
MBA Project Management
Aberystwyth UniversityAberystwyth, United Kingdom
Course overview
The Professional MBA programmes focus on developing and enhancing your current academic and managerial skills. An important objective is to provide leading-edge 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 given scenarios and situations, synthesise the information into a form appropriate for the evaluation of alternative solutions and subsequent decision-making, and engage with people from different cultural backgrounds in order to raise the level of organisational awareness and thinking.
As a student on the Professional Masters programme, you will study the latest management theory and acknowledged best practice in areas such as leadership, operations, corporate governance and sustainability. The programme includes coverage of leadership and organisational behaviour. The study of financial analysis and decision-making emphasises the use of financial and accounting data to inform and improve strategic decisions and operations.
The coverage of business economics provides the foundations for business decision-making across a range of functional areas. The programmes culminate in the completion of a capstone project enabling you to apply the theories taught on the programme to your place of work to deliver high impact improvements in your businesses.
Key highlights
- Analytical training in strategic management across public and private sectors
- Modules in leadership, operations, corporate governance and sustainability
- Financial analysis using accounting data to inform strategic decisions
- Business economics foundations for decision-making across functional areas
- Capstone project applying theory to deliver improvements at your workplace
- Develops cross-cultural engagement and organisational awareness
Entry requirements
- Degree: 2:2 — 2:2 Bachelor (honours) degree or equivalent plus 24 months of relevant work experience.
Scholarships
AberDoc Scholarship
Tuition fees (up to the UK (Home) rate of £5,006 per annum). A maintenance allowance of approximately £20,780 per annum and access to a travel and conference fund (max. £1000 per annum) will also be provided.
AberGrad Scholarship
A £1,000 tuition fee discount is available to Aberystwyth graduates.
Up to £1,000Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship
UK First Honours degree will be eligible for a £3,000 discount; UK Upper Second (2:1) or Lower Second (2:2) degree will receive a £2,000 discount.
Careers this course leads to
- Project manager
- Programme manager
- Operations manager
- Management consultant
- Business development manager
- General manager
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Aberystwyth University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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