1. Master in Business Administration (MBA)

To be successful in a modern business environment you need to think and lead across international boundaries. The MBA prepares you for the challenges of senior management in an increasingly competitive and global economy.

Our MBA develops your career by building on your professional and managerial experience, drawing from the different cultural experiences of the MBA group. Students come from more than 60 countries around the world. The emphasis is on leadership, strategic thinking and issues of implementation. We develop and combine your powers of critical enquiry with practical insight.

One of the distinguishing characteristics of the programme is the emphasis put on developing a ‘collaborative’ rather than ‘competitive’ approach to learning. This is based on our belief that successful businesses operate through the cooperation and collaboration of others, both within the business and through the development of long-term relationships and alliances with customers and suppliers. We are more interested in you and your personal and intellectual development than where you are ranked amongst your peers in terms of ability and achievement. This approach is embedded in our teaching, learning and assessment on the MBA programmes.

There are three ways to join the Oxford Brookes MBA experience, Full-time, Executive (weekends) and Distance Learning. Find out more by visiting www.mbaoxford.com

Online/Distance Learning MBA (tutor supported programme with Virtual Campus and Printed Study Materials)

2. MSc International Management

This course focuses on the integrative nature of international business and management. It aims to give students an appreciation of the dynamic nature of the global business environment, the decision making faced by international managers, and the competencies and cultural adaptation required for success. Wide choice of electives enables students to specialise.

Students are recruited world-wide, allowing a unique opportunity to share multi-cultural experiences both academically and socially.

Accommodation is available to full-time students.

3a. MSc Business and Enterprise

This degree offers graduates from virtually any discipline an opportunity to study business and enterprise at postgraduate level. These subjects are in great demand across the world from organisations competing in the highly dynamic and competitive environment.

Students who have not studied business and/or those without work experience are particularly welcomed as there is an opportunity for gaining valuable work experience built into the programme. There is a wide choice of electives.

3b. MSc Innovation and Creativity

This programme helps prepare you for a career in organisational innovation and transformation.

Innovation, creativity and enterprise are three inter-linked concepts that for many organisations, operating within the global economy, represent the essence of competitive advantage. Students are recruited world-wide for both programmes, allowing a unique opportunity to share multi-cultural experiences both academically and socially.

Accommodation is available to full-time students.

4. International Hospitality and Tourism Management (MSc)

The MSc in International Hospitality and Tourism Management provides an opportunity for honours graduates from unrelated disciplines such as art, economics, history, languages & linguistics, law and politics to study travel and tourism at the postgraduate level. Although beneficial, prior work experience in the hospitality and tourism industry is not an entry requirement for this programme. The focus of your studies will be on understanding the international hospitality and tourism environment. We recruit students from all around the world, and this creates an exciting multicultural study atmosphere. This master’s programme has flexible study modes: full-time and sandwich for all students and part-time for British and European Union students.

5. MSc International Hotel and Resort Management

This specialist MSc programme has flexible study modes - full-time, sandwich and part-time. You will study with students from over 25 different countries in an exciting and stimulating multicultural environment. The “Oxford Brookes innovative learning experience” on this MSc includes theatre role-plays in Strategic Management Accounting. The internationally renowned course tutors (many have written acclaimed text-books) combine contemporary academic research with strong practical experience. Most graduates can accelerate their managerial careers with international companies with the assistance of our close links with the hospitality industry. Many graduates have developed careers in the academic world by studying for a PhD. You should have a very good honours degree in hospitality, tourism or business and at least one year’s relevant work experience.

6. MSc International Tourism Marketing

This specialist MSc programme has flexible study modes - full-time, sandwich and part-time. You will study with students from over 25 different countries in an exciting and stimulating multicultural environment. The “Oxford Brookes innovative learning experience” on this MSc includes the use of cutting-edge case studies drawn from consultancy and research carried out by our Centre for Environmental Studies in the module Sustainable Tourism Marketing. The internationally renowned course tutors (many have written acclaimed text-books) combine contemporary academic research with strong practical experience. The course will enable most graduates to accelerate their marketing management careers with either tourist organisations or international hospitality companies. Many graduates have developed careers in the academic world by studying for a PhD. You should have a very good honours degree in hospitality, tourism or business and one year’s relevant work experience.

7. MSc International Strategic Management

The MSc in International Strategic Management is designed for those who have not studied for a degree in business and would like to increase their understanding of a range of business subjects, specialising in international strategic management.

Subjects include finance and accounting, organisational theory, business operations and strategy, strategic human resource management, global market development and strategic perspectives.

The advent of the global marketplace, advancing technology and e-commerce, the emergence of major international trading blocs and the willingness of reforming and former communist regimes to embrace the market are transforming the business environment and the nature of work itself. Organisational survival demands effective competitive strategies. The ability to innovate and sustain or change corporate culture through effective strategic management is now seen as key to organisational competitiveness.

8a. MSc Business Administration (September start)

The MSc Business Administration programme has been designed for those without a degree in business who would like to increase their understanding of a range of business subjects. Core subjects include finance and accounting, organisational theory, business operations and business strategy. In addition to these, students can choose from a range of options in areas such as human resource management, marketing and economics. They will also undertake a dissertation.

In the increasingly dynamic global marketplace it is now difficult for organisations to predict future developments with any certainty. They therefore need managers with the confidence and expertise to be capable of dealing with change, uncertainty and volatility. This programme aims to provide you with the knowledge and skills to meet these challenges.

8b. MSc Business Administration (January start)

The MSc Business Administration programme has been designed for those without a degree in business who would like to increase their understanding of a range of business subjects. Subjects include finance and accounting, organisational theory, human resource management, the management of innovation and change, business operations and business strategy. Students choose a topic that is drawn from their core studies when undertaking their dissertation.

