The world's most flexible MBA programme
This is your MBA. Not ours. That means you start when you like and finish when you like. You can study from home or on campus. At EBS, our courses are designed to fit round you.
Programme structure
There are seven core courses in the MBA programme. You then take two elective courses, chosen from a list of more than 30. Some electives are available as taught courses; others can be taken through distance learning. Each course requires approximately 200 hours of study.
The full-time programme commences in October or January each year. All students receive comprehensive learning materials, access to online course websites and faculty boards. For each subject course, there is an intensive 4-day teaching block and a 2-day revision session. All on-campus teaching in Edinburgh is delivered in the English language. Courses are examined in March, June, August and December.
After completing three courses, you are eligible for a Postgraduate Certificate in Business Administration, and after six courses for a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration. The certificate and diploma awards are formal recognition of your progress; they can also be used as exit awards. Specialist awards are available at MBA level depending on your choice of courses.
Full information is available in the MBA student handbook – click here.
Click here to view the on-campus study timetable for full-time students.
- Core courses
- Elective courses
- Alliances and Partnerships
- Competitive Strategy
- Consumer Behaviour
- Corporate Governance
- Credit Risk Management
- Derivatives
- Developing Effective Managers and Leaders
- Employee Relations
- Employee Resourcing
- Financial Risk Management
- Human Resource Development
- Human Resource Management
- Influence
- International Marketing
- Leadership
- Making Strategies Work
- Managing People in Changing Contexts
- Managing People in Global Markets
- Managing Personal Competencies
- Marketing Channels
- Marketing Communications
- Marketing Research
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Negotiation
- Performance Management
- Practical History of Financial Markets
- Principles of Retailing
- Quantitative Methods
- Research Methods for Business and Management
- Sales Force Management
- Services Marketing
- Strategic Negotiation
- Strategic Risk Management