Overview
Are you an experienced manager who wants to take your career to the next level with professional development? Then the Brunel MBA is for you.
Whether you want to advance your existing career, move to a new field, or start your own business, the Brunel MBA can give you the tools you need. Every aspect of the course is practical, fulfilling, integrated and, thanks to our world class teaching and research facilities, always relevant to today’s ever-changing business environment.
The Brunel MBA is a one year full-time or two year part-time course with three pathway options: The Brunel MBA, The Brunel MBA (Digital Innovation Management), and The Brunel MBA (Healthcare Management).
The General Management MBA specialisation can help you become a more accomplished manager all-round. From finance to international strategy, harnessing technologies and marketing, this course will help you with senior management decision-making and solving business issues. We support you in identifying your strengths and weaknesses and working with them to help you progress.
The Digital Innovation Management MBA focuses on equipping future leaders and aspiring managers with the toolkit aimed at dealing with technological innovation, vast amounts of digital information, Big Data and using them to make strategic decisions. This matches and reflects upon the increasing digitalisation and the reliance on Big Data as well as the disruptive shifts taking place in the work environment and economy. The course is designed for professionals who work in the IT sector and have an engineering or technical background, as well as entrepreneurs. The Digital Innovation Management MBA has seven core modules (students do not take Operations Management) and two electives: Information Systems in Organisations and Managing Digital Technology and Innovation.
The Healthcare Management MBA focuses on application of knowledge in the healthcare industry and enables students to develop managerial skills to handle real-life business situations in the sector. The MBA (Healthcare Management) course is designed for professionals in the NHS, public health services and outside suppliers and consultancies.
The Brunel MBA part-time course is designed to maximise your career impact in the global market over a two-year study period, without having to take a break from work. Study time for the part-time MBA is 12 hours per week over a maximum of three days, with some classes on Saturdays, making the programme an ideal option for full-time working professionals in and around London.
The Career Development Programme is an integral part of your professional development while you are studying your MBA. Landing a top job after completing your MBA is, of course, a key objective, and the Career Development Programme is designed to provide the tools to help you achieve your ambitions. The programme will help you define your career goals and create a personalised career action plan.
You’ll have access to one-to-one careers coaching to help you understand what makes you stand, out whether it’s your particular management experience and skills or specialist knowledge. We’ll also help you with your CV, LinkedIn profile, and a professional portfolio as well as providing support in building a career plan, job-hunting, writing applications that get noticed, and brushing up on interview techniques.
As part of your MBA course, Brunel provides an innovative series of Leadership Masterclasses. Sessions will help you with effective ways to present your ideas, the best methods for managing change, negotiating better and resolving conflict, as well as giving you deeper insight into cross cultural issues and corporate responsibility.
The Brunel Business School has links to many leading organisations such as Barclays, British Airways, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, IBM, Iraq Energy Institute, Jaguar, Johnson and Johnson, Microsoft, and Xerox. MBA students undertake regular visits to company head offices and representatives from these companies often visit campus as part of the MBA Guest Speaker Series, Let’s Talk Business.
The Graduate Entrepreneur programme allows selected graduates to stay on in the UK and work towards setting up their own business, under a special branch of the Tier 1 Route. Find out more about becoming a Graduate Entrepreneur.
The Brunel MBA is one of a distinguished group of MBA programmes worldwide to have achieved accreditation by both the Association of Masters of Business Administration (AMBA) and the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
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Course content
The Brunel MBA programme is based upon key business concepts that can help managers and CEOs alike develop the expertise required to lead and manage in international business.
The highly commended Leadership Masterclass Series and the Career Development Programme, combined with over 500 hours of student-tutor direct contact hours, successfully maintain the balance between theory and practice, and reflect the school’s ambitions for its graduates.
The Brunel MBA academic component comprises core modules, followed by elective modules in General Management, Healthcare Management or Digital Innovation Management and is crowned by a Business Project.
A typical selection of compulsory and optional modules can be found below. Optional modules are indicative and available subject to numbers.
