Programme overview
Main Subject
Business and Management Studies
Degree
MBA
Study Level
MBA
Study Mode
Online
Shape the future of your organisation with a career-focused MBA designed for working professionals. The MBA with a Specialism in Professional Practice from Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University combines academic excellence with real-world impact. This programme is 100% online, offering the flexibility to learn at your own pace, start anytime, and immediately apply your learning to your workplace.
Join Edinburgh Business School’s online MBA to fast-track your career into senior leadership roles such as Strategy Consultant, Programme or Project Director, Department Head, Operations Director, Finance Manager, Chief Financial Officer, Sales Manager, Product Manager, Chief Operating Officer, Managing Director, or Chief Executive Officer. Flexible for working professionals, the programme builds expertise in areas spanning leadership, strategy, decision-making, and business transformation – letting you apply what you learn from day one to real organisational challenges.
This MBA is structured to align with global regulatory frameworks - including compliance with the UAE's CAA - and incorporates a strong research element to support broader international recognition.
Throughout this MBA, you will:
- Develop leadership, strategy, and decision-making skills grounded in real-world application.
- Deliver measurable impact in your organisation through the Business Project, solving real-world challenges spanning sustainability, supply chain resilience or digital transformation.
- Prepare for senior leadership roles with future-ready expertise in areas like innovation, ESG strategy and business resilience.
- Join a global network of professionals through The Watt Club, Heriot-Watt’s alumni community.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Business and Management Studies
Degree
MBA
Study Level
MBA
Study Mode
Online
Shape the future of your organisation with a career-focused MBA designed for working professionals. The MBA with a Specialism in Professional Practice from Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University combines academic excellence with real-world impact. This programme is 100% online, offering the flexibility to learn at your own pace, start anytime, and immediately apply your learning to your workplace.
Join Edinburgh Business School’s online MBA to fast-track your career into senior leadership roles such as Strategy Consultant, Programme or Project Director, Department Head, Operations Director, Finance Manager, Chief Financial Officer, Sales Manager, Product Manager, Chief Operating Officer, Managing Director, or Chief Executive Officer. Flexible for working professionals, the programme builds expertise in areas spanning leadership, strategy, decision-making, and business transformation – letting you apply what you learn from day one to real organisational challenges.
This MBA is structured to align with global regulatory frameworks - including compliance with the UAE's CAA - and incorporates a strong research element to support broader international recognition.
Throughout this MBA, you will:
- Develop leadership, strategy, and decision-making skills grounded in real-world application.
- Deliver measurable impact in your organisation through the Business Project, solving real-world challenges spanning sustainability, supply chain resilience or digital transformation.
- Prepare for senior leadership roles with future-ready expertise in areas like innovation, ESG strategy and business resilience.
- Join a global network of professionals through The Watt Club, Heriot-Watt’s alumni community.
Admission Requirements
If you have traditional qualifications, you may also be eligible to start through a standard or international entry route. Typically we require a recognised first or second class honours degree, or equivalent professional qualification.
Recognition of prior learning (RPL)
We are committed to providing study opportunities to applicants who have a wide range of prior experiences and recognise that some students entering our online programme will have completed prior academic study in subjects that align closely to this programme. Where this is the case, students may apply for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).
- Applying for RPL: We can only consider requests for RPL at the time of application to a course of study.
- Maximum credits: You may be eligible to be granted exemption for a maximum of 20 credits.
- Eligibility: The qualification may be valid for RPL only if gained with the last 5 years. Evidence will need to be provided.
- Cost breakdown: The overall cost of your programme will be determined by whether you are awarded RPL for a 20-credit course, in which case you will not be required to register for that course. Programme fees can be found under the fees and funding section.
For more information contact [email protected].
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