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About the MBA

Designed for busy working professionals, our MBAs offer:

  • core and optional modules
  • multiple start dates
  • a weekend study option
  • the option to study at our Dubai campus or from anywhere in the world through distance learning

The course content is designed with input from industry advisors, including senior figures from the NHS Foundation Trust, Prince Lionheart, Bank of America, WWF, and Santander.

Core modules provide a solid base of management knowledge. Optional modules allow you to tailor aspects of the Executive MBA in Dubai and Distance Learning MBA to suit your career aspirations.

The management project involves an in-depth study into a business area of your choice.

Our MBA programmes integrate responsible business practices, social inclusion, sustainability and the 'three Ps': Profit; People; Planet, into the curriculum. This reflects our ethos of 'doing well by doing good'.

You'll be equiped to make strategic decisions that consider the impact on all stakeholders. This unique focus sets the Bradford MBA apart from traditional programmes and prepares you to become a future-focused business leader who can drive positive change.

You can also specialise in a new, rapidly growing career area with our unique Innovation, Enterprise and Circular Economy MBA. This new economic model aims to use resources more effectively, reuse products and materials, and deliver increased profit. Or, you may choose to study one of our new 'Digital Economy', 'Sustainability' or 'Innovation and Entrepreneurship' module clusters.

Discover more about our MBA programmes with our playlist of previous webinars.

Join us at an MBA webinar

Are you looking to advance your career, expand your network and enhance your leadership skills?

Our Distance Learning MBAs equip you with the knowledge and tools to achieve your goals, while maintaining a balance between work, life, and education.

Sign up for our Distance Learning MBA Open Day webinars to find out more.

We will guide you through our curriculum, highlighting key features and benefits that empower motivated professionals like you to excel in a fast-paced business landscape.

Who is an MBA for?

Business Owners and entrepreneurs

An MBA will give you a formal business education. You may have industry knowledge but lack formal business education. An MBA can be a game changer and can provide you with a structured approach to business management, allowing you to refine your strategic vision and operational efficiency. It could help you expand your brand and open doors to new business opportunities and investor networks. It could also equip you with the financial acumen, marketing strategies, and leadership skills necessary to make data-driven decisions to scale up the business and compete with larger businesses.

Mid-Career Managers and Executives

An MBA is an investment and can help you fast-track your next step. Studying an MBA can help broaden your global business perspective which could help you secure a place on the board. During your programme, you can enhance your strategic thinking skills, financial acumen and decision-making abilities. It can also equip you with the tools to lead larger and more complex organisations, drive sustainable growth, as well as navigate the challenges of a rapidly changing business landscape.

Consultants

An MBA can broaden your business knowledge and enhance your ability to analyse complex business problems. It can also improve your communication and interpersonal skills, enabling you to build stronger client relationships. You could broaden your knowledge of strategy, finance, marketing and operations. This would allow you to offer more holistic solutions to clients, deliver greater value and position yourself as a trusted advisor.

Change makers

The Innovation, Enterprise and Circular Economy MBA is for students who want to challenge the ‘Business as Usual’ approach. This applies to production and consumption, and learning innovative ways of value creation that positively impact society and our planet. You will develop a broad knowledge of the core functional disciplines of managing people, finance, decision-making and marketing - cores that are critical to leadership at a senior level. You can also focus your studies around a specialist interest in sustainability and circular economy.

Our Distance Learning UK and global MBA rankings

Financial Times Rankings 2026

In the Financial Times’ 2026 Online MBA Rankings, our Distance Learning MBA ranked 3rd in the world for value for money, and 5th in the world for ESG and net zero teaching.

It also ranked 4th in the world for 'international mobility'. This is based on alumni citizenship and where they worked before graduation and three years later.

It ranked 6th in the world for career progress. This looks at whether alumni moved into more senior jobs and larger organisations within three years of completing their MBA.

Our online MBA also ranked 2nd in the UK for 'aims achieved', with 79 per cent of alumni saying it helped them achieve their goals studying for an MBA. It is also ranked 4th in the UK for programme delivery.

Source: Financial Times Online MBA Rankings 2026

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CEO Magazine 2025 Global MBA rankings

Our Distance Learning MBA is ranked 20th in the world out of 100 ranked online MBAs in CEO Magazine's Global Online MBA rankings.

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Why choose the Bradford MBA?

Accreditations

Our School of Management is part of an elite group that holds the "triple-crown" of accreditations (Equis, AMBA and AACSB) awarded to fewer than 1% of business schools globally.

Our distance learning MBA is ranked number 1 in the world for value for money. Financial Times methodology calculates that our average alumni salary three years after graduation, divided by the cost of studying the MBA, is the highest in the world.

Flexibility

Our MBA programmes offer you the flexibility to study online from anywhere in the world, with a choice of enrolment dates throughout the year. You can arrange your study time around existing work and home commitments.

You'll join an extensive network of current MBA students, alumni, and business contacts. Our network provides you with access to online learning, careers, support services and our MBA Summit while you study and after graduating.

Flexible study options

We know as executives, business owners and entrepreneurs that life can be busy. We’ve designed our Distance Learning MBA programmes to help you achieve a bespoke work, life and education balance.

Our core modules have been condensed into two months and we have introduced some intensive week-long modules. Electives are now available to take in both your first and second years.

This gives you time to reflect and recharge between modules, or gives you the flexibility to accelerate your studies. You can complete our MBAs in as little as 24 months, or you can take your time and spread your studies over three years. Visualise how you'll spend your time studying on our distance learning MBA courses with our example MBA timetable.

You can also study optional modules online or at our Dubai campus.

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Here are five examples of how you can make your MBA study work for you:

Which MBA should you study?

The flexible nature of our MBAs allows you to tailor your studies to align with your personal circumstances and career goals.

Compare your options (please note that all of our MBA programmes are studied part-time):

Location: Distance Learning Duration: 2-3 years Start in: October, January, April, July Study core modules in key business concepts, choose from 10 optional modules and complete a management project.

Location: Dubai Duration: 2-3 years Start in: October, April Study core modules in key business concepts, choose from 12 optional modules and complete a management project.

Meet our MBA team

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Dr Rachel Shrimpton

MBA Director

Dr Suzanne Smit

Dr Suzanne Smit

Programme Leader, Distance Learning MBA

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Yvonne Moogan

School of Management Director

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Dr Farzaneh Fakhredin

Module Leader

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Richard Nyuur

Module Leader

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Eva Kipnis

Module Leader

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Dr Nuno Arroteia

Module Leader

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Dr Craig Johnson

Module Leader

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Dr Tillal Eldabi

Module Leader

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Shahid Rasul

Module Leader

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George Madine

Module Leader

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Dr Kweku Adams

Module Leader

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Dr Kuttimani Tamilmani

Module Leader

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Dr David Spicer

Module Leader

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Dr Jing Li

Module Leader

Meet our MBA students

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Zenith

Distance Learning MBA

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Tatjana Walker

Distance Learning MBA

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Fahim Khan

Executive MBA in Dubai

Diego Zaccariotto, a distance learning MBA student

Diego Zaccariotto

Distance Learning MBA