The Loughborough Full-Time MBA

The Loughborough Full-Time MBA

Equip yourself with the knowledge, skills and insights needed to accelerate your career as a senior international leader on our AMBA accredited full-time MBA with optional internship, taught by leading academics in a top 10 UK university.

Businesses need highly skilled, globally minded, socially responsible leaders to steer them confidently through the challenges of today’s fast-paced business world. Join us on this AMBA accredited programme to set yourself up for senior level leadership positions, working alongside renowned experts and academics from Loughborough Business School.

Suitable if you have at least three years’ professional or managerial experience, the Loughborough MBA is our flagship postgraduate programme. The MBA will expand and shape your potential as you develop the intellectual, analytical and enterprising knowledge and skills needed to make an impact at the highest levels of business.

Programme themes

The Loughborough MBA is focused on developing knowledge, skills and insights against six key themes:

Purposeful leadership: The leaders of tomorrow need to navigate a fast-moving commercial environment with agility, skill and integrity, getting the best out of their people and setting strategic direction. Purposeful Leadership incorporates three core modules: Leading Strategic Change; Leading Organisations and People; and Sustainability and Responsible Business Practice.

Performance management: Understanding the key disciplines which underpin Performance Management is vital for organisations, ensuring that strategic objectives are delivered effectively. Performance Management incorporates three core modules: Accounting, Finance and Economic Management; Business Analytics; and Operations and Project Management.

Value creation: What made an organisation successful in the past won’t be sufficient to seize future opportunities in an increasingly digital world. Value Creation incorporates three core modules: Strategic Marketing, Digital Economy and Enterprise, and Innovation Management, where students can work on a live business project aimed at commercialising new technologies.

Explore and discover: As part of the programme, you will be able to further develop your MBA experience by undertaking one of three electives: Managing the Global Firm, AI and Data-Driven Decision Making, or (if selected) Advanced Management, which offer you the chance to develop critical, adaptive and strategic thinking capabilities. 

The Capstone Challenge: Bring together and apply your new knowledge, skills and insights in a practical context. You will be able to choose between three project-based modules: a Business Administration Project, an Industry Experience Project, or a Work Based Learning Project (internship pathway only).

AI and Data-Driven Decision Making: Prepare for the AI-enabled future of business with a module dedicated to strategic understanding of how AI, analytics, and data ecosystems are reshaping managerial decision-making, organisational design, and competitive advantage. 

Two pathways to take your career to the next level

You can take the Loughborough MBA in two pathways:

• As a one-year full-time MBA pathway
• As a two-year full-time MBA with internship pathway

On the two-year pathway, you will undertake a 45 to 52-week long supervised internship, gaining invaluable experience of applying your skills in a commercial environment.

Whichever pathway you choose, you’ll learn alongside an international cohort of experienced managers, where you can share fresh perspectives and insights, and build lasting friendships and business networks.

Throughout the programme, you’ll learn to manage complex organisational issues, devise creative solutions to business challenges, get the most out of a team, and learn to lead and manage change in demanding global markets. So by the time you graduate, you’re ready to accelerate your career from the word go and progress with purpose.