Master of Business Administration (MBA)

The UBI Master of Business Administration (MBA) enhances graduates management knowledge and leadership skills to deal with the increasingly complex challenges that will be found in tomorrows highly digital, interconnected and global business environment.

UBIs MBA graduates are quality leaders with a forward-looking view, a deep awareness of how organisations create value, and how their business decisions holistically impact their environment. Our alumni are prepared to implement innovative strategies, with a clear international focus thanks to their deep understanding of the digital economy and strong good citizenship values both on a personal and corporate level.

The UBI Difference

• British MBA programme with a focus on how Business & Tech strengthen new and existing business models
• HyFlex learning ecosystem promoting flexibility and practical experiences
• Extensive networks of established companies participating in the programme
• International first-hand business experience with opportunities at UBI locations and partners such as LSE or Babson College
• Personalised focus to support multiple career trajectories with personalised coaching and career services
• World class faculty and online resources (Harvard Business Publishing Education and ProQuest)

As a global MBA programme, UBI partners with top institutions such as the London School of Economics and Babson college to deliver a week-long International Business Experience for all participants.
The International Business Experience is an invaluable element of the MBA programme which complements the students learning through workshops provided by these prestigious academic institutions and first-hand exposure of the inner workings of international companies thanks to UBI Business Schools corporate partners. This element of the programme is included in the MBA tuition fees (excluding flights and accommodation).
Beyond this unique experience, UBI also offers students opportunities to participate in optional business immersion trips to Singapore or Shanghai.

The only MBA degree in partnership with a British university in Belgium

Since 2012, UBI Business School has delivered academic programmes in partnership with Middlesex University London, a British university with a distinguished heritage of excellence and innovation in higher education. This is a programme developed, delivered and assessed by a partner institution, and quality assured by Middlesex University. Students receive a Middlesex award upon successful completion.

Degrees awarded upon graduation

With the successful completion of the postgraduate programme, graduates will obtain a British degree from Middlesex University London: Master of Business Administration (MBA).

Delivery model and Key Facts

UBI Business Schools MBA adopts a HyFlex (Hybrid + Flexible) delivery model that offers participants a seamless learning experience while providing working professionals the flexibility to attend real-time lessons face-to-face at our Brussels campus, or online via live streaming. With a 5-Star QS rating for "Online Learning", our campus fully has the latest hybrid-learning technology to support this delivery model.

• 90 ECTS.
• 180 hours of synchronous classes (real-time)
• 180 hours of asynchronous learning
• Programme duration: 12 or 24 months, adapting the pace of studies according to students’ personal and professional needs
• Programme intake: February and October
• Synchronous sessions schedule (every other week): Fridays 13:30 - 18:30 & Saturdays 9:00 - 13:00

Programme Structure

Core modules

• Global Economic Environments
• People, Teams, and Organisations
• Marketing Concepts and Practice
• Executive Accounting for Decision Making
• Professional Skills
• Ethics, Responsibility and Sustainability
• Finance and Capital Markets
• International Management
• Analytics and Operations Management
• International Business Strategy
• Entrepreneurship, Technologies, and Innovation

First-hand International Experience

• International Business Experience organised by LSE in London or Babson College in the USA

• World Market Workshops
• Meetings with Practitioners
• Agile Project Management and Research

Integrative Management Project (select one)

• Business Plan/Consultancy Project
• Venture Creation Lab
• Thesis
• Strategy Project + Internship or International Experience

Period Abroad (optional)