Choosing to study the world´s most highly regarded management qualification is one of the most important decisions of your life. The MBA has become the minimum qualification for senior managers and business leaders. As such the quality and reputation of your MBA must distinguish you from others. The Durham MBA has a long and successful history and comes from a highly regarded international business school from England´s third oldest university. The Durham MBA will set you apart.

Durham Business School is a multi-disciplinary international business school delivering general and specialist masters programmes, MBAs and executive education. Working closely in the business world with organisations from SMEs to MNEs allows us to reflect the business climate to keep our teaching and research relevant and at the cutting edge. This ensures that your MBA is contemporary and relevant and that we deliver well-rounded business leaders and managers able to influence across organisational boundaries.

Founded in 1965, Durham Business School is one of the longest established business schools in the UK and considered one of the best. From our earliest beginnings we have established an international reputation for our innovative approach to business education and enterprise development, and for the excellence of our MBA and masters programmes. This is reflected in our being consistently ranked among the world´s most highly regarded business schools: the Financial Times ranked us 9^th in the UK and 25^th in Europe (European Business Schools ranking, December 2009).

Durham Business School is one of a small, elite group of institutions worldwide who are accredited by all three major business school accreditation bodies - AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS. This achievement is a testament to the quality of the School and gives you the extra assurance that Durham Business School and its programmes have been rigorously tested and proven to be of the high quality demanded by today´s professionals.

The Durham experience is about your learning and developing in a professional and friendly academic atmosphere. Purpose built for postgraduate education, we are dedicated to making your time at Durham rewarding and successful. Your MBA learning experience will be influenced by the most recent developments in the field and delivered by experienced teachers, researchers and consultants. Our extensive network of organisations enables us to draw on a deep pool of practitioners from a range of organisations. Our expertise, attention to quality, the attentiveness of experienced academic faculty and staff, and the rich diversity of students combine to offer you the best possible learning environment.

Programme Structure

The Durham MBA is structured into three consecutive stages:

• Seven core modules which provide a foundation of managerial knowledge: Managing People; Managing in the Competitive Environment; Managing in the Global Environment; Managing Finance; Managing People; Modelling and Analysis for Business; Strategic Marketing; and Methods of Inquiry
• Five electives chosen from a wide selection, which allow you to either tailor your MBA to a particular specialism or take a more generalist route. For a list of electives currently on offer, please visit www.dur.ac.uk/dbs
• 15,000 word dissertation or business project, which provides an opportunity to work on a management topic of personal interest, utilising knowledge and theory acquired throughout the programme.

The high quality of the Durham MBA programme is the same regardless of the route chosen: all our MBA students achieve the same learning outcomes and the same qualification - a Masters in Business Administration from Durham University.

Programme Delivery

The Durham MBA is available in five delivery options to fit flexibly with your employment, lifestyle and commitments:

• Durham MBA Full-Time: 12-month programme. Ranked 12^th in the UK, 74^th in the world in the Financial Times MBA ranking (January 2010); and 63^rd in the world, 8^th in the UK in the Economist Which MBA Rankings (September 2009).
• Executive MBA: a 24-month, modular programme designed for professionals who choose not to interrupt their work commitments. Ranked 6^th in the UK for research, and 88^th overall in the world, in the Financial Times Executive MBA ranking, (October 2009).
• Durham Distance Learning MBA: a flexible programme that allows you to fit your learning around your life and study at your own pace anywhere in the world. Rated by the Financial Times among the top 40 Distance Learning MBA programmes in the world (March 2009).
• MBA Caribbean: a 24-month programme in partnership with the Caribbean Management Education Centre, delivered in Barbados by Durham Business School faculty
• DBS & EBS Executive MBA: a two-year, part-time programme delivered in Germany in partnership with European Business School.

Each delivery mode is carefully designed to address the requirements of its students, building upon our experience and feedback from alumni. We recognise that your requirements and commitments may change during your studies and can assist you to transfer between different modes of delivery to suit your needs, or even suspend your studies whilst you concentrate on different projects.

Congregation

The finale to the programme is Congregation, a gathering of successful students, their families and friends, and members and friends of Durham Business School to witness and celebrate the conferring of degrees in the magnificent setting of Durham Cathedral.

Alumni Association

When you enrol you join Durham MA, MSc, MBA, PhD and DBA graduates in an active alumni association. As a lifelong member of a worldwide network, linking fellow alumni in over 100 countries, we look to nurture your commitment to us through a broad range of services.

