Master of Business Administration (MBA)
A programme that aims to challenge and inspire you
Key Facts
Faculty:
School of Business
Study Options:
Full/Part Time
Start Date:
Sept '21
Level:
Postgraduate
Course Length:
1/2 Years
Fees:
Home Full-time: £14,500
Home Part-time: £7,250
International and EU: £16,500
(For 2021, international and EU fees will be the same as Home fees)
Apply:
Direct
Application Deadline: For students requiring a visa the application deadline is 30th June. For all other students, application deadline is 31st July.
About this programme
The University of Gibraltar MBA is a one year full-time, or two year part-time accelerated programme which will commence in September 2021 at the University’s School of Business.
By the time you graduate you should have the skills and experience to succeed in high-pressure, high-paying leadership roles.
Covid-19 vaccine: Staff and Students
Gibraltar was the first country in the world to vaccinate its entire population against Covid-19. As part of the nationwide vaccination programme, all University of Gibraltar teaching staff and students – including non-residents and international students – were offered a Covid 19 vaccine.
Face-to-face teaching
We are committed to providing an excellent learning experience that is personal and participative. That’s why we have decided to continue the face-to-face delivery of our programmes.
Modules
Delivered by expert teaching staff and industry experts, the full-time MBA is a one-year accelerated programme that usually requires a commitment of sixteen hours class time a week. The part-time study mode is designed to fit around your career and requires a commitment of eight hours class time a week over evenings. The schedule below outlines a typical study plan.
Titles are subject to change. Timings will be different for part-time mode.
Semester 1
Accounting and Reporting**
This module examines accounting from a holistic perspective by examining not only financial and management accounting topics, but also those sources of value that include the social, environmental, and governance impacts of business activities.
Marketing Management
This module offers a conceptual basis for making marketing decisions in a fast-changing business environment where organisations face competitive, social and environmental challenges in delivering customer value and achieving their business objectives. Marketing management requires a broad understanding of consumer behaviour and contemporary marketing strategies related to product development and management, pricing, distribution and communication, to enable decision making that reflects an understanding of their ethical, social and sustainability impacts.
Managing New Technologies
This module provides the theoretical framework that will allow students to gain a critical understanding of the importance of management information systems in an organisation and explore its application in their own business environment. They will also be introduced to dynamic new technologies and will examine the possibilities that new technologies would bring to their own organisations.
Managing People
This module concentrates on how people are managed as a resource, and how best to leverage the important resource they provide, while also behaving responsibly and ethically. The module also includes a focus on written skills, as this is key to most business settings where HR and other managers must compete for limited resources.
Semester 2
Leadership and Managing Change
This module focuses on responsible leadership of change which is leadership that not only anticipates, plans and implements change efficiently and effectively but does so in an environmentally sustainable way, with a high regard for ethical principles and due care for the interests of stakeholders.
Managerial Finance**
In this module, we provide a framework for firms to make optimal decisions to achieve the firm’s objective. Conventionally, we regard this as being to maximise the value of the firm, but very early in the module, we critically discuss the limitations and implications of this assumption in light of corporate social responsibility and sustainability.
Business Law
The module initially provides students with an overview of legal systems as well as theoretical and policy frameworks for the regulation of business and government activity, with a view to enhancing students’ legal risk management skills.
Strategic Decision Making
This module focuses on strategic management as a dynamic process that deals with the challenges posed by the highly turbulent and global environment of the 21st century. It is designed to sharpen students’ ability to think strategically, to evaluate organisational situations from a strategic perspective and to reach sound strategic decisions.
Semester 3
Capstone Project*
The aim of this module is to consolidate students’ learning acquired throughout their MBA into a single Capstone Project. Students will carry out an independent study on a topic of their choice. They will have the opportunity to apply the comprehensive theoretical knowledge, understanding and skills that they obtained throughout the MBA to an area of interest within either their own workplace setting, an organisation of their own choosing or a company quoted on the New York or London Stock Exchange.
* Students can choose a project that has a general focus or a more specialist focus such as Fintech, New Technologies, Events, Tourism & Hospitality or Gaming.
**Qualified accountants will be eligible to apply for exemption from these modules.
A unique learning experience
Based at the University of Gibraltar’s award winning Europa Point Campus, you will have access to specialist learning resources including open study areas and cutting-edge technology. This, combined with a curriculum that blends theoretical approaches to business disciplines with practical experience, means that you will emerge from the programme ready to manage in the world of business.
Gibraltar enjoys a largely diverse, thriving economy and is the headquarters for a wealth of global businesses offering you opportunities to learn from the best and access valuable national and international networks.
Offered on a part-time and full-time basis, The University of Gibraltar MBA is a contemporary and career-focussed management programme that aims to challenge and inspire you. Whether you are seeking to boost your career prospects or change direction, an MBA is an elite professional qualification that will provide you with the business management skills that will set you apart from the competition.
Why choose this programme?
Face-to-Face Learning
You will benefit from teaching approaches that place you at the heart of learning and ensure learning is enjoyable.
Future Proof
You will study a curriculum that is relevant, impactful and, above all, designed to give you the skills needed in the business world of tomorrow.
Post-study Employment
For international students, you will have the opportunity to stay and work in Gibraltar for up to two years following completion of your degree.
Capstone Project
During semesters one and two, you will have the opportunity to learn and practice eight individual modules that aim to enhance your business management skills. The Capstone Project in your final semester is a multifaceted assignment that provides a unique opportunity to apply all the skills and knowledge learned in the MBA.
Quality
You will benefit from teaching and learning that is aligned to the UK standards of provision, but has the advantage of a Mediterranean setting within a dynamic business environment.
Choice of Specialism
For your capstone project, you can choose a general focus or opt for a more specialist focus such as Fintech, New Technologies, Events, Tourism & Hospitality or Gaming.
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Entry Requirements
Typically, all applicants will:
- Possess a good first degree awarded by a UK university or overseas equivalent.
- Be able to communicate ideas effectively in writing, in discussions and presentations. Basic IT skills, such as word-processing, email and Internet are expected.
- Have work experience; we value diversity of experience in our student body, therefore we welcome applications from recent graduates who have undertaken meaningful placements as well as those with all levels of work experience. We are more interested in the impact that you have had in your workplace than the length of time spent.
English Language Requirements:
- An overall IELTS test result of 6.5, including a minimum of 6.0 in all sub-tests. Equivalent awards will be considered (e.g. Pearson’s Test of English, Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English, Duolingo English Test, City & Guilds International ESOL 8984, or the TOEFL- IBT test of English proficiency). If you do not meet our entry requirements, you can still apply as we will consider your application.
Offers are based on a combination of qualifications or predicted grades, the applicant’s personal statement and references. For guidelines on personal statements and references please click here.
Fees
| Programme | Fee (per annum) | Years |
| Home Full-Time | £14,500 | 1 |
| Home Part-Time | £7,250 | 2 |
| International and EU | £16,500 | 1 (For 2021, international and EU fees will be the same as Home fees) |
Note: the above fees are for the Academic year 2021/22 and are subject to indexation.
Business and Scholarships
The University of Gibraltar hosts or directly offers a number of scholarship programmes to support your studies. Scholarships are available to support undergraduate, Master’s degree and PhD programmes and are made available to students based on certain criteria.
If you have been resident in Gibraltar for more than five years then, once you receive your offer letter from the University of Gibraltar, you can apply to the Department of Education for funding.
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Application Deadline: For students requiring a visa the application deadline is 30th June. For all other students, application deadline is 31st July.
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