MBA (Global Online)

General entry requirements

Minimum requirements

You must have at least three years’ professional experience. You should be able to demonstrate progression in your career, which could include increased people management, budgetary and/or project management responsibilities. In a typical cohort, our participants have, on average, around 12 years of professional business experience.

We encourage applications from candidates with a second-class honours at undergraduate level from a UK university, or the equivalent qualification from an overseas university. However, we also welcome exceptional candidates who may not meet these academic qualifications but demonstrate a proven ability to succeed through their experience.

English language requirements

You can find out more about our English language requirementsLink opens in a new window. This course requires the following:

• 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.

International qualifications

We welcome applications from students with other internationally recognised qualifications.

For more information, please visit the international entry requirements pageLink opens in a new window.

Academic References

You can choose to submit a professional reference to support your application, particularly if you wish to be considered for a WBS scholarship, but this is not a requirement. Referees should be able to comment on your academic or business acumen. 

Additional requirements

There are no additional entry requirements for this course.

Required modules

Elective modules

You will choose four elective modules to customise your MBA and achieve your aims. One of your four elective modules will be a required face-to-face module. You will have a range of face-to-face modules to select from, which may be based at our Warwick campus, WBS London, The Shard, or at an international location.

Face-to-face elective modules

You may select your face-to-face module from elective modules offered to our Executive MBA students at our Warwick campus or at WBS London, The Shard.

Examples of the kind of modules that may be available are:

Alternatively, you can choose to complete your face-to-face elective module overseas, including five international modules that are offered primarily to our Global Online MBA participants.

Previous examples of these include:

• Leading Global Organisations - Dubai
• Managing Sustainable Energy Transitions - Shanghai, China
• Design Thinking and Service Design - Aalto University, Finland
• Big Data and Business Analytics – IE Business School, Spain
• Entrepreneurial Finance – San Francisco

Module locations and availability may vary depending on student demand and scheduling constraints.

Online elective modules

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

• Social and Environmental Sustainability
• Healthcare
• Entrepreneurship

Read the module descriptions for this course on the Warwick Business School website.Link opens in a new window

Teaching

The Global Online MBA offers you true flexibility, and your learning experience is built around the ability to slot into your busy life. With a combination of online learning (both live and at your own pace) and in-person teaching, you’ll build networks with your peers and faculty, dig deep into key theories, and meet at our two face-to-face residential weeks to immerse yourself in MBA learning.

Although the majority of your learning will be online, this doesn’t mean that you’ll miss out – you’ll still participate in group work, join in with online discussions, and access creative approaches to classroom learning. You’ll also get access to expert insight events on the topics that matter to you, and network with cohorts across our other MBA courses during your elective modules.

Your online learning environment

Your online teaching will take place via our intuitive online learning environment, my.wbs, which has been developed with your need for flexibility and quality in mind. Through this technology we’ve removed geographical barriers, so your course is accessible to you, wherever you are.

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.

Joining us face-to-face

Face-to-face interaction is an essential element of our course, so you will join us on campus in Warwick or WBS London, The Shard, depending on which variant of the programme you have enrolled on, for two residential weeks (Warwick Weeks). These intensive face-to-face periods of study will embed your learning, enrich your studies and allow you to grow your network. In addition to the Warwick Week attendance, included in your tuition fee is one required face-to-face elective module. You may also opt to take an additional face-to-face module for an additional cost.

Class sizes

At Warwick our Global Online MBA class sizes comprise of around 180 students, whilst in London Global Online MBA class sizes comprise of approximately 60 students.

Typical contact hours

This course is taught online, with 2 weeks face-to-face teaching in the first year and a required face-to-face elective module in your second year. Each module should take approximately 100 hours, which typically includes a minimum of 27 hours of structured teaching (live teaching and online learning/support) and the remainder made up of guided online study and independent self-study.

Assessment

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

Dissertation

Your Dissertation can take one of several forms, either addressing research questions by studying real-world examples and/or the people involved, or conducting an original investigation addressing a practical issue. Dissertations can be practical and based on your own organisation or an external organisation, or can take a more theoretical approach – the choice is yours. 

The Dissertation allows you to dig deeper into a topic of interest to you, and enables you to apply your learning, take multiple perspectives on a business issue, and explore your subject thoroughly. 

The majority of our Global Online MBAs take the dissertation route. 

