Online MBA

Go further with the Birmingham MBA

Elevate your career with an online MBA from the University of Birmingham. Offering new skills in business and leadership, this programme delivers an integrative learning experience along with the opportunity to focus on your own career development. You’ll study online to receive the same degree certificate as campus-based students and graduate from the triple-crown accredited Birmingham Business School ready to transform the future of business.

Our AMBA-accredited online MBA offers flexibility, convenience, and collaboration with international colleagues to gain essential knowledge to achieve your career goals. Designed with a responsible business focus, the Birmingham MBA offers three intakes per year and imparts hands-on experiences within specialised modules to tailor your learning and translate valuable skills to your current or future business role. Immersive study opportunities are available face-to-face in the UK, UAE, Singapore, Mexico, and Spain – plus, there is the option to take up to three modules at one of our campuses in the UK, UAE, or Singapore.

•    Online MBA ranked 9th in the world (Financial Times 2024), including:
-    2nd for MBA careers services
-    4th for value for money
-    5th for global mobility
•    Online MBA ranked 11th in the EMEA region (QS 2024)
•    World leading ‘Top 100’ university (QS 2025, THE 2025)
•    Russell Group member university

Curriculum

Programme options include:

MBA:

Become a responsible, reflective, and resilient global business leader for the future whilst also balancing your own career interests with an integrative learning experience on the Birmingham online MBA. Pathway options include:
• Marketing
• International Business and Strategy
• Innovation and Business Transformation

MBA with Clinical Leadership:

Respond to the growing challenges facing healthcare and empower yourself to lead smarter, more effective healthcare systems. By uniquely focusing on both health service management and business leadership, this specialism will equip both clinical and non-clinical professionals with the ability and confidence to lead clinical experts and effect change.

MBA with Engineering Leadership:

Harness your engineering expertise and integrate it with responsible business practises to set yourself apart as a leader who can make a lasting impact on both your organisation and society. You’ll become polished in entrepreneurial and systems thinking, analysis, and self-awareness.

If you’re unable to commit to the full MBA qualification, there are alternative qualification routes. You can exit with one of the following credentials:

• Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip): 120 credits
• Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert): 60 credits

In convenient online modules, you’ll engage with a small, diverse group of peers to gain global insights and varied perspectives on modern business topics. Study a modern curriculum that emphasises curiosity, thought leadership, and responsible business skills while preparing you for career advancement opportunities.

• Module highlights
• Responsible Business
• Purposeful Leader
• Strategy in a Complex and Uncertain World
• People Management and Organisations
• MBA Company Project

Learning outcomes:

• Practise purposeful and inclusive leadership.
• Set direction, vision, and governance and provide a clear sense of purpose for organisations.
• Work collaboratively or in partnership with a variety of stakeholders to influence key decision-makers as appropriate and meet sustainable development objectives.
• Apply business frameworks and data intelligence for ESG to develop more responsible business practises.
• Assess social, economic, and technological trends and developments relevant to different areas of expertise and wider organisation and promote innovation to address changing requirements.
• Generate business improvement through promoting ethical, inclusive, innovative, entrepreneurial, and supportive processes and culture.

Top Careers

• Director, partner, or CEO
• Managing director, vice president, or executive director
• Head of the department
• Chief financial officer or director of finance
• Regional service manager or global lead
• Business co-founder

Rankings

•    Online MBA ranked 9th in the world (Financial Times 2024), including:
- 2nd for MBA careers services
- 4th for value for money
- 5th for global mobility
•    Online MBA ranked 11th in the EMEA region (QS 2024)
•    World leading ‘Top 100’ university 

“Being an online student, I can confidently say that choosing the University of Birmingham for my studies has been one of the best decisions I have made. The University’s world-class reputation and rigorous curriculum have challenged and expanded my knowledge, preparing me to take on real-world business challenges with confidence.” – Alexander Oketch, Online MBA student, Kenya