Master of Business Administration

Study with us

• Gain an internationally-recognized qualification
• Learn in a cross-cultural environment
• Study strategy with internationally-acclaimed academics
• Develop confidence as a manager and leader
• Improve your career prospects or change your career direction
• Study at Strathclyde Business School, founded in 1948

Why this course?

If you choose to study your MBA full-time in Glasgow over 12 months, you can expect a stimulating and challenging experience.

Your year with us is an opportunity to stretch yourself to the maximum, to be challenged and inspired by the faculty and your colleagues, and to make lasting friendships around the globe.

At the end of the year, you’ll have gained skills and abilities to help you realize your career aspirations. Studying full-time allows you the opportunity to focus on the course rather than trying to juggle study and work.

Special features

• The full-time course is 12 months - 10 months are spent taking part in classes, group work, and personal development processes, and two months completing the MBA project
• It allows you to take time to embark on life planning and in many cases reinvent or re-planning your career
• There are a number of classes designed to identify your personal strengths and weaknesses
• The course is intensive and relies heavily on teamwork throughout – encouraging cooperation rather than competition

As the full-time MBA route of study is normally undertaken by those changing careers or considering starting up their own business, the programme has a more formal, integrated career development element.

Benefits of the full-time programme

As we require a minimum of three years' work experience (the average is over nine years) you’ll find your colleagues have a wealth of experience which is a powerful resource that will prove invaluable.

Students come from a wide variety of industries, public service, and voluntary agencies. Typically this has included accounting and financial managers, consultants, engineers, IT specialists, and marketing managers but also some people with very different perspectives, such as medical professionals, civil servants, and military officers.

The class has a maximum intake of around 60-course members from a variety of countries. Our strong belief is by limiting the class size, you’ll interact more with academic staff and classmates, making the overall MBA experience highly participative and engaging.

Association of Masters of Business Administration (AMBA)

You’re eligible to join AMBA after enrolment on an MBA course.

Founded in 1948, the University of Strathclyde Business School is a pioneering, internationally renowned academic organisation that shapes and develops the business minds of tomorrow. Strathclyde Business School is one of four faculties forming the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. The University was established in 1796 as 'the place of useful learning' and this remains at the forefront of our vision today.

Our teaching

Strathclyde Business School’s subject departments and specialist units collaborate to provide a varied programme of specialist and cross-disciplinary courses. We have established international centres in Greece, UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Singapore and Malaysia, where we offer degrees such as the Strathclyde MBA.

A collaborative approach

We have firm roots in the business community in and around our home city of Glasgow which extends not only nationally but internationally. We pride ourselves on our collaborative approach to working alongside industry building mutually beneficial relationships which add value to both organisations and individuals alike.

International accreditation and recognition

Strathclyde Business School has held triple accreditation from the three central business school accreditation bodies – AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB – since 2004. We were the first business school in Scotland to achieve triple accreditation.

We were also the first business school in Scotland to be awarded the Small Business Charter Award, which recognises our world-leading support for scaling Scottish firms through innovation, internationalisation and leadership.

Our departments and programmes also hold internationally recognised industry accreditations such as CIMA, ICAS, and CIPD.

Research excellence

Strathclyde Business School has been recognised in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 for its world-leading research - with a GPA of 3.26, this positions SBS as the third-highest overall quality of all Scottish institutions as ranked by Times Higher Education (THE). SBS's exemplary research environment achieved particularly strong recognition having a rating of 75% 'conducive to producing research of world-leading quality and enabling outstanding impact'. With the remaining 25% rated as 'internationally excellent quality', this places SBS significantly above the sector average and makes it the second-highest environment quality profile in Scotland. In terms of scale and quality, the SBS submission has been ranked 16th in the UK on Research Power by the THE and this makes it the second highest in Scotland.