Capstone module

For your final module you have the choice to undertake a Dissertation or Strategic Consulting Project. This will give you the opportunity to showcase applied learning from your programme, focussing on addressing a practical or research problem relevant to today’s business landscape. 

Academically, your final module tests your ability to apply your learning to real management issues. 

Professionally, it may well open the door to your next career move. 

Each option will take the form of a project, and culminates in the submission of a written piece of work. The options differ slightly in that the Dissertation is an individual project, whilst the Strategic Consulting Project is undertaken in a group. Both can take place in an employment setting. 

Strategic consulting project

As a group of three, you’ll engage with an organisation, addressing at least one topic posed by the Client. You’ll use knowledge and theory gained from your Global Online MBA to describe, analyse, and address this topic, providing actionable consulting feedback. 

10% of your assessment for this module will be based on a group presentation, with 90% based on an individual consulting report. This is your opportunity to consolidate everything you have learnt and apply it to a real business. 

Your career

Graduates from these courses have gone on to work for employers including:

• Accenture
• Amazon
• AT&T
• Barclays
• Capgemini
• Citigroup
• Deloitte
• e-on
• GE Healthcare
• Heineken
• IBM
• Ikea
• Jaguar
• Morgan Stanley
• PwC
• Virgin media
• VW

Helping you find the right career

We have our own dedicated careers team at Warwick Business School called WBS CareersPlus. You will have access to one-to-one career guidance appointments, CV checks and tailored mock interviews.

Personalised support

Our careers, leadership and professional development services are tailored to your individual needs and fully integrated into the programme, providing an excellent way to supercharge your career, leadership skills and earning potential.

As well as a range of webinars and online resources, you'll have access to three different elements of 1-2-1 career support; unlimited career consultations, one leadership coaching session and the option to join our award-winning mentoring programme. Ensuring you leave WBS feeling confident to make your next career move.

And our career services don’t stop when you complete your programme. You will still be able to access online resources, one career consultation and our Professional Interest Groups for free. You’ll also be able to access additional services on a pay as you go basis.

Warwick Business School

At WBS, we offer some of the top business programmes in the UK and globally. We welcome students, faculty, staff and corporate partners who embody our Change Maker values, and have a passionate drive to make a positive difference in the world of business and beyond.

Being a Change Maker isn't about where you're from, it's about where you want to go and how you're going to get there. This is reflected in the aims of our business school: we want to bring people together from across the globe, from different backgrounds, who are restless to change the world and want to use business as a power for good. Does this sound like you?

Find out more about us on our website.

The vision of WBS is to be Europe’s leading University-based Business School, developing transformational ideas and people that shape how we do business. We recognise that rankings are one way to profile our progress towards fulfilling this vision, and are proud to participate in the major global business education rankings.

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MBA

• MBA (Accelerator)
• MBA (Executive)
• MBA (Global Online)
• MBA (Full-time)

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Our Postgraduate Research courses

• Business and Management (MRes/PhD)
• Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)
• Finance and Economics (MRes/PhD)

Tuition fees

Tuition fees are payable in advance or at the start of each academic year.  Self-funding students can either pay the annual tuition fee at the start of each year or can opt to pay in instalments as outlined here. Academic fees cover the cost of tuition, examinations and registration and some student amenities. 

Taught course fees  Research course fees

Fee Status Guidance

We carry out an initial fee status assessment based on the information you provide in your application. Students will be classified as Home or Overseas fee status. Your fee status determines tuition fees, and what financial support and scholarships may be available. If you receive an offer, your fee status will be clearly stated alongside the tuition fee information.

Do you need your fee classification to be reviewed?

If you believe that your fee status has been classified incorrectly, you can complete a fee status assessment questionnaire. Please follow the instructions in your offer information and provide the documents needed to reassess your status.

Find out more about how universities assess fee status

Additional course costs

As well as tuition fees and living expenses, some courses may require you to cover the cost of field trips or costs associated with travel abroad.

For departmental specific costs, please see the Modules tab on the course web page for the list of core and optional core modules with hyperlinks to our Module Catalogue (please visit the Department’s website if the Module Catalogue hyperlinks are not provided).

Associated costs can be found on the Study tab for each module listed in the Module Catalogue (please note most of the module content applies to 2025/26 year of study). Information about module department specific costs should be considered in conjunction with the more general costs below:

• Core text books
• Printer credits
• Dissertation binding
• Robe hire for your degree ceremony

Scholarships and funding