Strathclyde Business School was the first school in Scotland to receive triple accreditation from AMBA, EQUIS, and AACSB. The school also landed at number 53 in the Financial Times European business schools ranking, 13th in the UK.
The Strathclyde MBA is an intensive, 12-month course that covers the basics of business knowledge while allowing for substantial personalization and career development. Tuition fees for the MBA total £34,150, a fraction of the cost of other one-year MBAs in the UK.
So, it’s cost-effective and has a big seal of approval from accreditation bodies. Here are five more reasons you should consider the MBA at Strathclyde Business School.
1. Learn about what employers really want
The Strathclyde MBA was the very first one-year MBA program to be launched in the UK in 1966. Since then, course leaders regularly review the curriculum to keep it modern. Now, future students enrolling on the Strathclyde MBA can enjoy a revamped curriculum.
“It retains many of the historical strengths of the MBA at Strathclyde but also adds in some new strengths as well,” explains Lesley Pender, program director of the Strathclyde MBA.
One of these new strengths is a dedicated focus on what employers really want from MBA graduates and the skills necessary for future workplaces.
“The future of work is not what it was before,” says Lesley. “Students need to be able to demonstrate that they can adapt and flex, whether that's within the job or between jobs.”
The MBA in Scotland includes a core Strategic Leadership Development module, where students develop their emotional intelligence, teamwork, and risk management skills, vital for today’s business world. They also have opportunities to network with companies such as JP Morgan, SSEN, and Virgin Money at the careers conference, as well as visiting ACS Clothing.
2. Join a diverse class
In 2022, the Strathclyde MBA welcomed 54 students onto the program, with nine different nationalities represented. Additionally, one-third of students are women.
While the Strathclyde MBA is taught on campus in Glasgow, Strathclyde Business School has five international centers. This includes a campus in Dubai, plus partner institutions in Bahrain, Greece, Malaysia, and Oman.
MBA students have frequent opportunities to meet students studying on these global campuses to network and exchange ideas.
3. Personalize your program to your goals
The Strathclyde MBA is tailored towards a global, modern business world, and features core modules that cover subjects such as data analytics, strategic management, and responsible leadership.
But students can also personalize their program with a range of specialist electives. Some of these are run as the MBA Summer School, an annual event that brings together students from Strathclyde’s five international centers.
“Students can come to Glasgow, and they can network with one another and more broadly than just in their own cohort,” Lesley notes.
Here, students can choose from a minimum of 10-15 different electives, tailoring their MBA experience to their future career goals.
4. Focus on sustainability
A big part of the Strathclyde MBA is sustainability, and one of the three core pillars of the program is responsible leadership. Within this pillar, students follow modules related to sustainable workplaces and sustainable leadership.
Pilar Amieva from Mexico used the Strathclyde MBA to transition from a role in the oil and gas industry to be a sustainable entrepreneur and activist.
“Through the MBA, I was able to understand how I could create a business that's sustainable, self-sustainable, and that people will be interested in,” she says.
“At a certain point, I decided to leave my old life in oil and gas behind, but I don't think I could have done that completely without studying at Strathclyde.”
Strathclyde’s commitment to sustainability learning is world-renowned. The business school appears in the top 30 most sustainable programs in the world according to the Corporate Knights Better World 2022 ranking.
The school also offers a specialist MBA in Sustainable Energy Futures, which offers students a look into future sustainable policies and how to lead a responsible organization.
5. See things with a global outlook
With a strong partnership between Strathclyde’s international centers, students on the MBA program are given a unique opportunity to view business from a global perspective.
This perspective is strengthened by the internationally renowned academics on the course and the school’s Global Practitioner initiative, which brings teaching staff from diverse industries and countries to the program.
“What we're doing is giving students a full range of skills that aren't just about that first job after they leave, but are about their future career and how they manage that,” asserts Lesley.
This content was sponsored by the University of Strathclyde
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