Overview

Our full-time master in business administration programme offers you a carefully structured and immersive experience. It will empower you to push beyond your boundaries. It's designed to focus on developing the capabilities you need to be competitive and successful in any industry or entrepreneurial venture.

You'll focus your skills in:

• leadership
• critical thinking
• communication

Using these skills you'll work to improve your performance. Your Newcastle University MBA journey is designed to provide you with the opportunity to:

• enhance your self-awareness
• integrate and apply your learning
• develop your consulting skills
• contribute to, and lead, multicultural teams

You'll emerge:

• more confident and capable
• better equipped to drive change within your organisation
• ready to excel in your career

Our MBA careers package offers you a range of information and resources. These work hand-in-hand with:

• the classroom
• networking
• one-to-one support

Important information

We've highlighted important information about your course. Please take note of any deadlines.

Your course during COVID-19

Please rest assured we make all reasonable efforts to provide you with the programmes, services and facilities described. However, it may be necessary to make changes due to significant disruption.
Given the changing nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, the commitments outlined are subject to guidelines that may be in place from time to time.

View our COVID-19 Study page, which gives information about your Newcastle University study experience for the academic year 2021-22.

See our terms and conditions and student complaints information

What you'll learn

Through experiential and applied learning, you'll 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'll take part in a range of real-time challenges. Using your skills, you'll apply them to operational and strategic issues within a constrained timeframe. You'll gain valuable knowledge from:

• business leaders
• worldwide alumni
• 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'll work with the module team and our MBA careers advisers. You'll develop and understand how to implement your personal and professional development plan.

You'll take part in a one-week international study tour where:

• you'll attend lectures at one of our partner business schools in Europe
• you'll also visit 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.

Modules

You will study modules on this course. A module is a unit of a course with its own approved aims and outcomes and assessment methods.

Course content changes

Module information is intended to provide an example of what you will study.

Our teaching is informed by research. Course content changes periodically to reflect developments in the discipline, the requirements of external bodies and partners, and student feedback.

Full details of the modules on offer will be published through the Programme Regulations and Specifications ahead of each academic year. This usually happens in May.

Optional modules availability

Some course have optional modules. Student demand for optional modules may affect availability.

To find out more please see our terms and conditions.

Develop core skills

Core modules

You will take six compulsory modules in Phase 1.

Accounting and Finance
Marketing
Strategic Management
Transitions in the Global Economy
Organisations and People Management
Projects, Programmes and Operations Management

Practical experience

At the end of Phase 1 you take part in our Business Awareness Experience. You'll work in project teams to practise and consolidate your understanding of core business skills in a time-bound series of intensive lectures, industry visits and interactive workshops. Delivered in both Newcastle and London, you will benefit from our well-established connections with business and industry.

Prepare for global business

Core modules

• Business Analysis for Decision Making
• Corporate Social Responsibility and the challenge of Ethical Business
• Entrepreneurship

Elective modules

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

Group 1

• Leading Organisational Change
• Finance and Investment
• Strategic Human Resource Management

Group 2

• Emerging Economies: Challenges and Opportunities
• Digital Business
• Managing for Innovation

You can also replace one of your elective module choices with an international elective overseas at one of our international partners.

Personal development experience

Hone your skills as a leader and team player in a risk-free environment. Through a series of exercises, you will embrace new challenges that will lead to real personal growth, as you learn from one-to-one feedback provided by practitioners.

Demonstrate your impact

Core modules

In Phase 3 you will complete two compulsory modules.

Individual Project
Management Consultancy Project

Boardroom challenge

Leverage your new knowledge and leadership skills from the Business Analysis for Decision Making module and take this opportunity to start to think like a Director.

Gain an understanding of what it means to present a thorough business case to corporate executives. It’s more than education and training. It’s about developing that language, positioning, value and confidence that makes you ‘boardroom ready’.

Transform your business thinking

Compulsory modules

You will also complete two year-long modules.

• Business in Action
• Personal and Professional Transformation

How you'll learn

Assessment methods

You'll be assessed through a combination of:

• Case study
• Essay
• Professional skills assessments
• Oral examination
• Oral presentation
• Problem-solving exercises
• Report
• Written examination
• Written exercise

Assessment additional info

Corporate projects

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. On this project you'll:

• work with your fellow students as a consulting team to respond to an organisation's project brief
• 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'll:

• report on an in-depth project researching
• analyse a business issue of interest and relevance to you

Corporate consultancy project

You'll:

• 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

Entrepreneurial business plan

If you are planning to start your own business, you can choose to write a comprehensive business plan as your final project.

