United Kingdom
University of Derby
Master of Business Administration - MBA Global
The University of Derby publishes an online Master of Business Administration - MBA Global. Students take seven 20-credit modules and a 40-credit dissertation or Social Impact Project. Study is 100% online, with live classes that are recorded. The printed total for new entrants in both 2025/26 and 2026/27 is £13,950, and 20-credit modules in the first two stages are £1,550. A normal academic entry is an upper second, or significant management experience instead. English, where required, is IELTS 6.5 with 5.5 in each skill. The page does not state a programme length in months, a GMAT rule, or AACSB, AMBA or EQUIS.
The school’s page presented this as a current program. Last checked 2026-10-27. Confirm the details with the school before you apply.
- Country of the award
- United Kingdom
- Delivery
- Fully online
- Residency
- Not required
- Duration
- Not confirmed
- Language
- English
- Tuition
- £13,950 published total tuition
- Admissions test
- GMAT or GRE rule not published
- Business school
- Not published
Overview
- Official award title
- Master of Business Administration - MBA Global
- University
- University of Derby
- Awarding institution
- University of Derby
- Awarding note
- Degree-awarding institution recorded as the university that publishes the program.
- Country of the award
- United Kingdom
- Location recorded
- Derby, United Kingdom
- Executive MBA label
- Not labeled executive
- Named pathways
- No named specialization. This can still be a general MBA.
Study format and residency
- Delivery
- Fully online. The online course page says the MBA Global is delivered 100% online. It also says an on-campus full-time, part-time or block route exists, so campus study is an alternative rather than a requirement of the online route. Live virtual classrooms, tutorials and guest lectures, with sessions recorded and available on demand. Forums and group work are also described.
- Intensity
- Flexible pace
- Duration
- The academic year has three 10-week trimesters. The page recommends about 20 hours a week for one 20-credit module in a trimester, or about 40 hours a week to take two modules. A total programme length in months is not printed.
- Credits
- Seven core 20-credit modules and one 40-credit independent study, which may be a dissertation or a Social Impact Project.
- Teaching languages
- English
- Complete program in English
- Yes
- Language requirement
- IELTS 6.5 with a minimum of 5.5 in each skill, or equivalent, if English is not the first language or the highest qualification was not completed in English.
- Live or asynchronous
- Live and asynchronous
- Mandatory residency
- No
- Residency detail
- No residency is required for the online route. The page says on-campus study is also possible.
- Intakes
- A January start is advertised, and the page says there are set start dates through the year. Exact term dates are on the online applying page rather than fully listed on the course page.
Admissions
- Previous degree
- Normally a good honours degree at a minimum of upper second class from a UK university, or an overseas equivalent, in any subject, or a professional qualification treated as equivalent. Significant management experience and a substantial record of achievement can be considered instead.
- Work experience
- Significant management experience and a substantial record of achievement can replace the degree requirement. A minimum number of years is not printed.
- GMAT or GRE
- GMAT or GRE rule not published
- Geographic eligibility
- The page says the online programme can be studied from anywhere. It does not print a country restriction.
Tuition and funding
- Published tuition
- £13,950 published total tuition
- Published tuition
- £1,550 published fee
- Fee notes
- Year: 2025 Scholarships: An alumni discount for Derby graduates is linked. No other scholarship amount is printed on the course page. 2025/26 new-entrant table for starts from September 2025 to August 2026. Stage 1 certificate £4,650, stage 2 diploma £4,650, stage 3 masters £4,650, total £13,950. The same table shows £1,550 per 20 credits for stages 1 and 2.
- Fee notes
- Year: 2026 Per 20 credits for stage 1 and stage 2 in both the 2025/26 and 2026/27 tables. Stage 3 is printed as one module at £4,650, not as £1,550 per 20 credits. No programme total was calculated from this rate.
Accreditation
- Accreditation
- No accreditation is listed on this profile. That does not mean the school is unrecognized.
- Outcomes
- No salary or employment figure is published here. This directory does not estimate outcomes.
Sources
- University of Derby online MBA Global · checked 2026-10-27