(Project Management) MBA

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MBA

  • MBA Master of Business Administration - Project Management, home applicant, full time

    • Home Applicant
    • Full time, 1 year
    • Pound 13080 per year. For Industrial Placement Year 2 fee is £3,500
  • MBA Master of Business Administration - Project Management, home applicant, part time

    • Home Applicant
    • Part time
    • Pound 2180 per 30 credit module
  • MBA Master of Business Administration - Project Management, international applicant, full time

    • International Applicant
    • Full time, 1 year
    • Pound 18060 per year. For Industrial Placement Year 2 fee is £3,500
    International applications are closed for 2024

MBA with Placement Year

  • MBA Master of Business Administration - Project Management, home applicant, full time

    • Home Applicant
    • Full time, 2 years
    • Pound 13080 per year. For Industrial Placement Year 2 fee is £3,500
  • MBA Master of Business Administration - Project Management, home applicant, part time

    • Home Applicant
    • Part time
    • Pound 2180 per 30 credit module
  • MBA Master of Business Administration - Project Management, international applicant, full time

    • International Applicant
    • Full time, 2 years
    • Pound 18060 per year. For Industrial Placement Year 2 fee is £3,500
    International applications are closed for 2024

MBA

  • MBA Master of Business Administration - Project Management, home applicant, full time

    • Home Applicant
    • Full time, 1 year
    • Pound 13080 per year. For Industrial Placement Year 2 fee is £3,500
  • MBA Master of Business Administration - Project Management, international applicant, full time

    • International Applicant
    • Full time, 1 year
    • Pound 18060 per year. For Industrial Placement Year 2 fee is £3,500

MBA with Placement Year

  • MBA Master of Business Administration - Project Management, home applicant, full time

    • Home Applicant
    • Full time, 2 years
    • Pound 13080 per year. For Industrial Placement Year 2 fee is £3,500
  • MBA Master of Business Administration - Project Management, international applicant, full time

    • International Applicant
    • Full time, 2 years
    • Pound 18060 per year. For Industrial Placement Year 2 fee is £3,500

What makes this course different

Learn from experts

Learn from inspiring guest speakers and work with students from across the globe to gain valuable new perspectives in one of the world's best cities for business

1st in London for student experience

Graduating students rate University of East London student experience 1st in London and 3rd nationally in the National Student Survey 2024.

University of the Year for Teaching Quality

We are proud to be the University of the Year for Teaching Quality in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025.

Course modules

NOTE: Modules are subject to change. For those studying part time courses the modules may vary.

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Your future career

Your future career

The business magazine, Forbes, has calculated that successful MBA graduates pay back the cost of their qualifications within four to five years on average - with lifetime earnings greatly enhanced thanks to the qualification.

Studying for your MBA with us should enhance your employability and earning power and develop your ability to approach business problems in a strategic manner. As part of the course, you'll study a specialised 'Professional Development' module that is specifically designed to help you boost your career prospects and make the most of your MBA in the employment market.

Employers see candidates with an MBA as potentially more effective and therefore valuable as they examine business issues with a fresh pair of eyes. And with our help, you will develop the analytical and problem-solving skills that will benefit you throughout your entire career.

You will also be able to take advantage of the worldwide MBA Alumni Network, and UEL's superb careers guidance.

The qualification will enable you to go into any sector, anywhere in the world. Or if you have your own business idea and want to start up a company of your own, the knowledge, skills, and qualities you develop on the entrepreneurship module will really help - and you can receive support from the University to assist your entrepreneurial ambitions.

Explore the different career options you can pursue with this degree and see the median salaries of the sector on our Career Coach portal.

