Business School Review
Aston Business School
EUROPE
Aston University
School Statistics
Programme Type:
Full Time MBA
Part Time MBA
Distance Learning MBA
Joint Degree Programmes Offered:
MBA Only
Specialisation by Function:
Accountancy & Financial
E-Commerce / Business
Finance
General Management
Human Resource Management
International Management / Business
Marketing
Organisational Behavior
Public Administration
Strategic Management
Full Time Course Information
Start Dates:
September
A
ston Business School is one of the most experienced by MBA students once the taught part of the course
providers of business and management education is completed. All MBA modules feature corporate
Programme Duration:
12 months
in the UK. Today, it is among the largest of the leading connections and an international dimension. With
business schools in Europe, with over 100 full-time more than 25 nationalities represented last year, the
Tuition Fee:
academic staff and many visiting specialists. Aston programme has a truly international environment
GBP (£) 19950 / Total Program Cost
can boast accreditation from the AMBA, EQUIS and essential for those aiming to be global managers.
Entry Requirements:
AACSB, one of only a small number of schools in the
Min. GMAT Score: N/A
Min. TOEFL Computer Based Score: 250
world to hold all three. Aston boasts purpose-built teaching facilities
Min. TOEFL Paper Based Score: 600 exclusively for the use of MBA students in the School’s
Min. IELTS: 6.5
Min. Years of Work Experience: 3
The 2007 Financial Times Executive MBA ranking Nelson Building HQ.
placed Aston’s part time Executive MBA 8th in the UK, These include new lecture theatres, a common
Application Fee:
15th in Europe and 50th in the world. Aston Business room and teaching rooms, as well as an MBA study
GBP (£) 0
School MBA graduates can expect to increase their and lounge area. This excellent facility allows all
Part Time Course Information salary by 75%, 3 years after the programme. students the opportunity to learn and socialise together
Start Dates:
in an encouraging environment tailored to their needs.
January
September
In 2007, the Aston MBA was also listed in The Included in the Aston MBA tuition fee is a one-week
Financial Times’ ‘32 of the top Distance Learning MBA study visit to another leading European business
Programme Duration:
27 months
programmes.’ The 2007 Economist Intelligence Unit school, key textbooks for all modules, the use of DVD
‘Which MBA?’ guide placed Aston’s full time MBA in recordings of lectures (held in Aston’s library), and also
Tuition Fee:
the top 20 in the EU. membership of AMBA and the Chartered Management
GBP (£) 14550 / Total Program Cost
Institute for the year of study.
Distance Course Information The Aston MBA can be studied either full or part
Start Dates:
time, by on-campus attendance or by Aston’s unique Aston’s graduates can be found working in senior
January
April
DVD based distance learning method (DVD method management positions around the world; banking
September
available to European based students only). executives in Hong Kong, industrialists in India and
Programme Duration:
company presidents in the USA, not to mention
30 months The quality of the Aston MBA rests on the hundreds of senior managers in the UK. For all, the
excellence of the teaching and research, and the very Aston MBA has been the key that has helped open the
Tuition Fee:
GBP (£) 14550 / Total Program Cost
strong links with employers. This is complemented door to career success.
and enhanced by the ‘live’ business project carried out
Contact:
MBA Office
Student Profile
Aston Business School
Aston University
Donna Lam Her MBA stretched Donna, but she found the staff
Birmingham, West Midlands
B4 7ET Country of origin: Hong Kong supportive as well as knowledgeable. “The MBA not
United Kingdom
only gave me business skills, it built up my confidence
Tel: +44 (121) 204 3100
After leaving college in Hong Kong, and self-motivation. It made me think much more
Fax: +44 (121) 204 3224
Donna was fired with enthusiasm to do broadly about everything around me, not just about
Email:
mba@aston.ac.uk
Web:
www.astonmba.com
well in the business world. However, business, but about people, the environment, social
she was also aware that she had to develop her skills networking and personal skills.”
in order to stand out from the crowd. Donna also enjoyed the social life at Aston and
Donna explained: “Aston has a really good made lifelong friends on the MBA programme. “The
reputation for its MBA. My research convinced me that friendship at Aston is fantastic. We helped each other
Aston’s MBA programme could give me a much broader on the course and are now planning reunions.”
outlook on business and higher management.” After graduating Donna worked in industry in
So in 2004 Donna took the plunge and enrolled on China and headed the branding division of a watch
the MBA course. Donna immediately liked the Aston company. And now the self-confidence that Aston’s
campus. “You are on the doorstep of the dynamic city MBA gave Donna has helped her to establish her own
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centre of Birmingham yet everything about Aston is design and branding company with her partner in the
peaceful. I loved it.” booming, cosmopolitan city of Shanghai.
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