 

Student support

Your teaching and learning is also supported by Canvas. Canvas is a Virtual Learning Environment. You'll use Canvas to submit your assignments and access your:

• courses
• groups
• notifications
• messages

Throughout your studies, you’ll have access to support from:

• peers
• academics
• our University Student Services Team

You'll also be assigned an academic member of staff. They will be your personal tutor throughout your time with us. They can help with academic and personal issues.

 

Your development

Global opportunities

In an increasingly competitive marketplace, employers are looking for leaders with:

• knowledge
• ability
• ambition

You'll help to shape the future of global organisations. With our MBA, you'll develop these competencies and more from our global opportunities.

International study tour

You'll take part in a one-week international study tour where:

• you'll attend lectures at one of our partner business schools in Europe
• you'll also visit 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'll:

• compete in teams with peers from Boston to solve a business problem
• receive coaching from our highly successful alumni mentors

Networking opportunities

The leadership series provides you with insight and knowledge from business leaders around the world on an array of topical business issues.

Your future

Careers

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

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 support

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

We work with you to help you understand your:

• skills
• motivations
• career drivers

We'll 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

We’ll support you to develop your career action plan. If you need to research sectors and employers, develop a business plan or build your connections, 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

Our Careers Service

Our award-winning Careers Service is one of the largest and best in the country, and we have strong links with employers. We provide an extensive range of opportunities to all students through our ncl+ initiative.

Visit our Careers Service website

Quality and ranking

All professional accreditations are reviewed regularly by their professional body

Recognition of professional qualifications outside of the UK

From 1 January 2020 there is an update to the way professional qualifications are recognised by countries outside of the UK

Read our detailed explanation

Facilities

Newcastle University Business School is one of the largest Schools in the University. We have over 3,500 students representing over 83 nationalities. This valuable network extends beyond our current students to include:

• regional, nationality and international leaders
• alumni
• leading professionals and practitioners from industry

The Business School is based in a building within the Newcastle Helix development – Newcastle's emerging business district.

Our facilities provide:

• a flexible and dedicated conference suite with panoramic views across the city
• Wi-Fi enabled connectivity throughout the building, including three computer clusters housing approximately 120 PCs
• four large lecture theatres and 21 seminar rooms, providing comfortable teaching and group study space
• a dedicated Hub, Base, and Lounge providing a balanced mix of study space and relaxation areas
• a contemporary café

Find out more about Newcastle University Business School

Fees and funding

Tuition fees for 2021 entry (per year)

Tuition fee increases

If your studies last longer than one year, your tuition fee may increase in line with inflation.

EU, other EEA and Swiss nationals - tuition fee status

For courses commencing from September 2021 and beyond, EU, other EEA and Swiss nationals will no longer be eligible for home fees or Student Finance England support.

If you are from the EU you will pay international tuition fees.

What you're paying for

Tuition fees include the costs of:

• matriculation
• registration
• tuition (or supervision)
• library access
• examination
• re-examination
• graduation

Some of our degrees involve additional costs which are not covered by your tuition fees.

Find out more about:

• additional costs
• living costs
• tuition fees, including how to pay them and available discounts

Deposit

If you are an international student or a student from the EU, EEA or Switzerland and you need a visa to study in the UK, you may have to pay a deposit.

You can check this in the How to apply section.

Funding deadlines

If you're applying for funding, always check the funding application deadline. This deadline may be earlier than the application deadline for your course.

For some funding schemes, you need to have received an offer of a place on a course before you can apply for the funding.

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How to apply

Using the application portal

The applicant portal has instructions to guide you through your application. It will tell you what documents you need and how to upload them.

You can choose to start your application, save your details and come back to complete it later.

If you’re ready, you can select Apply Online and you’ll be taken directly to the applicant portal.

Alternatively you can find out more about applying on our applications and offers pages.

Apply Online  

Applications for 2022/23
You'll be able to apply for 2022/23 entry from September 2021

Open days and events

Open days

The situation with Covid-19 means that we're unable to hold open days on campus. However, you don’t have to visit in person to experience Newcastle.

From the comfort of your sofa you'll be able to:

• explore our beautiful campus
• find out about our vibrant city
• discover what students think about studying at Newcastle

You'll also have the opportunity to speak to academic staff and find out more about the courses you're interested in.

Find out about upcoming postgraduate open days

Events

We regularly travel overseas to meet with students interested in studying at Newcastle University.

We also hold various online and virtual events.

Visit our events calendar for the latest events