Our Executive MBA offers a comprehensive and demanding curriculum. Over the taught phase, you’ll meet other senior executives, and apply what you learn to issues in your organisation.

We’ve built an extensive strand of leadership and managerial skills into the programme. You’ll complete seven core modules covering a range of business areas.

Year one: achieving operational excellence

You’ll cover the fundamentals of leadership excellence, focusing on productivity and efficiency.

Year two: visionary leadership

You’ll study the subjects you need to take you to the next level of your leadership journey.

Assessment

All assessment focuses on practical learning: coursework, presentations and other hands-on methods. We avoid exams because we think it’s more important for you to apply what you’ve learned to real life situations.

Please note that the modules and course information below relate to the 2025/26 part-time Executive MBA programme. Availability of modules is subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes and timetabling factors, as well as a student’s ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.

Our Executive Impact programme runs for the duration of your MBA. Over two years, you’ll:

• experience a range of tools
• work with expert coaches
• get knowledge and develop your skills through practical experience

We’ve designed Executive Impact to help you build up your leadership toolkit. It’s so important we’ve made it a core part of the programme.

A lot of MBA programmes finish with a dissertation. On the Bath Executive MBA you’ll do two separate projects instead. Working with experienced business leaders will give you the confidence, skills and knowledge to do the same in your future career.

Year 1 – achieving operational excellence

Work as a team with real clients on a real business issue to develop your consulting skills. You’ll enhance your learning by applying it to a real business issue and developing practical solutions.

Year 2 – visionary leadership

Do an individual capstone project. Apply change and leadership strategy to a complex business challenge. We call it the Capstone Project because you’ll use what you’ve learned on your MBA to build a constructive analysis and recommendations.

Teaching and learning

You’ll learn from academics who are experts in their fields. Their leading research and collaborations keeps the content fresh and relevant, enriching your learning experience.

This will consist of mainly in person taught sessions on campus, supplemented by online taught sessions.

You will experience a variety of teaching methods including:

• case studies
• lectures
• online resources
• seminars and tutorials

Methods of assessment

Modules are assessed by:

• individual and group reports
• individual and group presentations
• reflective journals
• statistical and quantitative analysis exercises

Additional costs

Your tuition fee covers tuition and academic materials.  Other aspects (e.g. social activities, networking and events) are provided at the University’s discretion and are not part of the tuition fee.

The fee includes the cost of:

• essential textbooks
• case material
• journal extracts

We provide all course materials in digital format.

Regulator

This course is regulated by the Office for Students.

Information about the recognition of professional qualifications.