Full-Time MBA
An accelerated career pathway to responsible business leadership.
Your MBA your way
An accelerated career pathway to responsible business leadership
Become a business visionary studying alongside some of the world’s most forward-thinking minds
Course key facts
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Qualification
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MBA
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Duration
12 months
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Start date
August 2023
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Study mode
Full-time
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Fees
£61,500 Home
£61,500 Overseas
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Delivered by
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Location
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South Kensington
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Minimum entry standard 2023
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2:2 degree or an approved professional qualification, and three years’ continuous relevant full-time work experience
Course overview
The business world is in a constant state of change. Digitisation is transforming the way businesses operate and reshaping the rules of work. Business leaders need to understand the change technology brings and have the agility, skills, and confidence to navigate through this ever-evolving environment.
The Imperial Full-Time MBA will challenge you to imagine, innovate, and inspire. It will allow you to develop the skills demanded by recruiters for the future workplace, enabling you find innovative solutions and create impact in business and society.
We are always looking forward, and our recently redesigned programme boasts a curriculum that enables you to customise your learning experience to your career goals, gain international business acumen, and accelerate your responsible leadership aptitude.
An MBA is an investment in you. Your education. Your career. Your future.
Structure
This page is updated regularly to reflect the latest version of the curriculum. However, this information is subject to change.
Find out more about potential course changes.
The Full-Time MBA begins with pre-study modules. These primers are designed to ensure you are prepared for your core modules at the start of your programme, where you will develop a deep understanding of the fundamental areas of business.
The core modules build rapidly on your previous experience, while introducing new and challenging disciplines. You will explore advanced business topics to build a solid toolkit and acquire the skills to be an effective and inspiring leader in your chosen career path.
The leadership experience forms an essential part of your MBA and is key in preparing you to capitalise on the many opportunities that await you upon graduation. Your own personal careers consultant will be with you from the start, supporting you in the development of your career strategy and preparing you for success in your leadership transformation.
- Business Analytics
- Business Problem Solving
- Corporate Finance
- Financial and Management Accounting
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Managerial Economics
- Marketing
- Organisational Behaviour
- Strategy
You will begin your journey of customisation with two flexcore modules. This will enable you to choose a variety of modules to stay on a general management path, or alternatively to study one of our newly developed specialisms in analytics, entrepreneurship or finance. The three specialism areas are aligned to Imperial’s research and faculty strength in these topics and reflect the key skills top employers are looking for in MBA graduates.
- Data Analytics and Visualisation for Business
- Design Thinking: Solving Complex Problems Through a Disruptive Mindset
- Investment and Risk Management
- Macroeconomics
- Operations
In addition to the fundamentals of data, probability and statistical analysis, explore how AI and machine learning are reshaping our ability to leverage data and tackle real-life challenges. This specialism is for anyone with an analytical mind and passion for data looking to be at the forefront of this rapidly evolving subject.
In addition to the support available to students via the Imperial Enterprise Lab, you’ll discover the true meaning of innovation and how to solve complex problems with a disruptive mindset. This specialism is designed to give you the tools, support, and expertise to successfully launch your own venture or innovate from within and create change in your future organisations.
If you are looking to work in financial services, corporate finance or fintech, take the finance specialism. Access the Finance Lab, attend seminars with executives from leading financial services firms and start-up innovators and visit companies to see finance in action and develop your network.
Your next step is to choose from a wide range of electives, where you will continue to explore your own areas of interest. You can choose from traditional business topics such as marketing and strategy, or study electives that are unique to Imperial and our STEM expertise in areas including climate change, energy business, sustainability, AI, machine learning and more. If you’ve decided to pursue a specialism, you will choose your electives according to your chosen route.
- Advanced Financial and Sustainability Reporting
- Big Data, AI and Machine Learning (On-campus)
- Project Management (On-campus)
- AI Ventures (On-campus)
- Digital Business Model Design (On-campus)
- Digital Opportunities: Insights from the Startup Nation (IB Glocal elective)
- Digital Technologies and Digital Transformation
- Entrepreneurial Finance (On-campus)
- Entrepreneurial Journey
- Entrepreneurial SMARTCamp
- Frugal Innovation - expanding markets, meeting needs (IB Glocal elective)
- Leading Social Innovation (On-campus)
- Venture Capital Finance (Online)
- Wicked Problems, Systems Dynamics, and Entrepreneurial Innovation
- Alternative Investments (On-campus)
- Analysis of Financial Statements and Management Information (On-campus)
- Asset Management and Alternative Investments
- The FinTech Revolution: New Markets, Models, and Opportunities
- Clean Technology Investment (On-campus)
- Corporate Governance and Stewardship (On-campus)
- Corporate Law and Tax Strategy (On-campus)
- Insurance (On-campus)
- Entrepreneurial Finance and Venture Capital
- Cases in Corporate Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions
- Pricing Strategy (On-campus)
- Private Equity (On-campus)
- Sustainable Finance and Investments
- Venture Capital Finance (Online)
- Defining Moments (On-campus)
- Digital Transformation: Leading Real-World Change (On-campus)
- Family Business (On-campus)
- Leadership (On-campus)
- Leadership for Sustainable Organisations (On-campus)
- Leading and Executing Strategic Change (On-campus)
- Leading Social Innovation (On-campus)
- Leading YourSelf (On-campus)
- Managing Negotiations (On-campus)
- Strategy and Leadership in a Digital World (On-campus)
- The Future of Cities (IB Glocal elective)
- Brand Management (On-campus)
- Consumer Behaviour (On-campus)
- Emerging Technologies in Marketing (On-campus)
- Marketing Analytics: Leading with Big Data
- Pricing Strategy (On-campus)
- Digital Marketing (Online)
- Sales Management and Leadership (IB Glocal Elective)
- Breakout Strategy (On-campus)
- Building and Managing Reputations During Good Times and Bad (On-campus)
- Climate Change and Business Strategy (On-campus)
- Design for Business Transformation (On-campus)
- Economics of Information and Intellectual Property (On-campus)
- Energy Business (On-campus)
- International Business (On-campus)
- Management Challenges in Healthcare (On-campus)
- Strategic Networking (On-campus)
- Strategy and Leadership in a Digital World (On-campus)
- Strategy in Volatile and Uncertain Environments (On-campus)
- Sustainability and Competitive Advantage (On-campus)
- Advanced Strategy (Online)
- Digital Business (Online)
- Sustainable Transformation Made in Italy (IB Glocal Elective)
- Strategic Consulting Project
- Entrepreneurial Journey
- Analytics Project
- Financial Consulting Project
We’ll support your development as a leader by helping you understand how your awareness of ethical, societal, and diversity issues, as well as your own leadership style, play a role in every decision you make.
