Choosing to study the world’s most highly regarded management qualification is one of the most important decisions of your life. The MBA has become the minimum qualification for senior managers and business leaders. As such the quality and reputation of your MBA must distinguish you from others. The Durham MBA has a long and successful history and comes from a highly regarded international business school from England’s third oldest university. The Durham MBA will set you apart.
Excellent academic standards, EQUIS and Association of MBA accreditation, and a holistic programme are just some of the strengths of the Durham MBA. Our MBA is designed to give you multi-disciplined management knowledge and skills. We aim to develop well-rounded business leaders who can work across organisational boundaries in today and tomorrow’s business world. Our contacts with business ensure your MBA is kept current and relevant, reacting to the business climate and learning from success and challenges. Durham also offers you a truly international experience with both students and faculty alike with representation from over 30 nationalities.
Delivery Options
The Durham MBA is available in five delivery options to fit flexibly with your employment, lifestyle and commitments:
- Durham MBA Full-Time: 12-month programme at Durham
- Executive MBA: a 24-month, part-time programme designed for professionals who choose not to interrupt their work commitments
- Durham Distance Learning MBA: a flexible programme that allows you to fit your learning around your life and study at your own pace anywhere in the world
- MBA Caribbean: a 24-month programme in partnership with the Caribbean Management Education Centre, delivered in Barbados by Durham Business School faculty
- DBS & EBS Executive MBA: a two-year, part-time programme delivered in Germany in partnership with European Business School
Programme Structure
The Durham MBA is structured into three consecutive stages:
- Seven core modules which provide a foundation of managerial knowledge: Managing People; Managing in the Competitive Environment; Managing in the Global Environment; Managing Finance; Managing People; Modelling and Analysis for Business; Strategic Marketing; and Methods of Inquiry
- Five electives chosen from a wide selection, which allow you to either tailor your MBA to a particular specialism or take a more generalist route.
- 15,000 word dissertation or business project, which provide an opportunity to work on a management topic of personal interest, utilising knowledge and theory acquired throughout the programme. Durham Business School has built up relationships with businesses and organisations who provide some dissertation opportunities.
The MBA experience at Durham Business School is about learning and developing in a professional and friendly academic environment. Our expertise, attention to quality, the attentiveness of staff and the rich diversity of students combine to produce the best possible learning environment for Durham MBA students.
The course members are one of the great strengths of the Durham MBA and our recruitment is designed to attract experience and diversity. Our typical intake consists of around 30% from the UK, with over 30 nationalities making up the rest of the group. Our students come from an unusually broad range of professional backgrounds, and include an above-average number of women managers.
We don’t pretend that the Durham MBA is anything other than challenging and demanding as we believe this is what you and employers alike expect. You will interact with faculty (one third of whom are international) and support staff of the highest calibre and use facilities which are among the best in Europe.
As part of the Continual Professional Development Programme, Durham provides students on the Full-Time and Executive MBAs with additional activities that add value to the experience, eg, boardroom activity, skills development, career management programme, international study and language opportunities, and a guest speaker programme.
Through a number of exchange partners we are able to offer study opportunities around the world. Currently we have partners in China, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Germany, France, Italy and South Africa.
We look forward to welcoming you to Durham Business School.
For further information on the Durham MA and MSc programmes please contact:
Dee Clark
Tel: + 00 (44) 191 334 5533
Email: pg.bus@durham.ac.uk
www.dur.ac.uk/dbs
