Executive Master of Business Administration MBA
About this course
At Nottingham Business School we are proud to have developed an innovative and rigorous part-time Executive Master in Business Administration, rich in real-world experiences, international perspectives and opportunities to personalise your learning around your ambitions.
The Executive MBA (EMBA) is considered the passport to a successful senior leadership career for practising managers. The EMBA is a partnership – you bring the experience, enthusiasm and know-how, and we give you the most up-to-date knowledge, tools and techniques. This allows you to become impactful organisational leaders, who demonstrate clarity of thinking, and a set of convictions underpinned by the principles of responsibility and sustainability.
Our innovative, intensive course prepares you for a wide range of challenges inherent in leading organisations, enabling you to see the interconnections of your actions. You will acquire the knowledge you need to work effectively at a senior, strategic management level, empowering organisations to achieve their objectives. The course is designed around three key themes, Leading with Purpose, Leading Agile Transformation and Building and Leading a Resilient Organisation.
The ability to personalise learning and to apply it directly to your organisation puts you at the heart of our learning model and ensures both you and your organisation benefit directly from your studies.
If you have any questions about the EMBA, you can now chat to Thomas, our Marketing & Recruitment Officer.
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100% of our MBA students are satisfied by the quality of the course (PTES 2023). -
Every student will be allocated an Academic Mentor at the beginning of the academic year and you will meet with them regularly as they help you make the most of your time at NBS. -
You will acquire the knowledge you need to work effectively at a senior, strategic management level, empowering organisations to achieve their objectives. -
Create a personalised learning experience, giving you a unique MBA degree that equips you with the skills you'll need, for the career you want.
What you’ll study
At the start of the course, our Executive MBA development programme helps to prepare you for the challenges ahead. It includes intensive academic preparation for those who have been away from university for some years, as well as personal and professional development.
- Programme overview
- Leading with Purpose
- Leading Agile Transformation
- Building and Leading a Resilient Organisation
- Ongoing learning/professional development
Leading with Purpose
- Leading People and Organisations
- Customer Centric Marketing
- Leading Responsible and Sustainable Organisations
- Leading Strategy
- Leading Innovation
Leading Agile Transformation
- Finance for Strategic Decision Making
- Operations and Supply Chain Management
- Change Management
- Data Driven Decision Making
- Strategic Business Planning
Building and Leading a Resilient Organisation
- Governing Organisations
- Digital Transformation
- Global Consultancy Experience
- Business Research Project
Leading with Purpose
Leading People and Organisations
The Leading People and Organisations takes a multi-disciplinary approach to develop knowledge, insights, and skills relevant to the management and leadership of people and organisations. You will reflect on and develop your leadership and management practice in the context of contemporary organisations in the global setting.
Customer Centric Marketing
The Customer Centric Marketing module will enable you to understand the role of marketing, the global marketing context, develop marketing strategy, understand the importance of the customer experience and the interplay with brand. As a result of this knowledge, you will develop skills in applying this contemporary marketing knowledge to a real-world global context.
Leading Responsible and Sustainable Organisations
The Leading Responsible and Sustainable Organisations module will create a sustainable mind-set in you as a global leader through your understanding of the interface between ethics, corporate social responsibility, corporate governance and integrated sustainability.
Leading Strategy
Organisations are facing increasing uncertainty and disruption across all areas. Leading Strategy module will provide you an understanding of these issues and as a result you will be able to develop the leadership skills required to ensure long-term organisational success.
Leading innovation
Innovation skills are highly sought after in the global market-place. As a result of this module, you will have the skills needed to lead and facilitate innovation in complex global organisations.
Leading Agile Transformation
Finance for Strategic Decision Making
Knowing how to make financial decisions is an essential leadership skill. The module provides you with the knowledge and skills required to evaluate internal and external financial information and use this to appraise corporate financial performance and strategy.