Leadership experience modules
The LEADS module starts from your first month on campus and spans the duration of your MBA, covering all the fundamentals of leadership, ethical behaviour and decision-making, as well as diversity within organisations and a broader look at business and society.
Your learnings from the LEADS module culminate in the LEADS capstone. This unique experiential assessment will allow you to fully reflect on your learnings from the module during an off-campus excursion.
The Personal Leadership Journey will identify your own individual strengths and areas for development in terms of your leadership capability and professional effectiveness.
Taking place in the middle of the programme, Careers Week enables you to focus in on your career goals through a series of workshops and activities designed to help you crystalise your career strategy.
In order to make an impact on a global scale, you must understand the global environment in which you are working. As an MBA student, you will have opportunities to travel to international destinations to study at partner schools and work with local businesses.
Learn about the challenges faced by local organisations, and how a country’s business environment affects the way organisations operate. You will be fully immersed into the business operations of a startup or small or medium sized enterprise (SME) and will be able to put into practice skills acquired in the classroom to create real-life results.
This is an integral part of the Full-Time MBA programme, with costs included in your tuition fees.
The IB Glocal Electives, which are shared across the MBA portfolio, teach students how to explore contemporary global business problems with a local perspective.
Our optional Global Exchanges programme allows you to increase your international exposure and build your network by taking advantage of specialised electives at one of our partner schools.
At Imperial we provide immersive opportunities to explore real-world business challenges, developing a global mindset and hands-on skills, you’ll strengthen your understanding of business, innovation and responsible leadership.
Working in groups, you will use business model innovation to create economic disruption with positive environmental and social effects. Through this one-week learning laboratory, you will apply innovative thinking to complex international issues and generate business solutions.
In your summer term, you will be tasked to integrate and synthesise the theory you’ve learned in the classroom, together with insights from your business experience, and apply it in a real-world setting through either an Internship or Individual Project.
Leveraging our unrivalled location in central London, you’ll have the opportunity to embark on a two-day tour of some of the city’s top tech companies.
Professional accreditation
We are among a handful of business schools worldwide to achieve triple accreditation:
- Association of MBAs (AMBA)
- Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
- European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS)
We have also been recognised for our work in tackling gender inequality in higher education with a Bronze Athena SWAN award.
Teaching and assessment
Teaching and learning methods
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Lectures
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Practical classes and fieldwork
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Equipment/technique demonstrations
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Presentations and seminars
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Workshops
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Case studies
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Group work
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Virtual learning environment
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Lecture recordings
Assessment methods
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Continuous assessments
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Essays
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Written exams
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Multiple choice tests
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Formal presentations
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Reports
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Case studies
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Participation
Entry requirements
We consider all applicants on an individual basis, welcoming students from all over the world.
How to apply
Apply online
If you are applying to the Business School, you may be considered for one course per admissions cycle. If you are applying for a Finance Master's, we will take your areas of interest and eligibility into account when considering you for alternative programmes.
Visit our Admissions website for details on the application process.
If you are applying for a taught Master’s course, you will need to pay an application fee before submitting your application.
The fee applies per application and not per course:
- £100 for all MSc applications to Imperial College Business School
- £150 for MBA applications to Imperial College Business School
There is no application fee for MRes courses, Postgraduate Certificates, Postgraduate Diplomas or research courses, such as PhDs and EngDs.
If you are facing financial hardship and are unable to pay the application fee, we encourage you to apply for our application fee waiver.
Find out more about the application fee and waiver
An ATAS certificate is not required for students applying for this course.
Tuition fees
2023 entry
2023 entry
£61,500
If you're a UK national, or EU national with settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme, you may be able to apply for a Postgraduate Master’s Loan from the UK government, if you meet certain criteria.
For 2022-23 entry, the maximum amount was £11,836. The loan is not means-tested and you can choose whether to put it towards your tuition fees or living costs.
Your future career
Improve your career prospects by changing location, function, sector, or even starting your own business.
MBA graduates at Imperial are highly sought after in a variety of employment sectors.
88% of our Full-Time MBA class of 2021 were employed within three months of graduation
76% of our Full-Time MBA class of 2021 accepted a job offer in a new sector.
Further links
Contact the department
- Telephone: +44 (0)20 7589 5111
- Email: business.school@imperial.ac.uk
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