Executive part-time MBA

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Gain the confidence to lead with our Executive MBA, designed to boost and future-proof your career.

14 March 2025 - The Bath Executive MBA Open House
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We’ve designed our Executive MBA for senior leaders who want to fit professional development around work commitments. In these uncertain times, innovative and adaptable leaders are essential. Gain the confidence to meet your ambitions with our Executive MBA.

Challenge yourself, gain new business perspectives and develop as a confident and ambitious leader. The Bath Executive MBA lets you:

  • study flexibly, with a blend of online and in-person learning
  • get the skills and knowledge you need to progress your career
  • gain fresh perspectives on global issues affecting business
  • access leading research, knowledge and experience from a network of academics, industry experts and peers
  • grow personally and professionally to prepare you for the next stage of your career
  • expand your professional network through a close-knit, supportive class and extensive alumni connections

Executive MBA fast facts


Key entry requirements

  • Minimum five years’ experience at management level
  • 2:1 or above undergraduate degree
  • We’ll consider candidates who don’t hold a degree but do have considerable work experience
  • International applicants may need to pass an English language test

Read more about our entry requirements.

Application deadline

29 August 2025

Title of award

Master of Business Administration

Length of course

Two years

Mode of attendance

Part-time

Mode of delivery

Blended (approximately 70-75% in-person and 25-30% online)

Start date

Week commencing 15 September 2025

Fees

£37,500

Read more about tuition fees.

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Key features and benefits of the Executive MBA


Executive Impact programme

Take the next step in your professional journey with a two-year programme of tools, expert coaching and experiential learning. You’ll focus on developing yourself and others, helping you to build resilience and emotional intelligence as you grow.

Study while you work

We know that nothing can replace the experience of learning in person. That’s why we teach most of our MBA face-to-face.

But we also know delivering some content online can help you to balance work-life demands, helping you learn flexibly. This is an MBA built for busy professionals.

Find out more about the programme and structure.

Get real, practical experience with our distinctive integrated projects

Many MBA programmes finish with a dissertation. On the Bath MBA you’ll do two separate projects instead:

  • work as a team with real clients on a real business issue to develop your consulting skills
  • individual capstone project. Apply change and leadership strategy to a complex business challenge.

Working with experienced business leaders will give you the confidence, skills and knowledge to do the same in your future career.

Build your new professional network

Our Executive MBA attracts students from a range of backgrounds, all seeking to take the next step in their career. They will form your new professional network. Gain insights by studying with executives from a mix of industries.

Learn from leading faculty

You’ll learn from leading experts in their fields. We incorporate the latest thinking and research into the programme and the classroom, keeping our MBA fresh and relevant.

A truly global alumni network

Our supportive alumni network comprises over 30,000 graduates, living in over 150 countries. Connect with and get advice from former students working in almost every industry you can think of.

Find out more about Bath Connection.

Responsible leadership. Sustainable management.

Develop a leadership mindset that balances profit with planet and people.


We’ve integrated the UN’s sustainable development goals into all our taught units.

This keeps our Executive MBA relevant and impactful. Studying our MBA will help you:

  • become a forward-thinking leader
  • learn to drive sustainable innovation
  • create long-term value for your organisation and society

Executive MBA programme format


We’ve designed the programme to be both employer and employee friendly,  with a blend of in-person and online learning. This gives you time to engage and network with your tutors and classmates, helping balance your work-life commitments.

Study flexibly with blended learning

Approximately 70-75% in-person and 25%-30% online.

How it works

Duration: two years.

Programme format:

Normally one Friday and one Saturday a month in-person at our Bath campus. Exceptions include:

  • September 2025: a four day in-person induction and teaching block
  •  June 2026: a three day in-person teaching block
  • September 2026: a three day in-person teaching block

 Approximately 25-30% of the content will be delivered online, plus some independent study.

Curriculum: seven core modules and two consulting projects. Read more about the Executive MBA programme content.

We’re looking for motivated people with:

  • minimum five years’ work experience at management level
  • 2:1 or above undergraduate degree
  • the confidence to offer and question ideas
  • the ability to develop clear and reasoned arguments

We will consider candidates who don’t hold a degree but do have considerable work experience.

Find out more about our entry requirements.

Information about the recognition of professional qualifications.

2023/24 class profile

We keep our class size smaller to create a more intimate learning experience. You'll get to know your classmates well and enjoy more contact time with faculty.


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Class size

12

Average years’ work experience

36

Average age

11

Different employment sectors

Genders


  • Male - 62%
  • Female - 38%

We’re an inclusive business school and students can choose to select a gender identity other than ‘male’ and ‘female’ when they register. 62% of our Executive MBA students identify as male, 38% as female.

The transformative impact of the Executive MBA


Portrait of Thiago Narisawa
‘The outcomes of the course and everything I have been able to apply since starting has been visible and PepsiCo can now see the benefits and understand that they made the right choice.’
Thiago Narisawa Executive MBA

Scholarships available


We have a range of corporate partnership opportunities, scholarships and bursaries to support talented and ambitious MBA students. These can cover all or part of the fees and are available to organisations from across our local region and the UK.

Find out more about funding and scholarships
Bath MBA students in class

MBA business partnerships


The Bath MBA gives organisations access to top teaching and the latest research to help develop their aspiring leaders.

Our MBA business partnerships encourage organisations to consider their long-term strategy for growth. We work with you to help identify future leaders and deliver practical education that meets your operational and strategic needs.

Our Executive MBA is particularly beneficial to firms in the South West of the UK who may qualify for business partner discounts.

Portrait of Toby Clarke
"I’ve had a very successful career, but it’s very niche. What the MBA has enabled me to do is demonstrate that I have skills and capabilities beyond that. I've got a more rounded CV and capability set, which will enable me now to move forward and upward with my career. "
Toby Clark, Advice Distribution & Servicing Development Lead, Nationwide Class of 2022-24

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