Entrepreneurship MBA
Gain the management, strategic, financial and problem-solving skills you need build a successful organisation. Study at ARU and develop your entrepreneurial mindset.
You may be eligible for our MBA Scholarship, which offers a fee reduction of up to £4,000.
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If you want to start and sustain your own business, this is the course for you. As well as exploring the practices of entrepreneurship and reflecting on your own entrepreneurial character, you’ll gain knowledge and skills in management, strategy, finance, decision-making and problem-solving.
You’ll also learn about the cultural, political, social and economic factors that can affect business, and get hands-on experience tackling real issues faced by organisations.
As an MBA student at ARU, you’ll bolster your advanced management training with Level 7 CMI accreditation, thanks to our partnership with the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). This qualification gives you a considerable competitive advantage and offers an effective route to career progression.
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Learn how to design, test and deliver products and services that customers want
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Gain the skills to create, manage and administer your own organisational structure
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Build skills and experience in analysis, strategy, decision-making and reflection
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Evaluate a range of common organisational challenges and issues, and their potential outcomes
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Enhance your employability with our optional Professional Experience year
Study at an award-winning university
We were named Times Higher Education University of the Year 2023. We've also been awarded a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework – a reflection of the outstanding education we offer our students.
Careers
This course will develop both your entrepreneurial skills and mindset.
You might go on to start your own business, enter a managerial or organisational role, or offer support and knowledge to colleagues in junior or senior management roles.
Graduation doesn’t have to be the end of your time with us. You could choose to continue your academic career with a PhD programme at ARU. Take advantage of our Alumni Scholarship and save £400 on your fees.
Teaching and modules
Develop the tools to create a business that lasts.
You’ll learn how to design, test and deliver products and services that customers want. You’ll explore the practices of entrepreneurship – play, empathy, creation, experimentation and reflection – and assess and reflect upon your own entrepreneurial character.
You’ll also study business development, strategy and management, problem-solving and decision-making, and some of the key areas that underpin all successful organisations, including finance.
You’ll complete your MBA with a Postgraduate Major Project – a substantial research project focussed on a relevant topic that interests you.
Modules are subject to change and availability, and may vary by location. If you have the choice of optional modules, these are indicated with a *.
- Developing a Proposition
- Organisational Psychology in a Social Context (30 credits)
- Entrepreneurial Mindset
- Management and Strategy (15 credits)
- Finance for Decision Making (15 credits)
- Entrepreneurial Action - PG Major Project (60 credits)
You can choose to study with us over two years (full-time), and take Professional Experience modules in Year 2, with a Preparation for Professional Experience module in Year 1.
- Professional Project *
- Professional Project 2 *
- Professional Work Placement *
- Professional Work Experience *
Read profiles of teaching and research staff on this course.
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Dr Christopher KerryDeputy Head of School, School of Management
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Dr Lewis WalshSenior Lecturer
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Dr Tabish ZamanSenior Lecturer
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Dr Frank Nyame-AsiamahAssociate Professor
Facilities
Enjoy a range of facilities designed to support your studies and career development.
These include extensive library and IT resources, and careers support through our Employability Service. After you graduate, you’ll have lifelong access to our Alumni Career Centre.
You can also access support, should you need it, with study skills, health and wellbeing, and more.