An MBA is a Master of Business Administration degree.

The MBA was established in the United States principally to offer engineers and non business graduates with the opportunity to learn aspects of business and management not in their under graduate degree curriculum.

The MBA is internationally recognised and a degree held by many of the top executives world-wide.

The MBA degree is an interdisciplinary degree that provides students with an opportunity to study the operational intricacies of businesses as well as the important aspects of leadership and management. The impact of domestic and international environments on businesses as well as a broad overview of business functionality are also studied.

Businesses are regarded as:

• for profit organisations
• not-for-profit organisations
• public sector organisations.

Course participants have the opportunity to apply theoretical learning to case studies within sample organisations as well as their own organisation. With the development of technology and the demands for enhanced learning, some programmes now provide opportunities for interactive learning with other students and have syndicate groups whereby members of each group come from a range of professional/functional disciplines, in essence replicating a true business environment.