The Lancaster Full-time MBA

A year in the UK on the Lancaster MBA – your chance to change yourself and your way of managing and leading

Specialist facultyIntellectual development

The Lancaster MBA is an intensive and rigorous programme which recruits highly motivated, experienced managers from across the world. It provides access to cutting edge knowledge across a full range of business and management subjects, taught by world-leading faculty.

Action LearningLearning through action

The Lancaster MBA has a focus on developing leaders through action learning and critical thinking. It's not just about absorbing theories and models and evaluating them in the classroom – you'll have three vital experiences of the business world: the New Venture Challenge, the Consultancy Challenge and the Corporate Challenge. Here you will use your new knowledge, and experience, to test out the strengths and weaknesses of theories and develop your own effectiveness in applying them.

Skills and toolkitsSkills enhancement

The programme modules, and the allied Career Management Programme develop your skills for all kinds of management careers – be it general management, consultancy, or a new business start-up. Tailor your electives to your preferred career route or keep your options open.

InternationalInternational experiences

Through the International Business in Context module, the global mix of students and the international exchanges, the programme helps you to improve your international management effectiveness and your understanding of different cultural contexts.

World recognition

The Lancaster MBA is triple accredited. It's ranked in the Top 10 in the UK in the 2012 FT ranking, and 7th in the world in the 2011 Forbes MBA ranking of the best non-US MBA programmes.

Find out more about what makes the Lancaster MBA special…

> Our difference: the action dimension
> The Lancaster MBA programme content

Recent MBA videos

Top leader inspires Lancaster MBA students

Watch Founder and CEO of Gulf One Investment Bank, Dr Nahed Taher – who graduated from Lancaster with a PhD in 2001 – as she contributes to the Lancaster MBA Advanced Leadership elective. Dr Taher was awarded an honorary Professorial Fellowship by Lancaster University in May 2011. Read the full story.
 

Developing self awareness on the MBA

In May full-time MBA students spent a day at a local training centre as part of the Mindful Manager module. Unique to Lancaster, the Mindful Manager runs throughout the programme and helps develop the self-awareness, critical-thinking skills and team-working competences that are vital to effective managing. Read the full story.
 

Saatchi & Saatchi CEO Kevin Roberts on the Lancaster MBA

Watch Kevin Roberts, Worldwide CEO of advertising giants Saatchi & Saatchi, as he takes students through the first of four workshops on the Lancaster MBA. Strategy in the making – read more about Kevin's contribution to the Lancaster MBA's Mindful Manager module.
 

Watch more video in the Lancaster MBA video gallery.

Virtual Chat: 16 February 2012

Key Facts

Duration: 12 months, full-time

Starts: October

Designed for: managers and professionals interested in significant career change

Features: action-orientated, including three consulting opportunities with UK companies, and an emphasis on leadership and international business

Intake: 75-90 students

Entry requirements: honours degree or equivalent; GMAT 600+; IELTS 7.0 or TOEFL iBT 100 if first language is not English >> more information

Work experience: at least three years needed

Fees: £26,000
Scholarships available for exceptionally qualified or experienced applicants >> more information

Deadline: We run a rolling admissions process with a deadline of 31 May >> more information

MBA Programmes

There are two other variants of the Lancaster MBA:

Executive (part-time) MBA
(taught at LUMS)

Global MBA
(part-time and country-specific)

Triple Accreditation

Triple Accreditation logos

The Lancaster Full-time MBA is accredited by the Association of MBAs and shares the Lancaster University Management School accreditation by AACSB and Equis.

Graduate Profiles

You get the opportunity to apply theories, frameworks and concepts learnt in class to real-life business situations.

Chris Nwaezeapu
MBA (Full-time), 2006
A triple-accredited business school Association of MBAs | AACSB | EQUIS