Business Administration (Global) MBA
Do you aspire to become an entrepreneur, developing highly valued brands and organisations? Become a future global leader, ready to lead change on our MBA Business Administration (Global) degree.
Overview
| Course length: | 1 year full-time 2 years part-time |
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| Start dates: | September 2025 January 2026 September 2026 |
| Location: | Edge Hill University |
| Example offers: | 2:2 degree in any discipline. View full entry criteria |
| Subject(s): | Business Management, Accounting and Finance |
| Faculty: | Arts and Sciences |
| Department: | Business School |
Take on the international business environment as you identify opportunities and challenges on a worldwide scale. Through combining business and leadership theory with practice, you will critically analyse, synthesise and solve complex business problems.
Accelerate your career prospects through our collaborative teaching methods, preparing you for the working environment. Put your expert skills into action through a consultancy project with an organisation of your choice. As you take a look behind the scenes of business practices, you’ll diagnose and address organisational challenges. This opportunity to work with employers alongside your academic studies is the perfect chance to kick-start your future career.
Inclusivity is crucial in management and leadership practices. You will take the steps to becoming an effective, responsible leader capable of driving positive change as you learn the interpersonal skills that employers value. Become an evidence-based decision maker through approaches that are bound within robust ethical and responsible boundaries.
Course features
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International students can apply
What you'll study
Throughout the programme, you will develop knowledge, skills and behaviours across a range of key areas within the field of Global Business Administration. You will gain a thorough understanding of the analysis, application and implementation of strategic management theories as well as as the opportunity to hone your leadership and business analytical skills. You will also develop an awareness of the research methodologies and techniques needed to undertake an independent research project. You will gain a firm understanding of the fundamental financial systems that support financial decision making and learn how to create and manage brands in order to build customer value and brand equity. You will also critically analyse global trends and develop strategic insights relevant to managing business in an international environment. Over the duration of the programme, you will get the opportunity to take part in a practice-based project linked to a real organisational problem. For part-time students, the same content is delivered over a duration of two years.
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, examinations, 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.
Entry criteria
A degree equivalent to a UK lower second class (2:2) honours degree in any discipline.
You may be invited to an interview.
Overseas qualifications will be assessed using ECCTIS (formerly NARIC) to ascertain comparability.
Please note, the above examples may differ from actual offers made. A combination of A Level and BTEC awards may also be accepted.
If you have a minimum of two A Levels (or equivalent), there is no maximum number of qualifications that we will accept UCAS points from. This includes additional qualifications such as Extended Project Qualification (EPQ), AS Levels that haven't been continued to A Level, and General Studies AS or A Level awards.
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.
If your current level of English is half a band, one band, or one-and-a-half bands lower, either overall or in one or two elements, you may want to consider our Pre-Sessional English course.
How to apply
There is an online application process for this course.
Please choose the application form for your preferred intake date and mode of study.
Apply for September 2025 Full-time
Apply for September 2025 Part-time
Application links for January 2026 entry will be added here when they are available.
Please see our international student pages for further information about how to apply as a prospective international student.
Should you accept an offer of a place to study with us and formally enrol as a student, you will be subject to the provisions of the regulations, rules, codes, conditions and policies which apply to our students. These are available at www.edgehill.ac.uk/studentterms.
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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 enc
ourage a more informal and interactive style of learning, in addition to an attractive roof garden and atrium.
Where you'll study
Finance
Tuition fees
UK Full-Time
£15,500
for the course
International
£86 per credit
for 180 credits
UK Part-Time
£21,500
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). If you are an EU student who does not have settled or pre-settled status, or are an international student from a non-EU country, please see our international student finance pages.
Your future career
This course is designed to accelerate your career prospects and prepare you for meaningful progression within your chosen field. It will open doors to a variety of careers in Business Management or Business Consultancy.
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.
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.
