MBA - Master Business Administration
- 1 year
- Duration
- 18,500 GBP
- Price
- Rolling admission
- Start
- Rolling admission
- Deadline
- MBA
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- Epsom / United Kingdom
- Location
Program description
The Master of Business Administration programme at UCA will hasten your advancement within the industry sector of your choice if you are looking for a top-tier profession in the creative industries.
As a student at our Business School for the Creative Industries at UCA Epsom, you will develop a solid theoretical knowledge base while also examining and evaluating real-life case studies to help you comprehend how multinational organisations function.
You will gain knowledge of the fundamental abilities required of people in senior roles in organisations, and you'll be inspired to pursue entrepreneurship and grow as a potential leader.
This course emphasises independent learning; you will be required to choose, develop, and manage your own business initiative based on your preferred area of specialisation in the creative sector. You will take the lead on your project work, receive support from professionals, and make links with the industry through an active relationship with your tutor.
Every programme offered by our business school is instructed from a global perspective, providing graduates with the knowledge and abilities needed to pursue a creative business career anywhere in the globe. To ensure that you graduate as a well-rounded, highly employable professional with a well valued certificate, all of our teaching programmes are project-based and combine knowledge from both the business and the creative professions.
You can choose the Integrated International Pre-Masters, a year-long preparatory programme of study to get you ready for your master's in the UK, improving your speaking and writing skills in English along with your specialty skills, research knowledge, and self-confidence.
Program structure
Term one
- Creative Industries: Global Industry
- Futures and Creative Industries: Leadership
- Postgraduate Bootcamp 1: Creativity & Orientation
- Business Economics
- Creative People & Organisations
- Global Creative Industries
- Marketing, Design & Communications
Term two
- Creative Industries: Global Industry
- Futures and Creative Industries: Leadership
- Bootcamp 2: Forecasting & Predictive Analysis
- Operations & Risk in the Creative Industries
- Strategy & Decision Making
- Strategy: Analysis & Evaluation
- Human-centred Innovation & Design
Term three
- Creative Industries: Global Industry
- Futures and Creative Industries: Leadership
- Bootcamp 3: Competitive Intelligence & Research
- Global Logistics & Supply Chain Management (Elective A)
- Augmented & Synthetic Experiences (Elective A)
- Trends & Forecasting (Elective A)
- Business Analytics (Elective A)
- Creative Business Start-up (Elective B)
- Strategy & Planning (Elective B)
- Investment in the Creative Industries (Elective B)
- Masters Project
Price
Fee for two semesters (1 year) for international students is:
- Integrated International Pre-Masters course - 17,500 GBP
- MBA course - 18,500 GBP
We have offer a range of scholarships and fee discounts.
Requirements for applicants
If you do not have qualifications from the United Kingdom, we will accept equivalent qualifications from your native country for admittance into our programs.
In addition to academic credentials, some of our courses require a portfolio of previous work.
For our Master's courses, we usually require that you have successful completion of your Bachelor's degree or equivalent from a recognised university.
English Language requirements for MA/MSc & MBA courses:
- IELTS UKVI or Academic - Listening 5.5, Reading 5.5, Speaking 5.5, Writing 5.5, Total 6.5
- Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL) iBT - Listening 17, Reading 18, Speaking 20, Writing 17, Total 90
- Pearson Test of English (Academic) - Listening 59, Reading 59, Speaking 59, Writing 59, Total 59
- Cambridge English Advanced (CAE) or Cambridge English Proficiency - Listening 162, Reading 162, Speaking 162, Writing 162, Total 176
- Trinity College London Integrated Skills in English (ISE) - Listening Pass, Reading Pass, Speaking Pass, Writing Pass, Total ISE III
- LanguageCert International ESOL SELT - Listening 38, Reading 38, Speaking 38, Writing 38, Total B2 Communicator High Pass
Portfolio requirements
We'll need to examine your written or graphic portfolio for these courses in order to review it. Once you've applied, we'll send you an invitation to submit your portfolio via your applicant portal; more details will be given at that time. This can also be arranged for you if you would prefer to evaluate your work with the Academic Team in person while on campus.
About the university
The UCA team firmly believes that creativity enhances the vitality, innovation, and humanity of global communities. That is why the university has been a fervent supporter of creative research and teaching for the past 160 years.
Architecture, crafts, fashion, graphic design, illustration, fine art, photography, film, media, the performing arts, and creative business are among areas of study offered by the university. Employers in the creative sector hold a high regard for this programs because of their excellent teaching standards.
We want to inspire people to use their creativity to drive change, overcome challenges and improve the lives of others.
So we’ve designed our university to be an inclusive, dynamic environment. Our campuses across Surrey and Kent, our Institute for Creative Innovation in Xiamen, China, and our homes within partner organisations such as the Maidstone Television Studios all have one thing in common: they are places to forge inspiring partnerships, make work with purpose and build real solutions to human problems across the globe – whether that’s as part of our vibrant teaching and research community, or as a student on one of our courses.
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