MBA - Executive MBA

Enrich your career and combine study and full-time work with the Aston Executive MBA. Learn through flexible online materials and workshops, as well as weekend residentials and apply new skills and knowledge straight away in your role.

How will my skills develop?

The best leaders have mastered the art of decision making and action based on critical thinking. The Aston Executive MBA will encourage you to think like a business leader from the start, teach you how to reflect on your career, perceive emerging opportunities, and develop a growth mindset. You will become enterprising in everything you do.

Discover cutting-edge leadership concepts and frameworks and put them into practice with applied exercises and real-life business projects. You’ll develop your ability to inspire and lead enterprises and be a force for positive change within organisations.

How will this help my career?

We’ll help you to develop an entrepreneurial mindset and master the art of critical analysis and strategic thinking. This will allow you to perceive opportunities and overcome complex commercial challenges in your career.

Career prospects

We’ll teach you the ropes so you can make it to the top. Our comprehensive career management programme is designed to boost your employability and help you take the next step, whether that’s in a new role, a change of career or launching a start-up.

Modules

The Aston Executive MBA is made up of core modules, an optional module, and a business project taught over a 24-month period. Core modules will equip you with a thorough knowledge of key business and management issues needed for modern day business.

Core modules

• Crafting Organisational Strategy
• Creating and Delivering Customer Value
• Measuring and Enhancing Financial Performance
• Designing and Managing Operations, Systems and Processes
• The Aston Edge
• Business Project

Optional modules

Select one optional module:

• International Business
• Business Finance
• Global Business Ethics
• Entrepreneurial Strategies
• Advanced Strategy
• Work and Organisational Psychology
• International Operations
• International Marketing Management
• Learning and Talent Development

For direct enrolment onto the Aston MBA programme, you will need English and Mathematics GCSE Level 2 or equivalent, plus one* of the following:

A good UK honours degree, minimum Lower Second Class (2:2) or
An equivalent overseas degree recognised by Aston University, or
A degree-level professional qualification

See website for full entry requirements.