MBA for Early Career Professionals (with Professional Experience)

This MBA gives students the chance to complete a year long placement, giving them the opportunity to apply and develop existing knowledge and skills.

The Roehampton MBA is designed with early career professionals in mind. It focuses on responsible leadership for sustaining competitive advantage and managing projects in a global context. It is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the main functional areas of business management such as strategy, marketing, finance and organisational change. The Roehampton MBA puts emphasis on the analysis of global organisations' best practices and strategies and it provides the opportunity to pursue a consultancy project with either a multinational corporation or a leading SME in London. 

This programme has been designed with input from successful senior managers, and will equip students with an understanding of the needs of global business. This MBA will also prepare students for the challenges of senior management within an international business environment. 

On successful completion of the MBA, students will have the knowledge, skills and confidence to lead and manage global business operations; to absorb complex information; to make difficult strategic decisions and communicate them effectively; and to lead and manage cross-cultural project teams. 

The MBA with placement offers students the opportunity to complete a placement year (30 weeks) during Year 2. The aim of the placement experience is to provide a route for students to develop genuine and practical problem-solving skills in a professional context, to apply learned concepts into practice within their fields of specialism, and to enable students to gain a better understanding of their own abilities and employment potential.

This programme is dual accredited to a CMI qualification. Upon successful completion of the programme, the University of Roehampton on-campus students, will be eligible for a CMI L7 qualification in Strategic Management and Leadership (subject to passing the required mapped CMI modules and CMI moderation.