The UCL-Peking University MBA, offered in Beijing, China and awarding a UCL qualification, brings together two world-leading universities at the heart of one of the world's largest and most dynamic economies. The MBA will build on students' professional experience and provide an advanced understanding of organisations, their management, and the changing global context in which they operate.
Students will develop a broad understanding of management and business through modules in accounting and finance, economics, strategy, organisational behaviour and leadership, decision-making and analytics, marketing, and operations.
Students will also develop an understanding of the unique challenges and opportunities for companies doing business in China. Students can further their understanding of entrepreneurship, technology, analytics, design thinking, finance, marketing, and human resources through specialised modules.
The MBA invites applications from ambitious and talented professionals from a variety of backgrounds who are keen to advance further in their careers or start new careers.
The MBA also invites applications from professionals of all backgrounds with wish to engage with China’s innovation and technology industries.
The MBA seeks those who want to find new ways to create and capture value, whether as managers within a company or leaders within their own businesses.
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Management practices are evolving, and the UCL School of Management will help you develop the skills necessary to become an entrepreneurial leader in an increasingly complex and interconnected world.
The Peking University National School of Development, which hosts China's foremost public policy experts, will give you a high-level view of managing companies in changing national and international policy contexts.
The MBA is taught at the Beijing International MBA (BiMBA) Business School of the National School of Development on the Peking University campus in Beijing, China and offers one optional module taught at the UCL Canary Wharf campus in London over three weeks in the summer.
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Graduates of the MBA will have the business and management training to create impact by making an early and substantial individual contribution to their companies. Additional training in leadership, organisational behaviour, cross-cultural management and negotiation will enable graduates to add more value through effectively leading and managing others.
BiMBA Business School at the Peking University National School of Development offers you extensive career and professional development services to enhance your interpersonal skills and your employability in the Chinese job market.
Graduates of the MBA are likely to find employment as managers and leaders in global companies across all industries in China and around the world.
This programme at the UCL School of Management is accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBA), one of the world’s leading authorities on postgraduate business education. The accreditation demonstrates the high standard of teaching, curriculum design, career development and innovation on the programme. AMBA limits the number of accredited schools to 300 institutions globally and currently accredits 2% of business schools in over 75 countries highlighting the School's continuing commitment to excellence in management education.
The programme is delivered through a combination of lectures, seminars, and project work. Assessment is through open-book and unseen written tests and examinations, individual and group coursework including presentations, reports, and essays, class participation, and a substantial business research project.
Students typically study one module at a time, and each module is delivered intensively.
For full-time students undertaking the 16-month programme, compulsory modules are normally completed in the first 10 months of study and most optional and elective modules are completed in the final 6 months of study. All students complete a business research project that is mostly undertaken in the final 6 months of study.
For part-time students undertaking the 28-month programme, compulsory modules are normally completed in the first half of the programme and optional and elective modules are completed throughout the programme. The business research project is mostly undertaken in the final 12 months of study.
For full-time students, each core taught module is delivered intensively in two separate, non-consecutive, two-week parts for a total of four weeks, totalling 56 taught hours per module.
For part-time students, each core taught module is delivered intensively in two separate parts over two weekends each for a total of four weekends, totalling taught 56 hours per module.
For both, full-time and part-time students, each optional and elective taught module is delivered intensively over a total of two weekends with 28 hours of teaching per module.
In addition, for each core taught module, students spend approximately 90-100 hours, over the total four-week period, on assessment and independent study to further develop the skills and knowledge covered in lectures and seminars.
For each optional and elective taught module, students spend approximately 40-50 hours, over a two-week period, on assessment and independent study to further develop the skills and knowledge covered in lectures and seminars.
The total number of weekly hours will vary according to the activities being undertaken, the teaching schedule and assessment deadlines.
For a full overview of the programme structure please visit the UCL School of Management website.
Visit the Business Administration MBA page on the University College London web site for more details!
The fees for this programme are set in Chinese Yuan and payable to the Beijing International MBA at the Peking University National School of Development.
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