Executive MBA

Study with us

• gain an internationally-recognised 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 career direction

Why this course?

• We know the commitments of being a working manager means you need a programme that fits around your career.
• Our part-time Executive MBA offers you the opportunity to gain a valued and well-established management qualification in a way that's best suited to your professional and personal circumstances.
• Strathclyde Business School has been delivering the Strathclyde MBA in Glasgow on a part-time basis since 1976.
• A pioneering and experienced MBA provider, we update and review our MBA to reflect the current business environment. Strathclyde’s MBA is strategy-focused and blends theoretical and practical business learning.
• Our MBA is flexible, and responsive to the needs of working individuals. Our wide choice of electives can help you personalise the programme to suit your business interests. These elective classes can be studied at the school in Glasgow, or at one of our international centres, to give you an international learning and networking experience.
• The MBA project gives you an opportunity to examine in depth a managerial, organisational or environmental issue of your choice over an extended period of time. Our Executive MBA allows you to study whilst continuing with your career and allows you to implement your learning into work.

Programme format

The programme is designed for busy executives who need to combine career and family commitments with the demands of MBA studies. The flexibility of the part-time approach enables most participants to graduate within two years. However, study may be spread over a longer period if necessary, to a maximum of five years.

Typically your studies will be made up of:

• weekend intensive seminars delivered at the Business School in Glasgow, students can expect to attend around 7 or 8 of these scheduled classes per year if following a two-year timetable.
• off-campus learning and support facilitated by our virtual learning environment.

Learning & teaching

• The Strathclyde MBA is not just a business programme. It’s a stimulating, challenging and potentially life-changing experience, which will make you question, re-think and re-evaluate how you do business.
• The Strathclyde MBA is highly experiential and based on collaborative learning. You share your varied work experiences, knowledge, understanding and skills.
• The MBA will shape and guide you as a reflective, open thinking, adaptive learner.