Europe · who awards a management degree

MBA institutes in the United Kingdom

18 institutions that award management qualifications in the United Kingdom, grouped by what kind of body each one is — because that, not a ranking, is what decides whether the award holds up where you need it.

18~~institutions listed~~

3~~kinds of body~~

1~~open universities~~

US$400~~our own programme~~

01 · How the system works

What to check in the United Kingdom

UK universities have degree-awarding powers granted by the state, and the Office for Students regulates providers in England. Business-school badges (AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA) are voluntary and programmatic — useful signals, but they are not what makes a degree a degree. The UK also has the world’s best-known open university.

If you take a qualification abroad and bring it back here, it is assessed by UK ENIC, operated by Ecctis. Formerly UK NARIC. The process there: Statement of comparability. All 104 countries are mapped here.

A listing is not a recommendation. These institutions award management qualifications in this country. We do not claim any of them currently runs an online or distance MBA, what it costs, or that it is good — we have no verified data on any of that and neither does anyone else publishing a ranking. Ask the institution directly, and ask for the total fee in writing. The five questions to put to them are here.

02 · The institutions

18 in the United Kingdom, by kind of body

Name, city and what kind of institution it is. Nothing else, because nothing else is verifiable from here.

Disclosure. We run one of the programmes on this site — the IICT and IIPM online MBA, described here. It is deliberately excluded from every directory page, including this one, so you can weigh it against these institutions rather than find it seeded among them.

Open university~~1 · distance and online is its statutory purpose~~

The Open UniversityMilton Keynes

Public university~~16 · awards its own degree~~

Saïd Business School, University of OxfordOxfordJudge Business School, University of CambridgeCambridgeImperial College Business SchoolLondonWarwick Business SchoolCoventryAlliance Manchester Business SchoolManchesterCranfield School of ManagementCranfieldBayes Business SchoolLondonUniversity of Edinburgh Business SchoolEdinburghDurham University Business SchoolDurhamLancaster University Management SchoolLancasterHenley Business School, University of ReadingReadingUniversity of Bath School of ManagementBathStrathclyde Business SchoolGlasgowAston Business SchoolBirminghamLeeds University Business SchoolLeedsKing’s Business School, King’s College LondonLondon

Autonomous business school~~1 · awards under its own name — check whether that is a degree~~

London Business SchoolLondon

03 · Nearby

Elsewhere in Europe

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