Compulsory
- MB5601- Business Economics
In this course we analyse qualitative and quantitative information, using a variety of tools and techniques statistically, econometrically, and heuristically based. The idea is to prepare students to be able to critically analyse business and economic data, and make informed business decisions, ultimately enhancing their employability and competitiveness in the labour market. More in detail, in this course we use microeconomic theory, and various applied tools, particularly quantitative techniques that are used in modern managerial decision-making. Thus, the student should revise before and during the course microeconomic theory, basic calculus, statistics, and elementary econometrics. The main aim is to provide the students a basic problem solving skill that is used in modern managerial decision making. In an environment where also SMEs tend to go global, CEOs and managers, need to constantly update and upgrade their tools of analysis in order to better tackle business the uncertainty across different dimensions. Indeed, economic and business decisions that were profitable a few years ago may not be so in this new historical moment. New decision making theory, methods and tools need to be applied
- MB5537 - Business Project and Professional Portfolio
The aim of this module is to introduce students to issues of securing knowledge through the design of a consultancy report/case study/business research project, collection and analysis of data, and presentation of the results. It will allow students to develop the skills and knowledge gained on the course by applying them to the systematic investigation of a specific business problem or issue via a substantial piece of independent work leading to the production of a research report. In addition, the module provides opportunities to develop academic, management and leadership skills via a series of master classes and workshops leading to the production of a Professional Career and Development Portfolio. The Business Project is the capstone of the MBA programme and the Portfolio provides a strong foundation for continuing managerial development.
- MB5523 - Corporate and Business Finance
The aim of this module is to provide you with a broad understanding of the world of accounting and finance from a user perspective. It introduces you, as a user of financial information, to the concepts and application of accounting and finance and to techniques used by internal and external parties to analyse and evaluate financial information for making short-term and long-term economic decisions. The module will also provide opportunities to develop numerical, analytical and interpretive skills.
- MB5525 - Corporate and Competitive Strategy
This module aims to appreciate the issues and challenges that confront entrepreneurs and managers responsible for the strategic management of organisations in potentially complex, hostile and uncertain conditions; and to introduce concepts, themes and methodological tools and techniques for analysing strategic position, for developing sustainable, future-oriented strategies, and for addressing the major implications for effective strategy implementation. The module also aims to develop skills of critical thinking, logical analysis, argument and judgement via case studies, exemplar readings and other information sources. Further, the student is introduced to theories and applications of entrepreneurship
- MB5528 - International Business
This module aims to provide a mature, critical appreciation of the issues and challenges of managing the multinational corporation by developing a sophisticated understanding of the ethically diverse nature of international business. In doing so the module investigates and critically evaluates how technical, instrumental and political considerations interact with legitimate moral judgements in the global context. As such, students will explore issues of corporate governance and control in a comparative perspective, including political, social, economic, risk and security, social and corporate responsibility and technological dimensions. The module will therefore seek to develop participants’ skills of critical thinking, logical analysis, argument and judgement via the use of appropriate materials, selected readings and information sources to achieve these aims.
- MB5527 - Leading People and Managing Organisations
This module aims at enabling participants to understand the key issues and challenges relating to leadership and management of people in organisations. In addition, this module introduces key HRM and Organizational Behaviour concepts, theories and processes that contribute to business success. The module also aims to develop participants’ skills of critical thinking, analysis, and reasoning via the discussion of case material, selected readings and other group centred tasks.
- MG2623 - Operations Management
The aims of this module are to introduce students to the core concepts underpinning effective operations management, in both manufacturing and service operations settings; to enhance students understanding of the contribution of the operations function to strategy and organisational performance, foster a critical appreciation of the key operational issues faced by operations managers; and to develop analytical skills which underpin sound operations management infrastructure decision making
- MB5538 - Principles of Marketing
This module aims to develop participants’ understanding of the theoretical underpinnings and practical implications of the major, contemporary strategic challenges managers face today and how marketing can contribute to master these. The module’s aspiration is to enable participants to apply marketing tools, and strategic thinking to increase the firms’ performance. Moreover, the module’s objective is to develop participants’ skills of critical thinking, logical analysis, argument, and judgement via the use of appropriate materials, selected readings, and information sources.