 Stefan Nielsen MBA
I'm very glad that I chose the path that I did and have the MBA. UEL's MBA gave me an invaluable depth of knowledge in global business and the roles each department plays within an organisation. Those tools have opened up doors for me globally and were a factor in my success - achieving my dream job. I'd recommend it to anyone looking to improve their career path and skills."
Stefan Nielsen

MBA Graduate

How we support your career ambitions

We offer dedicated careers support, and further opportunities to thrive, such as volunteering and industry networking. Our courses are created in collaboration with employers and industry to ensure they accurately reflect the real-life practices of your future career and provide you with the essential skills needed. You can focus on building interpersonal skills through group work and benefit from our investment in the latest cutting-edge technologies and facilities.

Career Zone

Our dedicated and award-winning team provide you with careers and employability resources, including:

  • Online jobs board for internships, placements, graduate opportunities, flexible part-time work.
  • Mentoring programmes for insight with industry experts 
  • 1-2-1 career coaching services 
  • Careers workshops and employer events 
  • Learning pathways to gain new skills and industry insight

Mental Wealth programme

Our Professional Fitness and Mental Wealth programme which issues you with a Careers Passport to track the skills you’ve mastered. Some of these are externally validated by corporations like Amazon and Microsoft.

Our Mental Wealth programme

We are careers first

Our teaching methods and geographical location put us right up top

  • Enterprise and entrepreneurship support 
  • We are ranked 6th for graduate start-ups 
  • Networking and visits to leading organisations 
  • Support in starting a new business, freelancing and self-employment 
  • London on our doorstep

What you'll learn

Build a thorough foundation in project management concepts, methods, and techniques. Critically synthesise why and how businesses use projects to implement risky and complex solutions. Conceptualise and develop a critical appreciation of the role and attributes of the project manager and their part in contributing to organisational integration and beneficial change.

Examine and assess project risk factors and various approaches relevant to managing project stakeholder management. Develop critical thinking skills to evaluate the relevance of diverse business and management theories and concepts and apply these theories and concepts to various issues and contexts. 

Subject-based practical skills will teach you to define and decompose a project work using project management tools (such as product and work breakdown structure, Gantt charts, network diagrams, etc) and create planning estimates. Contribute to the design and development of project budgeting and costing and ability to differentiate various projects based on novelty, pace, complexity, and technology.

The programme will also offer you an optional placement year, enabling you to experience project management in the real world and effectively connect your university experience with it.

We consistently review and develop our courses and modules to ensure they are up-to-date with sector and industry graduate skills demands. Course structure, modules, and options are subject to change.

How you'll learn

You are able to move from full-time to part-time study and vice-versa to accommodate any external factors such as financial constraints or domestic commitments. Many of our students make use of this flexibility and this may impact the overall duration of their study period. 

Knowledge is developed through guided reading, knowledge-based activities with feedback, and online discussions and activities. Thinking skills are developed through reflective activities with feedback and online discussions and activities. 

Practical skills are developed through IT activities with feedback and research skills-based activities with feedback. Skills for life and work (general skills) are developed through planning activities with feedback and project work.

Students on the MBA (Project Management) with Placement route will be expected to undertake a 30-week work placement. The placement is worth an additional 120 credits. UEL will assist you in finding a placement and will advertise opportunities on the UEL Employment Hub. However, it is ultimately the student's responsibility to source a valid placement. Further details on placement are contained in the placement handbook.

How you will be assessed

Knowledge is assessed by

  • Coursework
  • Essays
  • Examinations

Thinking skills are assessed by

  • Coursework
  • Examinations
  • Project work

Practical skills are assessed by

  • Practical reports
  • Portfolio completion

Skills for life and work (general skills) are assessed by

  • Project work
  • Group work


Students with disabilities and/or particular learning needs should discuss assessments with the Course Leader to ensure they are able to fully engage with all assessments within the course.

Campus and facilities

Docklands Campus, London, E16 2RD; USS campus - University Square Stratford

Who teaches this course

This course is delivered by the Royal Docks School of Business and Law

The teaching team includes qualified academics, practitioners and industry experts as guest speakers. Full details of the academics will be provided in the student handbook and module guides.