Oxford Brookes MBA
MBA
Start dates: March 2025 / September 2025 / September 2026
Part time: 24-30 months depending on the learning style and modules that you choose throughout your programme.
Location: Headington, Distance learning
Department(s): Oxford Brookes Business School
Overview
The flexible, part-time MBA means you can choose to study fully online, mostly on-campus in Oxford, or through a blend of both.
Online modules include live, synchronous collaborative sessions as well as asynchronous activities. On-campus teaching is delivered in intensive block-weeks. You will work with a diverse group of students from a range of industries, functions and geographical contexts and connect with the wider MBA community through extra-curricular webinars and other events.
You will be taught by a highly-qualified, diverse tutor team, with a strong balance of academic and practitioner experience. The curriculum will equip you with creative approaches to applying holistic business knowledge for managing organisations in a complex, increasingly digital world.
Why Oxford Brookes University?
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A uniquely flexible MBA
Market-leading flexibility, designed to accommodate busy executives and built on a personalised blend of the best online and face-to-face on-campus teaching.
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Pursue specific interests
Personalise your MBA through choice of elective and 5 different final project options. Specialise through a formal pathway. Apply module content to your own organisation.
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A diverse student network
One of the most diverse MBAs, students from over 60 nationalities collaborate across 16 time zones. They represent many functions and industry sectors, including healthcare, banking and technology.
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Expand your networks
You will join a global network of MBA alumni who regularly come back to campus for our annual summer school and other community events, both online and in-person.
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Value for money
We offer a high-quality MBA at a fair price and provide scholarships for those based in low-income countries and those working in the global healthcare sector. We are also ranked in the top 10 in Europe in the QS Online MBA Rankings 2024: Europe, Middle East and Africa.
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Accreditation(s)
Association of MBAs, European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD).
Course details
Study modules
Please note: As our courses are reviewed regularly as part of our quality assurance framework, the modules you can choose from may vary from those shown here. The structure of the course may also mean some modules are not available to you.
Research
Researchers at Oxford Brookes Business School provide new insights into an increasingly complex world.
Technical innovation, shifting population, the internationalisation of business and transformation of communications drive a need for clear analysis. Through collaborations with other universities, government bodies and industry, our research projects stretch from the local, to the global.
We aim through our work to provide practical and ethical solutions to some of the most pressing challenges.
Many of the tutors on the MBA are active researchers, who bring their insights directly into the classroom. Some capstone projects result in research publications too.
Careers
Studying the Oxford Brookes University Global MBA will help you become the leader you want to be.
You will be inspired and challenged by fellow working professionals and our approachable tutors who will support you in having the ability to drive change in your career.
Student profiles
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Entry requirements
Specific entry requirements
Open to working professionals with a minimum of three years' relevant managerial or professional experience in the private, public or charitable sector.
Additionally, applicants will have:
- a degree from a recognised university or relevant postgraduate/post-experience qualification from a recognised institution, or a professional qualification from an approved and recognised body which is equivalent to a degree.
- Alternatively, it is possible to enter the MBA programme without a degree on the basis of a minimum of seven years' relevant managerial or professional experience.
- All applicants need two written references (normally one academic).
Please also see the University's general entry requirements.
Selection process
Applicants will be invited for an online interview to establish whether there is a mutual fit.
There is a fast-track process for applicants who are ACCA-members, who do not require an interview. ACCA-members can request a conversation to discuss mutual fit.
English language requirements
To get the most out of your MBA experience, a good level of English is important, so that you can contribute fully to the discussions and make the most of the incredible networking opportunities the MBA programme offers.
The minimum level required is 6.5 and a minimum of 6.0 in reading and writing. We can advise you on other acceptable alternatives.
Please also see the University's standard English language requirements.
International applications
Due to this programme being part-time and having a blended delivery of online and on campus, international applicants cannot apply for a student visa. If you are an international applicant and wish to take part in the face-to-face campus sessions, you may need to apply for a Visitors Visa for those sessions.