Serving more than 11,000 members globally, our alumni network facilitates the transfer of friendship and business connections out from the classroom into social and professional circles worldwide. Serving previous and current students, the DBS global alumni network is an inclusive, diverse community that sits very much at the heart of the ´Durham Experience´.

The Durham MBA and Your Career

Enhancing career prospects and broadening career options are important considerations for many MBA students, and here at Durham we regard careers support as an integral element of our MBA programmes. Durham Business School has an excellent reputation among employers and many of our MBA students have gone on to excellent careers with a variety of employers in all sectors, whilst others have chosen to establish their own businesses. To read what some employers have said about Durham graduates please visit www.dur.ac.uk/dbs/degrees/mba/ft/careers/

Help and Support

Studying an MBA is both a challenging and rewarding experience, and demonstrates a significant personal commitment. Here at Durham Business School we respect that decision and are committed to helping you achieve your personal and career goals.

In addition to providing high levels of dedicated support to help you concentrate on your studies, we reflect on all comments raised by current and previous students. We are committed to continuously enhancing and improving our systems to ensure that your studies with us are as enjoyable as possible. Our dedicated IT service, library and administrative departments mirror your needs. Years of experience ensure that we can pre-empt many of your requirements and meet them as they arise.

International Students

We warmly welcome international students and, with over 80% non-UK postgraduate students from all over the world currently studying here at Durham Business School, we are committed to maintaining a diverse and multicultural working environment. Durham University´s International Office can provide information and assistance to overseas students wishing to study in the UK on a full-time basis. A handbook is available containing practical advice on many issues including immigration procedures, planning and preparation, travelling to, arriving at and living in the UK. Please visit www.dur.ac.uk/international.office/ for further information.

Durham University
Durham Business School is an integral part of Durham University, one of the most prestigious academic institutions in the UK. Durham was placed 5^th in the Complete University Guide 2009. Established in 1832, Durham University is the third oldest in England after Oxford and Cambridge, and currently has more than 15,000 students from over 120 countries.

Your qualification will have a hallmark of quality not only from Durham Business School, but also from a university with an impressive history and track record.

The collegiate system is a major part of the Durham experience and full-time students become a member of both the University and a college or society of their choice. In addition to providing accommodation, colleges offer social and sports facilities and the opportunity to mix with postgraduate students from other departments across the University.

The Durham colleges and societies are not teaching bodies, but neither are they purely residential.

They contribute to the research work of the University through Fellowships; foster interdisciplinary contact among staff, postgraduate and undergraduate students; and provide a social network for every section of student society.

Durham City and Beyond

Durham is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe and offers a quality of life unrivalled by its peers. Over a thousand years old, few places can match its beautiful, dramatic setting on a rocky horseshoe bend in the River Wear. The great Norman Cathedral and Castle (which is part of the University) form a World Heritage site, recognised by UNESCO as one of the most exceptional historic and architectural features on the planet.

In 2008 Durham was voted the Number 1 UK city in the annual Condé Nast Traveller Readers´ Travel Awards. Voters praised Durham for its user-friendly size, its value for money and its cleanliness. They also felt that overall Durham is ´an extremely pretty university city´ and that the people make it an ´amazingly nice place´ to visit.

Durham City is a wonderful place to study and enjoy life - large enough to house the full range of cultural, retail and entertainment outlets expected in a city, but small enough to be charming, friendly, safe and welcoming to visitors. And you don´t need a car to get around.

If sport is your thing, you´ll love Durham University. We have a huge range of university- and college-run sports clubs for you to join, many with impressive records in competitions: whatever your sport, whatever the level at which you play, you will find opportunities to take part.

The North-East region boasts some of the most breathtaking countryside in Britain: within 30 miles of Durham you can enjoy the beautiful Northumberland coastline, Hadrian´s Wall World Heritage Site, and the rolling hillsides of the Cheviots and the North Pennines - starting point of the north-east´s three beautiful rivers (Tyne, Wear and Tees). With excellent bus and train links, there´s no excuse not to explore.

The region is fast becoming a centre for arts and culture with innovative projects such as the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, the biggest gallery of its kind in the world; the Sage Gateshead, a stunning £70m home for music and music discovery, offering both performance and participation projects; and the Metro Radio Arena, which attracts big name acts and is also home to the Newcastle Eagles Basketball Team.

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