In the increasingly dynamic global marketplace it is now difficult for organisations to predict future developments with any certainty. It is therefore important to equip prospective managers with the confidence and expertise needed to be capable of dealing with change, uncertainty and volatility. This programme aims to provide you with the knowledge and skills to meet these challenges. 9. MSc International Business Economics

The programme has been designed for those who have not formally studied for a degree in economics or business who would like to both increase their understanding of these subjects and specialise in international business economics. Topics include finance and accounting, organisational theory, business operations and strategy, international trade and globalisation, developing economies, and regional studies of both Europe and Asia.

Globalisation is a powerful element in today's business world and therefore managers need to incorporate the international dimension into their decision making. Thus graduates wishing to work in international business fields need an understanding of strategic thinking in a global context. The course provides an opportunity for you to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills to appreciate such intricate relationships and understand how global business institutions operate.

10. MSc Finance

The study of finance provides a key to understanding financial decisions in business corporations and the operation of financial markets and institutions. The MSc is open to graduates with a wide variety of backgrounds including those who may have studied elements of accounting and finance before. It will provide you with a grasp of the role of finance in organisations and of the theoretical underpinning of financial decision making. It will enable you to understand the context for decision making by appreciating the role of financial markets and institutions in linking the users and providers of finance. The course is practical and concentrates on understanding how and why financial decisions are taken within companies, given their corporate strategy, and within financial markets.

11. MSc Business and Accounting

This one-year master's course provides an understanding of business organisation and strategy with a particular focus on accounting and finance decisions. Finance and accounting information lie at the heart of business decisions, and graduates of this course will be well prepared to enter a career in business. The MSc is open to graduates with a wide variety of backgrounds, and offers them the opportunity to acquire the skills needed to apply their existing knowledge to employment in business, either as a general manager or an accounting specialist.

The philosophy of the course is that accounting and finance are not separate technical functions; instead students are shown how all managers benefit in their decision making from an understanding of the key principles which these subjects embody.

12. MSc International Trade and Logistics

If you believe that the effective management of international supply chains is a key element of success in global business, this course can be your introduction to a stimulating and rewarding career.

Logistics is about managing and controlling activities along a chain of supply, to create sustainable competitive advantage in an international arena. It is no longer enough to 'push' products through the supply channel in the hope that customers may like them. You will learn how customer 'pull' strategies help to meet the expectations of ever more demanding customers. You will analyse how customised products and services, quick response deliveries and state-of-the-art information systems make international logistics a key enabler of business strategy.

The course includes exposure to a range of international business issues, before specialising in the techniques of effective logistics management.

13. Certificate in Management (CM) (Part-time 1 year)

The Certificate in Management provides students with an opportunity to expand their existing knowledge and develop key managerial skills relative to their own organisation and to the wider organisational paradigm.

The course seeks to help students develop their skills and knowledge interpersonally as well as from a managerial/supervisory perspective.

Historically students attending this course are from diverse organisational backgrounds, eg private sector, public sector, health authorities and charities, and are at varying managerial levels; this allows students to experience and evaluate organisations and management strata that are outside their own area of activity.

The course is structured in a way that provides both a 'stand alone' qualification and a platform for students to progress to diploma status, and ultimately to a master's degree.

14. Diploma in Management and Leadership (DML) (Part-time 2 years)

The Diploma in Management and Leadership –DML (formerly DMS) is a well-established and nationally recognised postgraduate/post-experience level qualification. The first year of the DML consists of the Certificate in Management (CM). The second year builds on the CM by expanding knowledge and skills in a range of areas. You will study modules in Managing People, Financial Management, Strategic Marketing Management, Managing Organisational Strategies, Leadership Innovation and Change and Undertaking Work-Based Research Projects. Learning methods include lectures, seminars, workshops, directed reading, self-directed learning and project work. The modules are assessed individually with a range of assessment methods being used. The programme runs for one year beginning in September.

15. Diploma in Human Resource Management (DHRM) (Part-time 2 years)

The Diploma in Human Resource Management (DHRM) is a nationally recognised programme leading to membership of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).

The course provides the specialist knowledge, understanding and skills required for the challenging role of a human resource professional and builds on learning achieved in the first year of the programme, the Certificate in Management. The programme follows the Professional Qualification Scheme of the CIPD and comprises the modules People Management and Development, Learning and Development, Employee Relations, People Resourcing, Employee Reward, and the Management Research Report.

Within action learning groups students are also required to engage in personal development and build a portfolio of learning and achievement that contributes towards upgrading CIPD membership status from graduate to corporate membership.

16. MA Human Resource Management (Part-time 1 year)

This programme presents an opportunity for qualified human resource (HR) specialists and managers with substantial relevant experience to study Human Resource Management at master’s level. The programme is designed to enable participants to focus on an area of HR that is of specific interest to them and that will enable them to develop specialist expertise that they judge will enhance their careers. The course is designed as a top-up programme to master’s level for DHRM diploma holders and builds on the modules taken as part of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) qualification.

The course consists of a single module that addresses research methods, critical issues in research and how to deliver a master's dissertation (20,000 words). In addition, students produce a reflective practice essay that reviews their personal development arising from the workshop programme. Teaching is delivered through a series of one-day workshops held approximately every second week during the first semester. Thereafter, during Semester 2, and over the summer period, students work with an experienced tutor to develop and complete their dissertation.

Upon graduation, if you are not already a member, you may apply for CIPD membership under the CIPD’s scheme of assessment of prior accredited learning.