Optional
- MB5605 - Digital Transformation Strategy
This module aims to enhance and develop a critical knowledge and awareness of the political setting of health policy and health management. It also aims to develop a critical awareness and analysis of the political processes of health policy-making, implementation and management. Whilst encouraging students to examine and critically evaluate their own role in policy processes and settings.
- MB5531 - Healthcare Policy
This module aims to enhance and develop a critical knowledge and awareness of the political setting of health policy and health management. It also aims to develop a critical awareness and analysis of the political processes of health policy-making, implementation and management. Whilst encouraging students to examine and critically evaluate their own role in policy processes and settings.
- MB5604 - Managing Digital Technology and Innovation
This module aims to facilitate an analytical appreciation of service operations management, leadership and change models and theories, in relation to effectively managing healthcare services. It also aims to enable students to become flexible and effective leaders in their work and work environment through the pro-active use of key managerial and interpersonal strategies and methods of analyses. The module will also look at lessons learned from current and recent developments in health policy as they impact on implementing service operations management and change in healthcare. The module will enable students to develop and lead original and innovative initiatives in health care management, with the ability to promote these within their organisation’s culture and strategic plans.
- MB5526 - Managing for the Future
The module aims to provide students with several methods and techniques in order to evaluate, (de) construct and assess ‘futures’, in order to improve decision-making quality. These include methods such as forecasting, scenario planning and others which may have been developed ‘in industry’ as well as within the academe. Students will investigate and evaluate issues and future challenges impinging upon organisations by eliciting strategies, policies and detailed practice changes that are available within management practice and academic research. The module will exercise students’ critical enquiry skills, capacity for unconventional and creative thinking and their capacity for judgement under conditions of uncertainty.
- MB5602 - Managing Service Operations and Change in Healthcare
This module aims to facilitate an analytical appreciation of service operations management, leadership and change models and theories, in relation to effectively managing healthcare services. It also aims to enable students to become flexible and effective leaders in their work and work environment through the pro-active use of key managerial and interpersonal strategies and methods of analyses. The module will also look at lessons learned from current and recent developments in health policy as they impact on implementing service operations management and change in healthcare. The module will enable students to develop and lead original and innovative initiatives in health care management, with the ability to promote these within their organisation’s culture and strategic plans
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Please note that all modules are subject to change.
Read more about the structure of postgraduate degrees at Brunel
Careers and your future
As part of the MBA, students receive advice on all aspects of career planning, including a reassessment of their true strengths and weaknesses. This aspect of the MBA programme is invaluable to students who, having worked in managerial roles for a number of years, may now wish to evaluate their experience to date so that they can progress further, now and in the future.
As well as regular visits to companies for MBA students, many representatives from these companies also visit campus as part of the MBA guest speaker series, Let’s Talk Business. Companies like Barclays, IBM, Microsoft UK and Goldman Sachs have an ongoing relationship with the Brunel MBA, giving students the chance to network and work with them during campus visits.
UK entry requirements
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.
Please note that the Admissions process for the MBA programme involves assessment in two stages:
Stage 1 - As part of the application process please provide documentary evidence to show:
- A 2:1 (or above) UK Honours degree, or international equivalent.
- A minimum of three years' full time work experience at managerial or professional level in managing people, budget or other resources following a degree. It is important for candidates to clarify that they have significant/focused sector experience with responsibility for people, budget, or other resources, which is supportable by official documentary evidence. Please supply a CV/resume as part of your application.
- Copies of your English language qualification. (If you intend to take an English language test e.g. IELTS, or a pre-sessional English course please indicate this on your application.)
Stage 2 - An interview will be conducted (via Skype or phone) with the MBA Programme Team.
- If an applicant has achieved a 2:2 degree, Higher National Diploma (HND), or other qualification lower than degree level and six or more years of required senior managerial or professional level work experience, in managing people, budget, or other resources - this will be reviewed by the MBA Director on a case-by-case basis.
- We welcome applicants from different industries, from both the private and public sector. Previous applicants from IT, healthcare, education, engineering, aviation and many more have been considered.