Operations and Supply Chain Management
All organisations rely on systems and processes to operate. As a global leader the module will build your knowledge of how these operate and how critical they are in supporting the delivery of strategic objectives.
Change Management
The Change Management module involves you working with a group of your MBA peers as consultants to an organisation facing a complex change problem. Through this work based experience, you will learn how to lead change in complex global organisations and also develop consultancy skills.
Data Driven Decision Making
This module will mean that you see beyond the hype of big data and a result you will be able to navigate your way through complexity, quantity and the ethical and legal issues related to data. Leveraging data in this way will enable you to answer strategically important decisions and thus link you to innovation.
Strategic Business Planning
Using a live case study organisation, and a real business problem, with a group of your MBA peers, you will be tasked with creating a strategic business plan for an organisation.
Building and Leading a Resilient Organisation
Governing Organisations
As a global leader, you will need be able to operate effectively at board level to ensure the development of a sustainable and resilient organisation and establish the values and behaviours that guide organisational decision making and culture. The module adopts a structural, behavioural and an organisational perspective considering the governance options, behaviours and capabilities required to be an effective senior leader.
Digital Transformation
The ability to navigate and lead the ever-changing digital landscape is an essential leadership skill. The Digital Transformation module will allow you to develop an understanding of the strategic and operational business issues related to contemporary digital products and services for global organisations, with a focus on the technologies, skills and capabilities needed to create and sustain a cutting-edge digital business.
Global Consultancy Experience
This module provides the opportunity to experience dimensions of international strategic management by working intensively for a period of up to one week in a facilitated study tour including an external consultancy project. As a result, you will development of a range of important skills related to the economic global environment, managing across borders and managing projects. Given the international setting for the assignment, this will include strategies for operating in a culturally different environment and working closely with international collaborators.
Business Research Project
The Business Research Project module aims to enable students to rigorously investigate an issue of management or organisational relevance. Students are expected to focus on a project that is relevant to their organisation and to themselves as a Senior Leader.
Ongoing learning
Professional Leadership Development
This module is taught throughout the course develops professional, strategic transferable skills which students can deploy in the workplace.
The purpose of the module is to increase students understanding of how to manage their own continuous professional development in order to be a more effective leader and to enable sustained career success.
Specifically the aims of the module are to:
- Enable an understanding and appreciation of the importance of effective continuous learning in realising potential.
- Develop an understanding of key competencies and attributes relating to development as a leader.
- Develop students’ ability to use reflective practice to improve their performance and continuous development.
- Enable an understanding of how to identify ongoing development needs for continuous career management.
The module content can be grouped into three core themes:
- Developing core personal and professional competencies
- Developing leadership capability
- Reflective practice, development planning and career management.
We regularly review and update our course content based on student and employer feedback, ensuring that all of our courses remain current and relevant. This may result in changes to module content or module availability in future years.
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How you're taught
How will I learn?
Teaching will take place through a range of delivery methods including on-campus teaching and one-to-one mentoring.
This is a modular part-time programme, designed to maximise the impact of time away from your organisation whilst allowing you to schedule your time in a way that is as effective as possible.
The programme incorporates a mix of classroom modules, independent supported learning and work-based consultancy projects. It includes an international study visit and action learning group meetings. If it’s been a long time since you last studied, you can access lots of learning support. You can meet with an Academic English tutor on a one-to-one basis to support your writing and presentation skills.
You'll also use our virtual learning environment, NOW, which is a flexible web-based system that gives you 24-hour access to module learning materials and reading lists. It allows you to discuss work with tutors and submit coursework electronically from anywhere in the world.
How will I be assessed?
You will be assessed through a range of assignments, applied projects and presentations. There are no examinations.
It is the application of the knowledge you have acquired during the course that will enable you to think strategically and bring about change within your organisation.
Academic Mentors
Every postgraduate student will be allocated an Academic Mentor at the beginning of the academic year and you will meet with them regularly throughout the year. Academic Mentors help you make the most of your time at NTU. They will support you in developing and enhancing the qualities and transferable skills necessary for your studies, career progression, professional and personal development.
