MBA (Business Leadership and Practice)

Our innovative 24-month Edinburgh Napier MBA programme is tailored for you. It recognizes the rise of young entrepreneurs and the demand for graduates to quickly acquire higher-order managerial skills to advance their careers. Our programme is designed for the dynamic, contemporary, global business environment, focusing on developing skills in leadership and the application of conceptual management theories to current practice.
Imagine acquiring creative problem-solving, critical reasoning, and strategic thinking skills, and gaining the confidence to present your ideas and strategies to the business world. You will also have the opportunity to enhance your learning experience with Masterclasses and Employability skills workshops.
Designed for early career professionals, an MBA is different from other masters degrees in that it draws very much on your life and personal experiences. You’ll have group work, real-life examples, and case studies to work through in addition to learning business strategy in a simulated environment.
Our MBA programme is designed to develop your skills as a manager and leader on an international stage. We do this by supporting your study in analysing environments, formulating strategy, taking decisions and leading change programmes.
The course helps you develop practical experience and insight as well as build valuable links between theory and practice and enhances your overall employability.
The programme covers the full range of MBA skills as well as additional action learning and critical reflection skills – essential for the modern manager.
You'll acquire creative problem solving, critical reasoning and strategic thinking skills, and apply these to your learning about global economic and finance principles, strategic business issues, organisational management and the realities of the competitive marketplace.
You'll develop your written and verbal communication techniques, giving you the confidence to present your ideas and strategies to the business world.
On graduation you’ll join our MBA Alumni community, giving you access to future masterclasses and networking.

The entry requirement for this course is a Bachelor (Honours) Degree at 2:2 or above. We look for applicants to have a background in any discipline in order to be eligible for the programme.

Applications need to be supported with a personal statement detailing the reasons for choosing the particular specialism.

We may consider lesser qualifications if you have sufficient professional work experience within the industry. As this is a conversion course, we will not consider applicants with Masters level qualifications in the same field i.e. Business Management/Administration.