Terms and Conditions of Enrolment
When you accept our offer, you agree to the Terms and Conditions of Enrolment. You should therefore read those conditions before accepting the offer.
International qualifications and equivalences
How to apply
Application process
The deadline to apply for our March 2025 intake is 14 February 2025.
If you would like to discuss your application or need help completing it, please email mbaoxford@brookes.ac.uk and we can arrange a call to assist you.
We welcome students from all regions of the world and from a wide range of sectors and job functions. Our students come from technical or engineering backgrounds; they’re experienced project managers, local government or healthcare professionals, doctors and accountants working in the energy, IT, education and charity sectors. And it’s this diversity which enhances your MBA journey and provides you with an experienced MBA network to work with and learn from.
Current applicants can access their application through the MBA application portal.
Tuition fees
Questions about fees?
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Tuition fees
Fees quoted are the full price of the course.
The following factors will be taken into account by the University when it is setting the annual fees: inflationary measures such as the retail price indices, projected increases in University costs, changes in the level of funding received from Government sources, admissions statistics and access considerations including the availability of student support.
How and when to pay
Tuition fee instalments for the semester are due by the Monday of week 1 of each semester. Students are not liable for full fees for that semester if they leave before week 4. If the leaving date is after week 4, full fees for the semester are payable.
- For information on payment methods please see our Make a Payment page.
- For information about refunds please visit our Refund policy page
The programme fee for September 2024 and March 2025 entry is £18,950.
The fees quoted are the full price of the course. Payment can be made in four instalments.
ACCA members receive credit for the Accounting and Finance module and an elective module. As such ACCA members can complete the programme in 18 – 24 months. ACCA members are not interviewed as part of the admission process.
The programme fee for ACCA members starting September 2024 and March 2025 entry is £14,400.
The fees quoted are the full price of the course. Payment can be made in four instalments.
Additional costs
Please be aware that some courses will involve some additional costs that are not covered by your fees. Specific additional costs for this course are detailed below.
Optional costs
Additional costs | Amount (£) |
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Intensive study periods for open-learners: accommodation fees | From £100 per night |
UK field trip |
Typically £150-400 |
It’s your responsibility to cover print / binding costs where coursework submission is required. Please note that a lot of the coursework is now submitted online. |
From £30 |
Accommodation fees in Brookes Letting (most do not include bills) |
£94-265 per week |
Accommodation fees in university halls (bills included, excluding laundry costs) |
£122-180 per week |
Graduation costs include tickets, gowning and photography. Gowns are not compulsory but typically students do hire robes, starting at £41. |
Typically £0-200 |
Students are responsible for their own travel to and from university for classes. BrookesBus travel is subsidised for full-time undergraduate students that are on a course with a fee of £9,250 or more, or living in an Oxford Brookes hall of residence. There is an administration fee for the production of a BrookesKey. |
From £10 |
Funding your studies
Financial support and scholarships
Featured funding opportunities available for this course.
Global Diversity Scholarships
The Global Diversity Scholarship for the Oxford Brookes Global MBA programme aims to support those who are based in lower-income countries, to provide enhanced opportunities and to celebrate the truly global reach of our MBA programme.
They are offered to all students who live and work in specific countries based on the UN Development Index and World Bank NI data (PDF).
The value of the Global Diversity Scholarship is £4,000 for Full Programme students or £1,500 for ACCA students (note that the ACCA route is only open to ACCA members who have completed all papers).
Global Healthcare Scholarships
This scholarship is for prospective students working in the global healthcare sector. It builds on the programme’s growing intake of students from healthcare organisations and recognises the global importance of advancing the healthcare sector. For the purpose of deciding who qualifies, the healthcare sector is defined as all medical/healthcare services providers such as hospitals, hospices, care homes, clinics, as well as all medicine/drug developers and manufacturers; it also includes related research. We are aware that global healthcare can take many forms, so if you don't fall within those two broad categories but think you might qualify, please contact us to discuss.
There are also University Discounts available for certain groups.
All financial support and scholarships
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Programme changes:
On rare occasions we may need to make changes to our course programmes after they have been
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changes to programmes page.