Whether you want to take a career break to complete the Strathclyde MBA or study while you continue to work, USBS has many options:

THE FULL-TIME MBA – An International experience

If you choose to study your MBA full time, you can expect a stimulating experience. Your year with us will be an opportunity to stretch yourself to the limit, to be challenged by the faculty and your colleagues, and to make lasting friendships across the world.

At the end of the year you will emerge a different person, confident in the knowledge that you have gained the skills and abilities to realise your career aspirations.

Studying for the full-time programme allows you to focus on the course without trying to juggle study and work. Since we require a minimum of three years’ work experience (the average is over nine years’), you will find that the group has a wealth of experience which is a very powerful resource and will prove invaluable during the year. Your prior experience helps you to relate what you are learning back to a real working context.

The class has a maximum intake of 70 course members often from up to 30 countries, which allows an enormous opportunity for gaining an international perspective on what you are learning.

The full-time course takes 12 months to complete – nine months attending classes and three months completing the MBA project. The course is intensive and relies heavily on teamwork throughout. Co-operation rather than competition is encouraged amongst participants.

Undertaking the course full time allows you to take stock of yourself, to take time to undertake life planning and in many cases to re-invent or re-plan your career. In the very early stages of the course there are a number of classes designed to allow you to identify where your personal strengths and weaknesses lie – this is a critical stage as it ensures that during your MBA you use your strengths to full advantage and also build up your weaker areas.