MBA (Strategic Planning)

MBA with Specialism in Strategic Planning

Whether you choose to study on campus, with an Approved Learning Partner or through distance learning, the MBA with specialism in Strategic Planning adds further depth to your MBA. It allows you to meet very specific career requirements and gain a deeper understanding of the subject.

You work towards your MBA specialism on a course-by-course basis. After completing three courses, you are eligible for a Postgraduate Certificate in Business Administration, after six courses for a Postgraduate Diploma and after nine courses you are eligible for the standard MBA award. The postgraduate certificate and postgraduate diploma awards are formal recognition of your progress; they can also be used as exit awards.

Only a few courses are available in languages other than English: see the Language options section.

Programme structure

There are seven core courses in the Master of Business Administration. You then add four specialist elective courses. Each course requires approximately 200 hours of study.

Full information is available in the MBA student handbook.

Core courses
Strategic planning specialist elective courses

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Gehan Colliander
Sweden

The will to get the “bigger picture” is what drove me to pursuit an MBA program. Credibility and flexibility is what led me to Heriot-Watt, Edinburgh Business School.

It has been a tremendous experience in every sense of the word.

For a mother, wife, a career woman and a person, the journey could be describe in two words: challenging and rewarding....more