MBA Courses in Birmingham, England

Aston Business School:
Aston Business School in Birmingham is situated on the main Aston University campus, within walking distance of the centre of the city. The School is amongst the largest in Europe with about seventy teaching and research staff, and with 2,500 undergraduate, postgraduate and management development students.

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MBA
The Aston MBA programme has been consistently recognised as one of the leading MBA programmes in the world, all modes of study – full-time, part-time and distance learning, are fully accredited by AMBA and the programme is regularly highly ranked by some of the key MBA surveys including the Economist and Financial Times. All MBA modules feature corporate connections and an international dimension. The vast majority of academic staff teaching on the MBA have many years of experience in industry and are at the cutting-edge of research in their particular fields.

The MBA consists of 12 taught modules, ten core modules and two elective modules.

Core Modules:
- Accounting for Business
- Business Finance
- Organisational Behaviour
- Marketing Management
- Operations Management
- Leadership Development
- Business, Ethics & Responsibility
- Strategic Management
- Innovation & Entrepreneurship
- Business Economics & Strategy

Elective Modules:
Students choose two elective modules from a range of different subjects. A full listing of electives and a complete outlines for all modules are available online. The MBA Project gives students the opportunity to put into practice the skills and knowledge they have learnt in the taught part of the course. Students study in detail a subject of particular interest to them that has the potential to contribute significantly to their career development.

MSc in Business Studies
The MSc in Business Studies is suitable for graduates of all disciplines but is especially suitable for those whose Bachelors degree is from a non-business subject as it provides a comprehensive overview of all the key areas of business education to complement a first degree in engineering, the sciences or humanities.

There are eight prescribed modules and two elective modules in the taught part of the course:

Foundation and Integrating Modules
- Accounting for Non Financial Managers
- Applied Research
- Economic Environment of Business
- Management of Innovation
- Marketing Management
- Operations Management
- Organisational Behaviour
- Strategic Management.

Elective Modules
Students choose two elective modules from a range of different subjects. A full listing of electives and complete outlines for all modules are available online.

Other Programmes
Undergraduate degree programmes include BSc Single Honours (4yr sandwich programmes in Business and Management) and International Business and Management, Economics and Management, International Business and Modern Languages -Spanish, French, German, Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), The Management Development Programme.