Program Overview
The Business Administration at Lancaster University is a MBA programme in Business & Management over 12 months, delivered On-campus. This programme equips graduates with advanced knowledge and practical skills for professional and academic careers in the field.
Students gain a rigorous grounding in both the theoretical foundations and applied dimensions of business & management. The programme combines coursework, research components, and practical projects that develop critical thinking, problem-solving, and specialist expertise relevant to industry and research needs.
Graduates of the Business Administration programme are well-prepared for careers in academia, industry, government, and the private sector across United Kingdom and internationally. The programme provides an internationally recognised qualification within the Bologna higher education framework.
Key Program Features
- Duration: 12 months
- Language of instruction: English
- Study mode: On-campus
- English requirement: IELTS 7
- Tuition: GBP 28,000 (Tuition (Year)) — International students; GBP 28,000 (Tuition (Year)) — EU/EEA students
- Location: Lancaster, United Kingdom
Career Opportunities
Graduates of the Business Administration programme are prepared for diverse careers in business & management:
- Business Analyst
- Management Consultant
- Product Manager
- Strategy Analyst
- Operations Manager
- Entrepreneur
Program Curriculum
We continually review and enhance our curriculum to ensure we are delivering the best possible learning experience, and to make sure that the subject knowledge and transferable skills you develop will prepare you for your future. The University will make every reasonable effort to offer programmes and modules as advertised. In some cases, changes may be necessary and may result in new modules or some modules and combinations being unavailable, for example as a result of student feedback, timetabling, Professional Statutory and Regulatory Bodies' (PSRB) requirements, staff changes and new research. Not all optional modules are available every year.
You will take the core modules listed and select two optional modules.
Core
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This module explores the complexities of leading responsibly in today’s interconnected world.
You will critically examine how individuals learn to lead and what it means to lead with purpose, vision, and character. You will be encouraged to reflect on leadership theory, behaviours, and processes. Through practical and critical engagement, you will define your leadership purpose and explore how to lead with integrity and impact.
This module integrates the management of people and organisations.
Managing people:
- What shapes do modern organisations and institutions take when managing their people - and why?
- What does human work mean concretely: how is it defined, valued and therefore managed today?
- What does it mean for us all to depend on technologies without historical precedent: that is, on machines that are expected to decide for us - and already do?
- How will we manage in a world where the entire human enterprise faces increasingly complicated natural, political, ethical, and cultural tensions to which no ready-made solution exists?
These questions are ongoing concerns for the management profession. Reflecting on them is always part of a manager's role. It requires an interdisciplinary approach to understanding how organisations can best structure their human resources departments to enable individuals and broader stakeholders to achieve their own ambitions through work.
Managing organisations:
We work and live in organised contexts. Enduring organisational questions relate to how people are managed across different types of organisations (eg professional, project-based), as well as emerging questions such as managing digitally and intergenerationally. Being able to analyse organisational forms and practices, and how these shape workplace dynamics, is a vital part of learning how to manage people, teams, projec
Admission Requirements
Academic Requirements
To join the Lancaster MBA you must have:
A good first degree.
A minimum of three years\' professional work experience since graduation.
Preference will be given to those who can demonstrate that they have strong business experience, and have held significant managerial responsibilities.
Two good references, one from your current employer, and one from someone who can comment on your academic ability.
English language
A suitable level of English language capability is vital.
You must provide evidence of your English language ability. We are looking for an overall IELTS score of 7.0 or above (with at least 6.0 in each element).
You need to ensure that you take your English language test early. If you do not manage to meet our English language requirements you may have the option to join one of our pre-sessional English language courses to get you up to the level needed for the MBA.
We offer two pre-sessional English language programmes: our 10-week programme starts in July and our 4-week programme starts in September. Given the July and September starts for these English language programmes, it is essential that we have your test results as early as possible.
GMAT requirements
A GMAT evaluation may be required for applicants who have less than four years of postgraduate management/business experience, or do not have a first degree, but have a significant amount of relevant management experience. In certain circumstances candidates who do not fully meet these requirements, but who have other exceptional qualities, may be admitted without a GMAT evaluation, but may be required to successfully complete a Lancaster Admissions Essay.
English Proficiency: IELTS 7 or equivalent.
Tuition & Financial Information
Tuition Fee
GBP 28,000 (Tuition (Year)) — International students; GBP 28,000 (Tuition (Year)) — EU/EEA students
Tuition fees: GBP 28,000 (Tuition (Year)) — International students; GBP 28,000 (Tuition (Year)) — EU/EEA students
IELTS requirement: 7
Financial Aid & Scholarships
Contact Lancaster University directly for scholarship, grant, and financial aid information for this programme. Many European universities offer merit-based and need-based funding for international and domestic students.
About Lancaster University
Lancaster University
Lancaster, England
Lancaster University is a collegiate public research university in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. The university was established in 1964 by royal charter, as one of several new universities...
University Profile- Start Date September 2026
- Language English
- Duration 12 months