Global with Artificial Intelligence and Business Analytics MBA
Are you curious about how AI and analytics can transform business and management? Do you have an ambition to harness this power in leadership, consultancy or technology-driven management roles? Prepare to lead in a world driven by data and intelligent technologies on our MBA Global with Artificial Intelligence and Analytics.
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Overview
| Course length: | 1 year full-time |
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| Start dates: | September 2026 |
| Location: | Edge Hill University |
| Subject(s): | Business Management, Accounting and Finance |
| Faculty: | Arts and Sciences |
| Department: | Business School |
Designed for ambitious graduates and career professionals ready to progress to the next level, our new MBA combines rigorous general management education with specialist knowledge in artificial intelligence and business analytics. You’ll learn how technology is reshaping modern organisations and providing the skills to translate complex data into strategic, evidence-based decisions.
You’ll benefit from a dedicated AI module where you’ll explore responsible and strategic use of AI applications across business functions. You’ll develop a critical understanding of how AI and business analytics can drive operational efficiency, market development, and business model innovation. We’ll help you develop analytical capabilities and gain the confidence to lead and shape AI-driven strategies and data-led decision making within diverse organisational contexts.
With employability at its core, this course will enable you to put this theory into practice. Through our Management Consultancy Project, you’ll apply your strategic leadership and cross-disciplinary thinking to a real organisational challenge while building both academic credibility and tangible, practical impact. You’ll work with a real organisation, build professional networks, and produce applied research for your portfolio.
Our internationally-focused modules will help you develop a broader global outlook. You’ll develop the skills needed to operate and succeed across diverse markets and cultures, preparing you for leadership roles on a global stage.
By the time you graduate, you’ll be well-equipped to navigate the evolving world of AI-driven business and management. You’ll leave with a distinctive blend of management expertise and AI literacy, ready to drive innovation and make impactful decisions in data-driven, evolving business environments.
Course features
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International students can apply
What you'll study
Throughout the programme, you’ll develop essential knowledge, skills and behaviours across key areas of Global Business Administration.
A strong focus is placed on the analysis, application and implementation of strategic management theory, alongside the development of leadership and business analysis skills.
Critical insight into AI and business analytics is combined with the research skills needed to undertake an independent project. Core financial systems that underpin effective decision‑making are explored, together with the principles of creating and managing brands to build customer value and brand equity.
Global trends are critically analysed to develop strategic insights for managing business in an international environment. Learning is applied throughout the programme through a practice‑based project focused on a real organisational challenge.
Throughout the programme, you will develop essential knowledge, skills and behaviours across a range of key areas within the field of Global Business Administration.
How you'll study
Sessions will be delivered via workshops, seminars and lectures.
How you'll be assessed
The course utilises a variety of summative assessment methods including academic critical essays, simulations, case studies, reports, group presentations and portfolios.
Who will be teaching you
All modules are delivered by experienced lecturers and professors who have research specialism and/or professional experience in their subject matter.
Where your course includes optional modules, these are to provide an element of choice within the course curriculum. The availability of optional modules may vary from year to year and will be subject to minimum student numbers being achieved. This means that the availability of specific optional modules cannot be guaranteed. Optional module selection may also be affected by timetabling requirements. Some restrictions on optional module choice or combinations of optional modules may apply.
Entry criteria
A degree equivalent to a UK lower second class (2:2) honours degree in any discipline.
Candidates with a lower honours degree attainment may be admitted where they provide evidence of experience and/or prior learning at the discretion of the department
Candidates may be invited to an interview. Candidates are encouraged to make contact with the Department/ Course Leader to discuss the requirements and expectations of postgraduate study specific to the programme.
English language requirements
International students require IELTS 6.5, with a score no lower than 6.0 in each individual component, or an equivalent English language qualification.
How to apply
Application links will be added when available.
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Facilities
A stunning £8million building provides impressive teaching and learning facilities for students in Edge Hill Business School.
The contemporary three-storey building offers a 100-seat lecture theatre and modern seminar and meeting rooms. There are also social learning areas which encourage a more informal and interactive style of learning, in addition to an attractive roof garden and atrium.
Finance
Tuition fees
UK Full-Time
£14,500
for the course
UK Part-Time
£81 per credit
for 180 credits
International
£15,500
for the course
EU/EEA and Swiss students who have settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme, as well as Irish nationals, may be eligible for the UK tuition fee rate.
Financial support
Please view the relevant Money Matters guide for comprehensive information about the financial support available to eligible UK students joining postgraduate courses at Edge Hill University.
EU/EEA and Swiss students who have settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme may be eligible to apply for financial support. Irish nationals can ordinarily apply to Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI). Please see our EU student finance page for further details.
Your future career
We want to encourage you to achieve your ambitions through placing employability at the heart of all our programmes in the Business School. A strong emphasis is placed on the development of your general intellectual and technical skills, as well as your subject specific knowledge.
Upon graduation, you will be well-positioned for a range of careers in which AI literacy and management expertise are increasingly sought after. Likely destinations include:
• Strategy, digital transformation, or innovation roles in large organisations and multinationals
• Management consulting, particularly in AI adoption, analytics, or business change
• Data-informed leadership positions in operations, marketing, finance, or supply chain
• Entrepreneurial ventures or start-ups leveraging AI for competitive advantage
• Graduate training programmes and fast-track leadership schemes
We provide you with careers support, offering guidance on application processes, assessment days and interview techniques. Our extra-curricular activities will help you to work towards membership of professional bodies, along with networking events and graduate fairs.
