best place to study an MBA in the UK

i'm in my final year and i really do need advice as to some of the schools in UK hat i can apply to for a Masters Degree in buisness administration and what the school fees is like. Also would like to know how their graduates are accepted in the international labour markets. Really don't have a clue about any school in the uk or United states real

 

For the UK only use Colleges and Universities on the Department for Education an Skills list. These are the only bodies that award recognised UK degrees.

http://www.dfes.gov.uk/recognisedukdegrees/


There are many less than reputable bodies offering MBA (and in the US BBA) degrees.

 

Assuming you mean full-time in the UK rather than by distance learning, the list would go something like:

LBS (London Business School) - pretty much out on its own as the best. Two year course in the American style. Quite truly astounding levels of fees (£41,000 for the two years). http://www.london.edu/

After that, there's a whole pack of universities with very good business schools: Warwick http://www.wbs.ac.uk/, Oxford http://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk, Cambridge http://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/ and Henley Management College http://www.henleymc.ac.uk would occupy the next four places in my top 5, but you can make good arguments for City http://www.cass.city.ac.uk/, Imperial http://www.imperial.ac.uk/business/, Manchester http://www.mbs.ac.uk/and Cranfield http://www.som.cranfield.ac.uk/som/. None of them will be cheap, however. Expect to pay a minimum of £15,000 (and probably a hell of a lot more) for the standard 1 year MBA as an overseas student.

If you're interested in distance learning, then Manchester, Henley, Warwick and Imperial all offer DL MBAs.

Angela

 

Hi:

As Agilham points out, there're many excelent choices at a distance.

I'd also add Durmam, as it ranks among the top 100 MBAs in the world, in both the Financial Times and The Economist's rankings.

www.dur.ac.uk

Also, please note the required residencies can be waived.

Actually, residencies may prevent you form enroling at Henley or Warwick, due to their potentially high cost if yoú live far from the UK.

As for Manchester, yóu should note its aimed at experienced Financial managers, and also to engineering managers in another version.

Finally, I thing the Heriott-Watt MBA is worth including in your list, for many reasons discussed in other threads.

www.ebs.com

As for acceptance in tthe labour markets, this really depends where you plan to live/work. For instance, UK degrees are quite accepted in HK, Singapore, and Malaysia.

Good luck,


Joi

 

Dayo,

To help you in your quest we really need a few pieces of information as follows:

1) As Angela asks; what will your chosen delivery mode be, full-time, part-time, modular or distance learning? (If you are not sure what the various options entail you should start researching).

2) What is your budget?

3) Where do you plan to work after/during?

4) Do you have any geographical/travel restraints based on you answer to Q1?

You have stumbled upon a discussion forum rich in knowledge. Well-written and concise questions will generate a healthy response.

No wahala (did I spell that right...)

Peace,

Dave C.

 

I've heard from many people who have benefited from the book Which MBA: a critical guide to the world's best programmes, published by The Economist Intelligence Unit. Because it is published annually, by the same author (for 20+ years -- I can relate to that), it has current information and consistent standards.

I think my "11 vital factors to consider" in choosing any MBA program, still make good sense, and they can be found at
http://www.degree.net/guides/mba_guide.html

John Bear
co-author, Bears' Guide to the Best
MBA Programs by Distance Learning
(and boy, does it need revising/updating)