Master of Business Administration

Overview

The Master of Business Administration MBA degree offered at Aberystwyth University focuses on developing your academic and managerial skills. An important objective is to provide relevant analytical training in the latest strategic managerial and organisational developments in both the public and private sectors. You will collect and analyse relevant information across a range of areas pertaining to a current situation, synthesise the information into a form appropriate for evaluation of decision alternatives, and engage with people from different cultural backgrounds in order to raise the level of organisational awareness and thinking. 

As a student on the MBA programme, you will study current management theory and acknowledged best practice in areas such as leadership, operations, corporate governance and sustainability. The programme includes coverage of human resource management and organisational behaviour. The study of financial analysis and decision making emphasises the uses of financial and accounting data to inform and improve strategic decisions and operations. The coverage of business economics emphasises the external context, as well as the economic foundations, for business decision-making across a range of functional areas.

Employability

• If you want to study a subject of truly global importance;

• If you wish to develop a critical appreciation of financial theory, practice and environment;

• If you wish to nurture a career in financial services or banking;

• If you desire skills highly sought-after by any postgraduate employer.