Weekend MBA
Take your executive skills to the next level, without impacting your career.
Take your executive skills to the next level, without impacting your career
Designed with interactivity in mind
Weekend learning, your working advantage
Course key facts
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Qualification
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MBA
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Duration
23 months
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Start date
January 2025
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Study mode
Part-time
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Fees
£61,000 Home
£61,000 Overseas
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Delivered by
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Location
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South Kensington
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Minimum entry standard
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2:2 degree or an approved professional qualification, and a minimum of 3 years of work experience
Course overview
The Weekend MBA has been designed with interactivity in mind. The programme enables regular interaction with your peers, whilst you continue to excel in your demanding career.
After the initial induction, you will attend lectures at our campus in South Kensington, London for Friday, Saturday and Sunday morning approximately once a month. In the second year of study, you will then complete your electives, Capstone Consulting Experience and Global Experience Week.
You’ll work collaboratively and test out new ideas and theories in a supportive environment where you can discuss what you’ve learned. You can then take new ideas back to your organisation where you apply them and then feedback your experiences in your syndicate groups and in the classroom on a regular basis.
During the 23-month programme you will develop a strong international network of ambitious students, leading faculty, and business practitioners. Outside of the classroom our Careers service will ensure that you are equipped with the tools vital to fulfil your aspirations and secure your ideal role as a business leader.
Structure
This page is updated regularly to reflect the latest version of the curriculum. However, this information is subject to change.
Find out more about potential course changes.
Please note: it may not always be possible to take specific combinations of modules due to timetabling conflicts. For confirmation, please check with the relevant department.
The online pre-study modules will ensure you have the basic knowledge and skills required for the start of the programme.
When you are studying your core modules, you will spend two and a half days on campus (Friday, Saturday and a half day on Sunday) every three – four weeks.
- Decision Analytics
- Financial and Management Accounting
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Managerial Economics
- Organisational Behaviour
- Corporate Finance
- Global Macroeconomics
- Marketing Management
- Strategy
You will choose six electives on the Weekend MBA, developing your expertise with your future career objectives in mind.
Supported by our experienced faculty, many of the electives include guest lecturers from industry and other academic institutions who impart their unique insights and real-world experience to the class.
There is a wide range of elective options, from which approximately 40 are run each year depending on student interest.
Elective modules
- Big Data, AI and Machine Learning (On-campus)
- Business Analytics (On-campus)
- Project Management (On-campus)
- Operations Management (Online)
- Data Analytics and Visualisations for Business
- AI Ventures (On-campus)
- Digital Business Model Design (On-campus)
- Entrepreneurial Finance and Venture Capital
- Entrepreneurial Journey
- Idea SMARTCamp (On-campus)
- Leading Social Innovation (On-campus)
- Venture Capital Finance (Online)
- Asset Management
- Finance in Cleantech
- Entrepreneurial Finance and Venture Capital
- Finance for Net Zero
- Mergers and Acquisitions (On-campus)
- Pricing Strategy (On-campus)
- Private Equity (On-campus)
- Topics in Asset Management (On-campus)
- The Fintech Revolution: New Markets, Models and Opportunities
- Venture Capital Finance (Online)
- Family Business (On-campus)
- Decision Making for Leaders
- Leadership (On-campus)
- Leading and Executing Strategic Change (On-campus)
- Leading Social Innovation (On-campus)
- Managing Negotiations
- Strategy and Leadership in a Digital World (On-campus)
- The Future of Cities (IB Glocal elective)
- Applied Strategic Marketing (Online)
- Brand Management (On-campus)
- Consumer Behaviour (On-campus)
- Digital Marketing (Online)
- Market Research (Online)
- Marketing Analytics (On-campus)
- Pricing Strategy (On-campus)
- Technologies in Marketing
- Advanced Strategy in a Stakeholder Economy
- Breakout Strategy (On-campus)
- Business Problem Solving
- Climate Change and Business Strategy (On-campus)
- Design for Business Transformation (On-campus)
- Digital Business (Online)
- Energy Business (On-campus)
- Strategic Networking (On-campus)
- Strategy and Leadership in a Digital World (On-campus)
- Strategy in Volatile and Uncertain Environments (On-campus)
- Sustainability and Competitive Advantage (On-campus)
In order to make an impact on a global scale, you must understand the global environment in which you are working. As an MBA student, you will have opportunities to travel to international destinations to study at partner schools and work with local businesses.
Global experiences
The Global Experience Week is an opportunity to immerse yourself in the business environment of another country. Together with the rest of your class you will visit local and global companies and meet Business School alumni based in that country.
The IB Glocal Electives, which are shared across the MBA portfolio, teach students how to explore contemporary global business problems with a local perspective.
