Course Overview

This MBA challenges the orthodox business school approach to education and instead focuses on cross-disciplinary collaboration. You will become a new type of business graduate: one who can combine genuinely creative thinking and innovation with core financial and strategic management skills.

The aim of the course is to develop professional networks and to work collaboratively to make positive change happen. We will devise projects and offer live opportunities with external partners to do this.

The World Economic Forum consulted business leaders from major global organizations for its The Future of Jobs Report (2016). It concluded that the ten skills an employee would need by 2020 are:

• complex problem solving

• critical thinking

• creativity

• people management

• coordinating with others

• emotional intelligence

• judgment and decision making

• service orientation

• negotiation

• cognitive flexibility.

The MBA embeds these in its curriculum.

The course will prepare you for the next step in your career, whether it be a transformational senior management role within your current industry or a new role in a completely new field of work. Entrepreneurial students are encouraged to set up their own businesses.

The emphasis on positive transformation and a socially motivated desire to change the world, coupled with a solid understanding of business and management, will create graduates who are keen to bring about fundamental innovation and systemic change.

For details on the wide range of careers support provided for students, please visit:

• UAL Student Jobs and Careers section

• Birkbeck Careers Service

• Birkbeck Talent

• Career Coaching.

General Eligibility

Central Saint Martins Birkbeck MBA applicants must have a second-class honors degree (2:2) or above and usually at least three years relevant work and/or professional experience, but we will look at exceptional candidates with less.

Part Time Work Details

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Language Requirement

• All classes are conducted in English. If English is not your first language you will be asked to provide evidence of your English language ability in order to apply for a visa, enroll and start your course. The English language requirement for entry for this course is IELTS 7.0 with a minimum of 6.5 in any one paper, or equivalent.