to students on the programme.

The Business Project and Leadership Masterclasses Series (LMS) constitute the capstone of the Brunel MBA. This is demonstrated through investigation, business analysis, solution and recommendation, or the traditional academic enquiry route via a 12,000 word dissertation.

Employability

Brunel MBA students benefit from an intensive corporate exposure designed to build Global Professional Advantage throughout their programme. A rich calendar of internal, external events and training allows students to get the most of their MBA by activities such as visits to companies in the UK, and globally, Business Tours, high-profile corporate guest speakers, as well as showcase events to present students work to global companies, on-campus recruitment fairs, professional networking events, and many more.

Students also benefit from a strong recognition of the Brunel MBA amongst employers in the UK and internationally – thanks to the research partnerships the University enjoys. In additional to this students will have access to Brunel’s award winning Placement and Career Centre for the sourcing of placements, internships and global career development.

According to a survey conducted by the Placement and Career Centre the average salary of Brunel MBA class of 2009/2010 graduates was £60,000 six months after completion of their studies.

The Brunel MBA is underpinned by Brunel’s close links to business as well as our relationships with key areas of the public sector. The School recently hosted a discussion forum for aviation sector managers as well as a second annual conference for occupational health professionals.

The Brunel MBA’s Industry Advisory Board provides a fresh perspective on the development, relevancy and impact of the curriculum so that it is properly reflective of contemporary organisations and management needs.

Fees for 2012/13 entry

Fees for 2012/13 will be published on our website in due course

Fees for 2011-2012 entry were:

Home/EU***: £17,500* full-time only **
Overseas***: £17,500* full-time only **
* discount of 10% agreed where an employer sponsors more than one student
** whole programme, not per annum
*** discount of 2% if offered to those who pay all of their year’s tuition fees on or before enrolment.

Fees quoted are per annum and are subject to an annual increase.

MBA Scholarships

Seven MBA scholarships of £5000 are available to eligible Home/EU applicants towards their studies on the prestigious MBA Programme. The scholarships are available for applicants joining the Full-Time MBA programme in September 2012.

The £5,000 scholarships will be offered to exceptional Home/EU candidates who can demonstrate:

• Fulfillment of the entry qualifications for the Brunel MBA: to be eligible for consideration, candidates will need a UK honours degree at 2.1 or above – or its overseas equivalent – together with a minimum of three years’ post graduation work experience
• A managerial position with responsibility for leading a team of professionals and/or a financial budget of a significant size and/or the delivery of an important project
• Clear career progression to date together with the aspiration to be a senior manager
• Citizenship of an EU Member State

Candidates will be expected to show how they consider they will benefit from the Brunel MBA as well as the contribution they will be able to make to it.

To be considered for a scholarship, candidates are asked to provide a personal statement setting out why they consider they are eligible for a scholarship; this personal statement should be submitted in addition to the personal statement required to demonstrate suitability for a place on the programme that must be included with a full MBA application.

Fees quoted are per annum and are subject to an annual increase.

Entry Requirements for 2012 Entry

The Brunel MBA recruits managers and other professionals of high calibre who can both benefit from and contribute to an intellectually challenging management development programme.

MBA candidates are required to have a minimum of 3 years professional or managerial work experience after graduation and normally a good honours degree passed a 2:1 or overseas equivalent. Candidates without a completed degree who can demonstrate several years' managerial experience at a senior level will be considered.

See current student profiles.

It is important for candidates to clarify that they have significant / focussed sector experience with responsibility for either people, resources and/or budget which is supportable by official documentary evidence.

The list of roles and sectors we are likely to consider as suitable include:

• IT-based experience: software engineers, analyst/programmers, business analysts, developers
• any type of programme / project management / advisory role or responsibility
• any type of senior administrative or public sector role: this may include team leaders, supervisors, directors and equivalent in a range of organisations (from councils, through to charities and NGOs, or even SMEs)
• professionally qualified individuals: healthcare professionals (includes medics, clinicians, GPs, dentists, psychiatrists, nurses), aviation professionals (pilots, air crew, ground handling managers and supervisors, catering managers, suppliers, procurement professionals, cargo managers), engineers (civil engineers, mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, aeronautical engineers - all at either chartered or practicing status), local government or public body workers, candidates who hold other professional body qualifications (e.g. any of the chartered institutes or overseas equivalents), military personnel (at NCO or CO level).

If academic criteria have not been met we may consider:

• a GMAT score of 550  or above

English Language Requirements

• IELTS: 6.5 (min 6 in all areas)
• TOEFL Paper test: 580 (TWE 4.5)
• TOEFL Internet test: 92 (R20, L20, S20, W20)
• Pearson: 59 (51 in all subscores)

Brunel also offers our own BrunELT English Test and accept a range of other language courses. We also have a range of Pre-sessional English language courses, for students who do not meet these requirements, or who wish to improve their English.