The optional Global Exchanges programme allows you to increase your international exposure and build your network by taking advantage of specialised electives at one of our partner schools.
Practical experience is an integral part of all Imperial MBA programmes, ensuring our students can apply their skills to real-life scenarios.
Applied learning
Put the theory taught on the MBA into practice. You’ll develop specialised expertise by researching a real business issue and influence real commercial outcomes, if your recommendations are implemented by a sponsoring organisation.
Work an idea into a product or service and pitch your proposition to venture capitalists, competing for a monetary prize.
The journey is suitable for both those wanting to innovate as intrapreneurs from within an organisation, or start their own ventures. You will develop a value proposition, carry out customer discovery research, validate the product or service, and create a fully-fledged business proposal.
Throughout the Journey, you will be able to collaborate with the Imperial Enterprise Lab to connect with investors and receive coaching support.
The Capstone Consulting Experience (CCE) gives you the opportunity to solve a complex/strategic problem facing a real client with a team of your peers from the Weekend MBA programme.
Professional accreditation
We are among a handful of business schools worldwide to achieve triple accreditation:
- Association of MBAs (AMBA)
- Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
- European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS)
We have also been recognised for our work in tackling gender inequality in higher education with a Bronze Athena SWAN award.
Teaching and assessment
Teaching and learning methods
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Lectures
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Practical classes and fieldwork
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Equipment/technique demonstrations (e.g. Bloomberg, Datastream)
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Presentations and seminars
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Workshops
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Case studies
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Group work
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Virtual learning environment
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Lecture recordings
Assessment methods
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Continuous assessments
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Essays
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Written exams
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Multiple choice tests
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Formal presentations
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Reports
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Case studies
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Participation
Entry requirements
We consider all applicants on an individual basis, welcoming students from all over the world.
How to apply
We are still accepting late applications for January 2025 entry
Application deadlines - Applications will close on Friday 15 November 2024.
We operate a staged admissions process with several application rounds throughout the year.
Apply by midnight (UK time) on the relevant application round deadline to ensure that you receive the outcome of your application by the decision date.
We recommend applying as early as you can – we cannot guarantee that places will be available, or that courses will remain open, in later rounds.
Application rounds
Round 1
- Apply by 22 April 2024
- Interview decision deadline by 10 May 2024
- Interviews on 6 May and 13 May 2024
- Decision by 31 May 2024
Round 2
- Apply by 17 June 2024
- Interview decision deadline by 5 July 2024
- Interviews on 1 July & 8 July 2024
- Decision by 26 July 2024
Round 3
- Apply by 12 August 2024
- Interview decision deadline by 30 August 2024
- Interviews on 26 August & 2 September 2024
- Decision by 20 September 2024
Round 4
- Apply by 21 October 2024
- Interview decision deadline by 8 November 2024
- Interviews on 4 November & 11 November 2024
- Decision by 29 November 2024
References
If you have submitted your application to meet an application round, it is not necessary for us to receive your references by the closing date, although we would expect to receive them shortly afterwards. Please note that the selection committee reserves the right to assess your application on the basis of the documents that have been received at the time of the assessment.
Visit our Admissions website for details on the application process.
If you are applying for a taught Master’s course, you will need to pay an application fee before submitting your application.
The fee applies per application and not per course:
- £100 for all MSc applications to Imperial College Business School
- £150 for MBA applications to Imperial College Business School
There is no application fee for MRes courses, Postgraduate Certificates, Postgraduate Diplomas or research courses, such as PhDs and EngDs.
If you are facing financial hardship and are unable to pay the application fee, we encourage you to apply for our application fee waiver.
An ATAS certificate is not required for students applying for this course.
Tuition fees
Tuition fee
January 2025 start
£61,000
The fee for this course is fixed based on the year you enter the university, not your year of study.
The fee for this course is not linked to inflation.
Find out more about our tuition fees payment terms.
If you're a UK national, or EU national with settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme, you may be able to apply for a Postgraduate Master’s Loan from the UK government, if you meet certain criteria.
For courses starting on or after 1 August 2024, the maximum amount is £12,471. The loan is not means-tested and you can choose whether to put it towards your tuition fees or living costs.
The loan is not means-tested and you can choose whether to put it towards your tuition fees or living costs.
How will studying at Imperial help my career?
Improve your career prospects by changing location, function, sector, or even starting your own business.
MBA graduates at Imperial are highly sought after in a variety of employment sectors.
79% of our Weekend MBA 2021 cohort changed roles, and 23% accepted a role in a different sector.
Further links
Contact the department
- Telephone: +44 (0)20 7589 5111
- Email: business.school@imperial.ac.uk
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