Tailor your MBA programme

Alongside the core MBA programme, students can choose specialist elective modules that align with your career path goals.

Year 1

Semester 1

Financial Reporting
Macroeconomics and the Global Economy
Market Orientation and Customer Focus

Electives (Choose 1)

Organisational Behaviour
Air Transport Characteristics
Supply Chain Management

Winter

Winter School Electives

Semester 2

Managing in the International Context
Corporate Finance
Applied Statistics and Data Science for Business

Electives (Choose 1)

Globalisation and International Economic Issues
Fleet Planning
Commercial and Corporate Law

Summer

International Workshop

Year 2

Semester 3

Corporate Strategy Analysis
Strategic Human Resource Management
Information Systems & Knowledge Management

Electives (Choose 1)

Relationship Marketing
Airline Finance and Ground Operations
Lean Tools and Techniques

Winter

Winter School Electives

Semester 4

Implementing Strategy
Strategic Leadership
Creativity, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Management
The Strategic Management of Projects: Science & Principles

Summer

Management Project/Thesis

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Tailor your MBA

Choose electives that will power your individual career path goals and embed new areas of expertise to ensure your MBA achieves maximum impact. Build on existing knowledge and expand your learning in key areas to progress or diversify your role.

The specialist Aviation Management electives enabled me to focus my MBA programme specifically to my career path and has given me the skills, knowledge and confidence to accelerate my career in Aviation.
John Butler First Officer Boeing Pilot, Ryanair, 2018 MBA graduate

International workshop

Explore perspectives from multiple countries via video conference and gain international insights through discussion with senior leaders from corporations around the world. Our speakers are from across the globe; Europe, USA, South America, Africa and Asia. Previous participating companies include Embraer, Google, Cisco, Coca-Cola, Philips, Northern Trust, United Nations, IBM, Intel, Greencore, Dell and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

Students gain new perspective on international workplace culture, organisational behaviour, and global business practices. Senior business executives and business leaders from multinational and indigenous organisations share their learnings, experiences and advice, bringing to life themes discussed in class, while generating new global socio-economic insights.

Our easy-access week-long workshop is designed to encourage both international networking and peer-to-peer relationships. Helping you to grow personally and professionally with learnings you can implement directly.

The international workshop is an invaluable component of the MBA, it gave me an excellent insight to how other cultures work, a global business perspective and expanded my network.
Eithna O’Leary Managing Director, Warburton Technology, 2008 MBA graduate

Other UL MBA programme features

3-day block release
A 3-day block release is an easier and more effective way to study an MBA. Our students find the executive MBA structure of eight blocks of three days each year works really well for them. They can more easily plan around work commitments and evenings and weekends are less affected. Students find that, while here, they can switch off from work and focus 100% on their studies.
Foundation workshop
Participants first come together and enroll at this four-day workshop, which enables students to adjust to the demands and opportunities of post-experience study. The learning process, including the formation of small groups, is also established. Content includes an introduction to the first semester subjects as well as sessions on library facilities, communications and team building. The foundation workshop also incorporates the first teaching block of the MBA.
Winter school
Core to this executive MBA programme is a winter school, held in January of each year. Winter school gives you the opportunity to personalise your study by selecting one of several business-related elective modules; Digital Marketing, Technology Management, Strategic Sales Management, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Enterprise, International Finance, Taxation, Operations Management Performance, Airport Business and Aircraft Leasing.
Thesis
You’ll begin your thesis/project in the summer after your first year, develop it during your second year and complete it for submission the summer of your second year. We appreciate that a thesis can be challenging and demanding. To help, we provide extra support where needed, including extra lunchtime tutorials and one-on-one coaching.