Queen's Business School, Queen's University Belfast

Queen's MBA - A Transformational Leadership Experience in the UK at a Russell Group University

The Queen's MBA brings together the academic excellence of one of the UK's leading research universities, with the innovative spirit of Belfast (capital city of Northern Ireland).  The programme is aimed at professionals looking to take the next step in transforming their careers.  

Choose either the one year full-time MBA programme or two-year full-time MBA (with Internship) programme.

The MBA (with Internship) programme will be valuable for students who wish to gain additional work experience in the UK and apply their learning within a real world organisation.  Students will be required to undertaken an internship for a  minimum of 9 months.

The Queen's MBA challenges you to develop as a leader with the adaptive skills and lateral, entrepreneurial thinking you need to shape your future.  Progressing through the programme you integrate core business and management concepts including strategy, marketing, operations, corporate finance, economics and accounting, whilst the programme also offers you the chance to deepen your knowledge in the emerging areas of business analytics, technology and social innovation.  There is a strong emphasis on integrating theory and practice developing mindsets and experiential learning.  Through a series of leadership development workshops you will develop the insight and self-awareness required for effective leadership in a local and global context.

The Queen's MBA is AMBA accredited.  Fewer than 300 business schools globally hold this prestigious award.  AMBA accreditation denotes the highest standard of achievement in postgraduate business education.  The School is also EQUIS accredited, indicating the high-standard of business education that our students will receive.  

Ranked Top 40 in the World - Better World MBA Ranking

The Queen's MBA programme was ranked in the top 40 in the world by Corporate Knights as part of its 2023 Better World MBA ranking.  The Queen's MBA was placed joint 34 globally and is one of just 12 UK universities featured in the ranking.  

Generous International Scholarships

Queen's University is pleased to offer a range of international scholarships for MBA students from India.  These include the Queen's Business School scholarship (£6,000 fee reduction) and Early Confirmation Award (further £1,500 fee reduction).  Students may also apply for the Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship (50% fee reduction) - application is required.  For further details (including terms and conditions), visit: http://go.qub.ac.uk/indiascholarships

About Queen's University Belfast

At Queen's we focus on shaping the world around us through our innovative, impactful and world-leading research which has made positive changes to people's lives.

Queen's is the ninth oldest university in the UK and our historic campus is surrounded by a buzzing, diverse community making it the ideal set up for students from all over the world.

Queen's is globally connected and networked with strategic partnerships across the world.  We're linked to 42 active spin out companies which ensure we are ahead on innovation and were ranked by Octopus Ventures in 2022 as 2nd in the UK for entrepreneurial impact.

We're based in the heart of Belfast, which features in the National Geographic's top 30 most exciting destination to visit in the world (National Geographic Cool List 2024).