MBA - Accelerator

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TIBS-N1SJ

MBA

2 years part-time

March 2025

Warwick Business School

WBS London/Online

Accelerate your career progression without having to take significant time out of work, with the Accelerator MBA. This blended, part-time MBA will enable you to make the next leap in your career, with learning taking place both online and at WBS London, The Shard, over two years.

Warwick Business School's Accelerator MBA is designed to enable you to make the next leap in your career, with learning taking place both at WBS London, The Shard, and online over a two year period.

Built with high-potential leaders of the future in mind, we understand that balancing work and study whilst trying to progress can be tricky. With this in mind, 80% of your course takes place at WBS London, our base in The Shard, and 20% online, through our innovative online platform, my.wbs.

In addition to covering key areas of management and leadership, you’ll access bespoke careers support, gain global exposure, and engage with the business world.

Skills from this degree

• Gain a comprehensive understanding of the global business envrionment
• Build your leadership skills and develop your own leadership style
• Expand your global exposure with a network from across the globe, and a required elective at one of our international partner institutions
• Learn to apply your learnings in practice with a client-based consulting project
• Focus on your career progression with a blend of online and in-person interventions, designed and facilitated by our industry-leading CareersPlus team.

You’re offered the ultimate flexibility in this blended course, getting the best Warwick Business School’s in-person and online offering. You’ll balance your desire to stay in work with the opportunity to meet and build strong networks with your cohort, all of whom will be on a similar career trajectory.

Whether online or in-person, you’ll interact directly with faculty, dig into academic theories with your classmates, and put your new knowledge into practice through creative learning activities.

As innovators in the online learning space, we’re leading the way with new technologies to support you. We’re the first business school in the UK to launch SmartStage®, which uses extended reality to embed you in the online experience. Presenters will speak from our virtual studio, interacting with the content around them to create immersive video lectures.

Typically, each module will consist of approximately 30 hours preparation and pre-reading, 27 - 44 hours of academic delivery and 40 hours writing the assignment(s). Your learning will be assessed through a variety of methods including individual written assignments, case study analysis, group work presentations and reports.

Class size is around 30 students.

Typically, each module will consist of approximately 30 hours preparation and pre-reading, 27 - 44 hours of academic delivery and 40 hours writing the assignment(s). Your learning will be assessed through a variety of methods including individual written assignments, case study analysis, group work presentations and reports.

Module assessment is a mix of individual assignments, exams, group work and class tests.

Strategic consulting project or dissertation

You will have the choice to undertake either a strategic consulting project or traditional dissertation.

The strategic consulting project focuses on practice and is based in an employment setting. You will work as part of a group on the project with 10% of your assessment being based on group work and 90% based on an individual consulting report. This is your opportunity to consolidate everything you have learnt and apply it to a real business. Academically, it tests your ability to apply your learning to real management issues. Professionally, it may well open the door to your next career move.

If you choose to undertake the dissertation option, although more academic with a focus on theory, it is still highly relevant in the world of business. It will demonstrate that you can assimilate your learning, take multiple perspectives on a business issue and explore your subject thoroughly

You must have at least three years of professional work experience. We don't require management experience, but you should be able to demonstrate progression within your career and a desire to move into management and leadership.

You should have a 2:1 at undergraduate level from a UK university or the equivalent from an overseas university. We also welcome applications from candidates who do not have the academic qualifications but are exceptional, with a proven ability to achieve.

• Band B
• IELTS overall score of 7.0. All four languages elements have to be scored 6.0+, with maximum of two language components at lowest level 6.0 or 6.5.

There are no additional entry requirements for this course.

Elective modules

You'll personalise your MBA experience by selecting four elective modules that align with your goals. During your elective modules you will learn alongside our Executive MBA and Global Online MBA participants in London, widening your MBA network. You may also have the option to choose electives held at our Warwick campus or via online learning.

Elective modules are available from the following theme areas:

• Digital
• Entrepreneurship
• Finance and Accounting
• Global Business
• Healthcare
• HRM & Corporate Responsibility
• Management & Leadership
• Marketing
• Operations
• Strategy
• Sustainability

Please be aware that module availability and delivery methods may vary.

One of your four elective choices will involve a required overseas module, taking place at one of our partner institutions. These modules are exclusively designed for WBS students and encompass subjects such as sustainability and digital innovation.

There is also the option to specialise your MBA in one of the following areas:

• Social and Environmental Sustainability
• Healthcare specialism
• Entrepreneurship specialism

Read the module descriptions for this course on the Warwick Business School website.