Careers and employability
"Nottingham Business School's EMBA stood apart, as it gave me the opportunity to join a cohort of professionals from across various industries and sectors, and study the theory and practice of broad, business-focused syllabus, both in the UK and internationally.
From start to finish the course structure was clear and defined, and crucially helped me to manage and balance academic study, work schedules, and my personal life. From the outset of my studies and beyond, I found myself applying course learning in my day to day work and personal life with tangible positive effect."
James Sheldon, Sales Director National Sales UK&I at Experian.
EMBA graduate stats
- £60,000+ average graduate salary five years after graduating
- 30% average increase in salary following completion
- 45% are businesswomen on our course
- 35 is the average age of our graduates
- 100% of all surveyed graduated agreed that the EMBA had a direct effect on their professional development
Career Development
We'll help you to develop your career potential and support you, as you determine the right career path, develop a job search strategy, reassess your career objectives and identify career options and opportunities. You’ll also be assigned an Executive Coach to help your career progression after you complete your MBA.
Campus and facilities
We are continually investing in our facilities, and transforming our learning and teaching environment to create an inspiring and innovative atmosphere.
Postgraduate Centre
The School is based in the impressive new Postgraduate Centre which facilitates on-campus teaching for Nottingham Business School’s postgraduate and executive education courses on NTU's City Campus.
Dryden Centre
Benefit from the newly built NTU Dryden Enterprise Centre that provides dedicated support for entrepreneurs, start-ups, small and medium-sized enterprises.
Fantastic facilities
- You can take advantage of the Link Lounge, a space dedicated to Business School students, located on floor zero of the Newton building.
- Explore your career prospects with the help of the University's Employability Team.
- You will benefit from spacious teaching rooms and lecture theatres.
- We provide students with a variety of social spaces.
- Your studies will benefit from the £13 million Boots Library.
- You can take advantage of our 24-hour IT facilities.
- Our Student Services Centre will also be on-hand should you need support.
The location of the City site also means that you have easy access to:
- sports facilities
- shops
- student accommodation
- music venues
- cafés.
Entry requirements
You will need the following:
- A good first degree (typically 2:2 or above) or equivalent professional qualifications and 3-5 years professional experience
- If you do not have an undergraduate degree we can accept 8+ years of professional experience
Other requirements:
- Vocational references
As part of the application process, we will meet with you to identify your individual training needs. This will allow us to provide personalised support as we assign you an Academic Mentor who will be with you through the duration of the course to help you achieve your training and learning objectives.
Getting in touch
If you need more help or information, get in touch through our enquiry form
Fees and funding
Home fees for October 2025 entry
| Year one | £12,250 |
| Year two | £12,250 |
*Please note that the course fee for the second year may be subject to annual review.
For more details on course fees, funding available and any additional support please visit our fees and funding page. Students loans are available.
Funding your studies
Preparing for the financial side of student life is important, but there’s no need to feel anxious and confused about it. We hope that our fees and living costs page and funding pages will answer your questions.
Postgraduate loans
The government introduced a new postgraduate loan scheme for Master degrees. The loan will be a contribution towards the costs of study and it will be at the student's discretion to use the loan towards fees, maintenance costs or other costs. Find out more on our postgraduate loans page.
Alumni Discount
We’re happy to be able to offer a 20% alumni discount to most current NTU students and recent NTU alumni. This discount is currently available for those starting an eligible postgraduate taught, postgraduate research or professional course.
Getting in touch
For more advice and guidance, you can contact our Student Financial Support Service on Tel: +44 (0)115 848 2494 or for Scholarship help please contact us on Tel: +44 (0)115 848 4460.
How to apply
Ready to join us? Apply through our NTU Applicant Portal.
Make sure you check the entry requirements above carefully before you do.
