Through experiential and applied learning, you will integrate your knowledge gained from across your MBA.

Year-long compulsory modules

Business in Action runs throughout the year and offers you an innovative approach to management education. You will take part in a range of real-time challenges, using your skills and learning by applying them to operational and strategic issues within a constrained timeframe. You will gain valuable knowledge from business leaders, worldwide alumni and academic mentors.

The Personal and Professional Transformation module develops your understanding of your own career values and drivers. It is delivered through a structured series of:

• skills enhancement workshops
• personality testing
• leadership development activities
• career development planning sessions

You will work with the module team and our MBA Careers Adviser to develop and understand how to implement your personal and professional development plan.

Events programme

The Leadership Series provides you with insight and knowledge from business leaders around the world on an array of topical business issues. It is a great opportunity for you to learn from those in leadership positions and network with our broader community.

Join digital leaders and innovators from the region in a live Q&A session as part of the elective Digital Business module.

Your corporate projects give you the opportunity to explore in practice the challenges and opportunities experienced by organisations. Projects are sourced across a variety of organisations and industries to give you exposure at a regional, national, or international scale.

Management consultancy project

Build on the consultancy and business skills you have learnt through the programme. You will work with your fellow students as a consulting team to respond to an organisation's project brief. You will then present a series of recommendations in response to the organisation’s objectives and deliverables.

Previous projects have included a:

• marketing and internationalisation strategy for an environmental products manufacturer
• social media led sales and marketing strategy for a healthcare organisation
• business growth model for a social enterprise

Individual project

Your MBA culminates in a final project drawing together the entirety of your MBA learning. This includes an executive summary and a set of credible recommendations derived from your research and written for a management audience.

You can choose from a range of project options:

• Research project. Similar to a traditional dissertation, you will report on an in-depth project researching and analysing a business issue of interest and relevance to you.
• Corporate project. You will analyse and evaluate a current business issue with an external organisation. Apply for a project with one of our corporate partners, or source your own project from an organisation of your choice.
• Business plan. If you are planning to start your own business, you can choose to write a comprehensive business plan as your final project.

In an increasingly competitive marketplace, employers are looking for leaders with the knowledge, ability and ambition to shape the future of global organisations. With our MBA, you will develop these competencies and more from our global opportunities.

International study tour

Take part in a one-week international study tour that includes lectures at one of our partner business schools in Europe and visits to global businesses. This will give you the opportunity to apply your MBA learning in an international environment. This trip is optional and costs are not included in your tuition fees.

Transatlantic Virtual Case Competition

Work virtually across time zones and continents in collaboration with students from Boston University Questrom School of Business. You will compete in teams with peers from Boston to solve a business problem. Your team will receive coaching from our highly successful alumni mentors.

The competition culminates with a presentation of your team’s solution to a panel of esteemed judges.

Gain a global advantage

Each year, inspiring keynote speakers, interactive workshops and networking opportunities with prominent global leaders form part of our Career Development Week and Gain a Global Advantage event programmes.

Alumni network

As a member of our MBA cohort, you can reap the benefits of our global alumni programme throughout your MBA study and beyond. You will become part of our valued alumni network benefitting from our:

• established and active alumni across the world
• engaging calendar of events
• exclusive benefits and services for our students and graduates

We recognise that your MBA is part of a wider plan of personal growth to accelerate and develop your career.

Formulate your career strategy

We work with you to help you understand your skills, motivations and career drivers. We will use this intelligence to formulate your career development strategy. This includes:

• Personal and Professional Transformation module
• career leader assessment (online self-assessment programme)
• MBTI personality test
• self-marketing for employability
• application, CV and cover letter feedback and development support

Develop your plan of action

Whether you need to research sectors and employers, develop a business plan or build your connections, we’ll support you to develop your career action plan. We do this through:

• personal development experience
• business start-up support
• online resources, including Going Global and Workmaze
• business networking
• sector insights with employer events and presentations

We will support you during your programme and beyond graduation, with extended careers support. This includes:

• application, CV and cover letter support
• practice interviews and assessment centres
• Newcastle Work Experience
• peer review
• leadership guest speaker series
• recruitment fairs
• online resources, including Business Because, MBA Exchange, QS Global Workplace and Graduate Connects

Transformational experience

58% of our MBA graduates changed sector post-MBA. Our top five pre-MBA employment sectors are:

• engineering and manufacturing 24% 
• energy and utilities 16%
• teaching and education 10%
• healthcare 8%
• information technology 8%

Our top five post-MBA employment sectors are:

• energy and utilities 16%
• consulting 12%
• financial services 12%
• not-for-profit 12%
• information technology 10%

Career focus

Graduates from this course have undertaken various roles including:

• Commercial Executive
• Product Marketing Director
• Senior Project Manager
• Chief Engineer
• Chief Talent Officer
• Global Business Implementation Manager
• Business Development Manager
• Director of Global Service Delivery 
• CEO

Compulsory modules

You will take six compulsory modules in Semester 1.

• Accounting and Finance. Module Leader: Dr Aly Salama
• Organisations and People Management. Module Leader: Dr Frank Worthington
• Strategic Management. Module Leader: Dr Tom McGovern
• Strategic Marketing. Module leader: Professor Fred Lemke
• Transitions in the Global Economy. Module Leader: Professor Steve Hughes

Optional modules

Select one module to suit your interests from the following.

• Operations and Supply Chain Management. Module Leader: Dr Adrian Small
• Project and Programme Management. Module Leader: Dr Karen Elliott
• Strategic Human Resource Management. Module Leader: Professor Steve Procter

Practical experience

At the end of Semester 1, you take part in our Business Awareness Experience. It allows you to practice and consolidate your understanding of core business skills in a week-long series of intensive sessions. You will work in project teams to apply your learning and experience to explore and develop solutions to challenges encountered in a variety of industries and organisations.

Compulsory modules

• Corporate Social Responsibility. Module Leader: Dr Peter Edward
• Entrepreneurship. Module Leader: Dr Robert Newbery

Optional modules

In Semester 2 select one module from each group to suit your interests.

Group 1

• Finance and Investment. Module Leader: Dr Thanos Verousis
• International Marketing. Module Leader: Mr Robert Bing
• Leading Organisational Change. Module Leader: Dr Oliver Mallett

Group 2

• Digital Business. Module Leader: Rebecca Casey
• Emerging Economies: Challenges and Opportunities. Module Leader: Professor Steve Hughes
• Managing for Innovation. Module Leader: Professor Jonathan Sapsed

Practical experience

The Career Enhancement Experience takes place during Semester 2. It is delivered by a former senior Human Resource Director and a range of human resource and learning and development practitioners. This experience, which will include one-to-one feedback, exposes you to the sorts of activities used in large corporate recruitment, preparing you for the recruitment processes used by major employers.

 

Compulsory modules

In Semester 3 you will complete two compulsory modules.

• Individual Project. Module Leader: Professor Alan McKinlay
• Management Consultancy Project. Module Leader: Juli Campey

Compulsory modules

You will also complete two year-long modules.

• Business in Action. Module Leader: Dr Lesley Pender
• Personal and Professional Transformation. Module Leader: Sarah Carnegie

• 6 week Pre-sessional entry: IELTS 6.0 overall (with 6.0 in writing and a minimum of 5.5 in all other sub-skills)    
• 10 week Pre-sessional entry: IELTS 6.0 overall (with 1 sub-skill at a minimum of 5.0 and 3 sub-skills at a minimum of 5.5, including writing)

You can study our Pre-sessional English course at the INTO Newcastle Centre.