Kickstart your career with a one year full-time MBA
Our full-time MBA is an intensive 12 month programme. If you’re looking to change career, take on a more senior role or start your own business you could wait a long time for the right opportunity to arise. The Sheffield MBA gives you the skills and the self-belief to take control of your career and really make things happen. It will give you contacts, clients and career options. It will give you attitude, aptitude and ambition.
Going back to full-time study is a bold move but the potential rewards are huge. The programme gives you opportunity and openings to enable you to succeed, The Sheffield MBA aims to be a life changing experience that will teach you how to get the best out of yourself, your career and your future.
Choose the Sheffield MBA
Here’s just a few of the strengths of our MBA programme:
Professional development: our excellent teaching, cutting-edge research and business connections will open the door to new opportunities. Your personal tutor and our dedicated careers staff are here to support you and help you achieve your goals. Regular CPD support (‘Continuous Professional Development’) is delivered by careers advisers and life coaches, and keeps you focused on achieving your career goals. The School runs a series of ‘expert lectures’ sponsored by HSBC bank. These involve a range of high profile speakers and alumni and address business themes such as operations, leadership, sales and finance, in the contemporary context. The department also works closely with the city of Sheffield on the programme for the Entrepreneurs Forum, MADE Festival, Global Manufacturing Forum and Advanced Manufacturing Forum. There are plenty of networking opportunities and many interesting clients to meet and problems to solve.
Our programme is all about consultancy, entrepreneurship and leadership: In a time of unparalleled global turbulence, what do organisations and businesses really need? Our conclusion was that the world needs great problem-solvers (consultancy), great wealth creators (entrepreneurship) and great visionaries (leadership) and we’ve created a programme that will develop these kinds of individuals. You’ll come out of the Sheffield MBA programme with a portfolio of practical and contemporary skills which you’ll be able to apply in any context, any organisation and in any part of the world.
The programme gives you hands-on experience working with a client organisation. You’ll apply your learning to your client company providing a very practical focus to your skill-set by immediately applying solutions to live workplace issues. The programme is stimulating, enjoyable and vibrant providing you with great energy and focus. You’ll develop self-discipline, self-awareness and other important leadership qualities.
Peer networks: you’ll meet and work alongside other bright, self-motivated individuals from all over the world. Our student experience is second to none. You will make friends for life! Find out about our student experience awards here http://www.shef.ac.uk/news/nr/1847-sheffield-second-student-experience-national-survey-1.174185
Academic excellence: we’re one of the leading Russell Group universities, with accreditation from AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA, one of only 58 Universities in the world to achieve this hard-earned accolade. We have endorsements from a range of professional organisations including CMI (the Chartered Management Institute), the IC (Institute of Consulting), and BetaGammaSigma for top students through AACSB.
Up-to-date: our team of expert academics and practitioners use content drawn from private, public and not-for-profit organisations to ensure that what you learn is relevant and current in today´s business environment. It is a contemporary, lively and stimulating experience throughout.
Consultancy opportunities: throughout your programme you’ll be working with clients, problem-solving, identifying opportunities and acting as a catalyst for change. What better way to learn than to cut your teeth on practice within a real workplace and gain experience of how to handle the pressure of real business within a range of organisational contexts?
International links: Summer Schools and study trips extend your experience and give you a global perspective. The School has relationships with world-class universities in Vienna, Linkoping, Mannheim, Dubai and Mumbai. The School invests £1000 per annum per student to help facilitate an overseas learning experience.
Careers Support: Full-time professional and dedicated support is available for students from career and life-coach specialists. This includes support with sourcing suitable employment, CV building and soft skills coaching such as interview techniques and client rapport.
Alumni: you’ll benefit from our international networks, social and business networking programmes.
Scholarships: We have a generous range of scholarships available to help you. You can find out more at http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/mba/scholarships
Excellent learning facilities: our MBA students are taught at state-of-the-art executive facilities in our newly refurbished Management School building (opens April 2013). The executive suite provides high quality learning space, lecture theatres, a board room and break-out facilities. These are used to host guest lectures, business engagement events and provide opportunities for students and business partners to meet and exchange ideas. Find out more at http://www.shef.ac.uk/management/about/new_facilities
High quality accommodation: award-winning accommodation is available for our students a short walking distance from the Management School building at sites the Ridge and the Edge. You can find out more at http://www.shef.ac.uk/accommodation/prospective/postgrad
Mode of Delivery: Full-time, 12 months
Start Date: September
Semester 1 Knowledge Focus
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Semester 2 Client Focus
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Semester 3 Client Project
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Career Take-off
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IELTSIf your undergraduate degree was not taught in English, you'll need IELTS 7.0 with no component below 6. TOEFLOur minimum requirement is 600 with 4.5 in written English or 260 in the computer-based test with an essay rating of 5. Contact one of the TOEFL centres for details of registration dates. Some candidates will be required to sit the GMAT. Our guideline minimum score is 600. The Management School's institution code is 0846. |
Fees
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Scholarships
We offer a generous range of scholarships to international students. We have two fully-funded bursaries and four half-scholarships for UK students. Awards are based on academic achievement and potential for career progression.. See more about scholarships here.