MBA Master of Business Administration Placement Year

University of East London

Our MBA is a dynamic, contemporary, and practical course designed to produce the business leaders of the future. We're rooted in London's most exciting region for enterprise, between the major financial institutions of Canary Wharf and pioneering new businesses in Stratford and Shoreditch. We work with these institutions, from Bloomberg to Barclaycard, to bring you cutting-edge insight into the way contemporary businesses are run.Our course is flexible and accessible. Full-time students attend during the day while part-time students attend during the evenings so you can tailor your attendance around your availability. We're committed to giving you the most complete and practical education we can so we offer you the chance to visit leading businesses in London, attend major industry conferences, and learn from inspiring guest speakers.During this intensive course, you will study six core modules to cover the main business disciplines. These are Managing Strategy, Operations, and Partnerships, Managing Financial and Human Resources for Sustainable Business, Marketing in a Digital Age and Corporate Social Responsibility, Business Simulation with Professional Development, Mental Wealth: Professional Exchange and Applied Research, Applied Business Project.To make our MBA as accessible as possible, it is offered on a part-time daytime basis. Our teaching is rooted in practical, real-world experience - making the most of our extensive links with major organisations based in Canary Wharf and East London, including Bloomberg, Accenture, and Barclaycard.You will be taught through lectures, seminars, and workshops, working as part of a team to apply theory to practical matters; from producing business reports, plans, and presentations to solving business problems. We use real case studies from our business partners to give you an insight into the issues that major companies have to wrestle with, and how they solve them.The business magazine, Forbes, has calculated that successful MBA graduates pay back the cost of their qualifications within four to five years on average - with lifetime earnings greatly enhanced thanks to the qualification.Studying for your MBA with us should enhance your employability and earning power and develop your ability to approach business problems in a strategic manner. As part of the course, you'll study a specialised 'Professional Development' module that is specifically designed to help you boost your career prospects and make the most of your MBA in the employment market.