Master of Business Administration (Gaming)
KEY FACTS
Faculty:
School of Business
Study Options:
Full/Part Time
Start Date:
Sept 2023
Level:
Postgraduate
Course Length:
1, 2 or 4 Years
Fees:
Home Full-time: £12,500 per annum
Home Part-time: £6,250 per annum
Home Flexible: £3,125 per annum
International and EU: £14,500 per annum
(For 2023, international and EU fees will be the same as Home fees)
Apply:
5th December 2022 to 3rd July 2023 (visa requiring applications close 29th May 2023)
Developed with input from industry and researchers
The programme’s curriculum was designed with input from Gibraltar’s gaming industry, and researchers from the Centre of Excellence in Responsible Gaming, a multi-disciplinary group of internationally recognised specialists in the area of Gaming and Gambling research.
“Developed with input from Gibraltar’s gaming industry, our MBA (Gaming) programme is designed to provide a unique and valuable perspective on the intersection of business and technology in the rapidly growing gaming industry. With a focus on both theory and practical applications, this programme offers the opportunity to develop a thorough understanding of the industry and the skills necessary to drive innovation and success.”
Áine PanterHead of School (Business)
“This industry is highly regulated and increasingly global. The content of each module is customised for this sector, drawing on management theory, academic research, and international industry experience, with a special focus on the Gibraltar legal framework. The program will position executives and emerging leaders for career success and growth.”
Prof Zsolt Demetrovics, PhD, DScChair of Centre of Excellence in Responsible Gaming
Modules
Delivered by expert teaching staff and industry experts, the MBA (Gaming) is designed to ensure our graduates feel prepared to take on leadership roles.
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.
Compliance Leadership
This module will provide a deep theoretical understanding of compliance, its role in society and the economy, the models and approaches used, and the fundamental policy, legal and regulatory instruments of compliance. In addition to providing a comparative global overview of gambling compliance, the module will provide a detailed examination of compliance frameworks in key jurisdictions: Gibraltar, the UK and one member country of the European Union (to be selected annually). Guest experts will offer local knowledge and experience.
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 (Gaming) into a single Capstone Project. Students will carry out an independent study on a topic of their choice within the gaming industry. They will have the opportunity to apply the comprehensive theoretical knowledge, understanding and skills that they obtained throughout the MBA (Gaming) to an area of interest within either their own workplace setting, or a gaming organisation of their own choosing.
Why Gibraltar?
With over 30 licensed gaming operators based in Gibraltar, it has long been considered a gaming hub.
The British Overseas Territory boasts a thriving business environment and a top-notch regulatory framework, making it the perfect place to land your dream job in the gaming industry.
With exciting opportunities in operations, marketing, customer service, and technology, Gibraltar offers an endless array of career paths for ambitious professionals. Plus, its proximity to the UK and Europe means endless opportunities for international travel and networking.
Study at your pace
Pursuing a degree at your own pace can help you achieve your educational goals while still maintaining a healthy work-study-life balance.
Full-Time
Those who choose to study on a full-time basis will complete the MBA (Gaming) in 1 year.
Studying full-time requires 16 hours of class time a week, and 32 hours of at-home study a week.
All classes are scheduled on weekdays after 5pm to accommodate typical working hours.
Part-Time
Those who choose to study on a part-time basis will complete the MBA (Gaming) in 2 years.
Studying full-time requires 8 hours of class time a week, and 16 hours of at-home study a week.
All classes are scheduled on weekdays after 5pm to accommodate typical working hours.
Flexible
Those who choose to study on a flexible basis will complete the MBA (Gaming) in 4 years.
Studying full-time requires 4 hours of class time a week, and 8 hours of at-home study a week.
All classes are scheduled on weekdays after 5pm to accommodate typical working hours.
Speak to our Student Experience Team
Want to find out more about the Master of Business Administration (Gaming)?
Schedule a video call to speak to a member of our Student Experience Team. Christian, Michelle, Vanessa and Bethany are on-hand to talk to you about all things University of Gibraltar!
QAA Global Accreditation
The University is delighted to have achieved global accreditation from the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA), the UK’s independent quality body and a global leader in quality assurance for higher education.
“In achieving QAA’s global accreditation, the University has displayed its compatibility with international best practice.”
Vicki Scott, UK Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) Chief Executive.
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.
If you do not meet our entry requirements, you can still apply, as all applications are considered.
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 | £12,500 | 1 |
| Home Part-Time | £6,250 | 2 |
| Home Flexible | £3,125 | 4 |
| International and EU | £14,500 | 1 (For 2023, international and EU fees will be the same as Home fees) |
Fees are subject to indexation.
Bursaries and Scholarships
The University of Gibraltar hosts or directly offers a limited number of scholarship programmes to support your studies. These scholarships are highly competitive; they 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.
Apply
APPLY (FULL-TIME)
APPLY (PART-TIME)
APPLY (FLEXIBLE)
Applications close: Monday 3rd July 2023
*Applications for visa requiring students close: Monday 29th May 2023
All applications are reviewed on a monthly rolling basis. Once you submit your application, it will be reviewed at the beginning of the following month, with an interview being scheduled for later that same month.
E.g. any applications submitted during the month of March will be reviewed at the beginning of April, with interviews being scheduled later in April.
APPLICATION CHECKLIST
Contact us via the enquire button for more information.
Payment Method(s)
© Copyright 2023 University of Gibraltar. All rights reserved.
Registered charity no.273