- Please note - meeting the minimum entry requirements does not guarantee an interview, or a place on the programme.
Please visit the Brunel MBA webpage for full programme details.
EU and International entry requirements
If you require a Tier 4 visa to study in the UK, you must prove knowledge of the English language so that we can issue you a Certificate of Acceptance for Study (CAS). To do this, you will need an IELTS for UKVI or Trinity SELT test pass gained from a test centre approved by UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) and on the Secure English Language Testing (SELT) list. This must have been taken and passed within two years from the date the CAS is made.
English language requirements
- IELTS: 6.5 (min 6 in all areas)
- Pearson: 59 (59 in all subscores)
- BrunELT: 63% (min 58% in all areas)
- TOEFL: 90 (min 20 in all)
You can find out more about the qualifications we accept on our English Language Requirements page.
Should you wish to take a pre-sessional English course to improve your English prior to starting your degree course, you must sit the test at an approved SELT provider for the same reason. We offer our own BrunELT English test and have pre-sessional English language courses for students who do not meet requirements or who wish to improve their English. You can find out more information on English courses and test options through our Brunel Language Centre.
Please check our Admissions pages for more information on other factors we use to assess applicants. This information is for guidance only and each application is assessed on a case-by-case basis. Entry requirements are subject to review, and may change.
Fees and funding
2026/27 entry
UK
£29,500 full-time
£14,750 part-time
International
£29,500 full-time
£14,750 part-time
Some courses incur additional course related costs. You can also check our on-campus accommodation costs for more information on living expenses.
More information on any additional course-related costs.
Fees quoted are per year and are subject to an annual increase.
See our fees and funding page for full details of postgraduate scholarships available to Brunel applicants.
Scholarships and bursaries
Teaching and learning
Brunel Business School (BBS) will deliver all of its programmes using a combination of on-campus in-person teaching and ‘live’ online teaching. All seminars/workshops will be delivered on campus in person (no ‘live’ streaming) to allow for interactions in smaller groups. Depending on module size, two different delivery modes are planned for the lectures. Lectures of modules with LESS than 250 students will be delivered on campus in-person only (no live streaming but recordings of lectures will be available after for viewing). Lectures of modules with MORE than 250 students will be delivered ‘live’ online only to allow students to use the chat function given the size of the cohort. All programmes will have a desirable minimum of three credit-bearing modules’ lectures per term on campus in person. This is for all UG and PGT programmes. However, the MBA programme will be delivered in a Hybrid format (on campus with ‘live’ streaming).
BBS students also will benefit from having access to an in-house Student Experience Team that with the Programme Directors organise inductions and transition sessions, as well as support students throughout their studies; a personalised tutoring service and support; an in-house well-being advisor; an-in house employability director; and various extra-curricular opportunities (e.g., Business and Management seminar series, social events, guest speakers; and industry visits/field trips - please note the latter may vary within programmes).
Access to a laptop or desktop PC is required for joining online activities, completing coursework and digital exams, and a minimum specification can be found here.
We have computers available across campus for your use and laptop loan schemes to support you through your studies. You can find out more here.
The Brunel MBA is taught by a team of highly qualified, experienced, and research-active academic staff at the forefront of their field. Many of our lecturers are internationally or nationally recognised for their innovative work and research, work as consultants for major companies worldwide, and have practical experience in business, sometimes having run their own companies.
Lectures provide a broad overview of key concepts and ideas and provide a framework from which to carry out more in-depth study independently.
Throughout the course, you’ll be expected to undertake group work as well as individual projects and presentations. There will also be research talks on key management issues and presentations by outside speakers from the industry.
Should you need any non-academic support during your time at Brunel, the Student Support and Welfare Team are here to help.
Assessment and feedback
Modules are typically assessed by individual assessment, or an examination. Coursework and examinations place emphasis on the ability to think and reason critically, but constructively. The business project is the capstone demonstration of these skills, requiring students to conceive, justify, design and execute a major project.
Read our guide on how to avoid plagiarism in your assessments at Brunel.