The Oxford MBA (1year)

The Oxford MBA programme is a one-year course comprising an intensive series of stimulating lectures, energetic seminars, intensive small group work, and team project work, which can take students anywhere in the world. A key aim of the programme is to develop your ability to think logically, laterally and independently.

The course initially focuses upon building a broad foundation of theoretical knowledge about business through core modules in subjects ranging from accountancy to strategy, and from managerial economics to organisational analysis. 

Once these core building blocks are in-place, students can take advantage of the Oxford MBA’s extremely flexible course structure by tailoring elective choices to suit target career paths and choosing whether to spend the summer working upon a strategic consulting project, completing an internship, undertaking an individual academic thesis or auditing additional elective courses.

There is also a strong practical emphasis embedded within the course through project work. Students undertake an entrepreneurship project at the start of the second term and can choose to work upon a strategic consulting project in the summer. Many electives also have a strong practitioner focus through being co-taught by faculty and industry experts.

Branding & communications
Business history
Business in China
CSR & ethical marketing
Capital raising
Cooperative strategy
Corporate valuation
Customer insights
Derivatives
Design leadership
Environment, organisations and sustainability
Financial management
Finanacial risk management
Finance II
Global strategy
International financial management
Leading strategic change
Macro economics
Managing complexity
Managing innovation in the bioeconomy
Managing the high-growth company
Managing the project portfolio
Marketing innovation
Mergers, acquisitions & restructuring
Political risk
Private equity

Real estate
Retailing
Strategy implementation
Strategy II: technology and innovation strategy
Social entrepreneurship 1: social entrepreneurship & innovation
Social entrepreneurship 2: social innovation
Social entrepreneurship 3: social enterprise design
Taxation, finance & business strategy
The theory & practice of strategic negotiations
Trading & market microstructure

Whether you want to get a top job in banking, consulting or industry, set up your own company, or become a social entrepreneur, we can help you to achieve your career goals.

Recruiter exposure: recruiters hold individual company presentations throughout the year, and we also invite representatives from a range of industries to the School for industry panels, where they describe the dynamics affecting their sector, the job opportunities and the key requirements to be a successful recruit.

Placement: Oxford’s longstanding academic pedigree, combined with
our strength in finance, strategy and operations management
make Saïd Business School an attractive recruiting ground
for MBA employers.

he course fee for the MBA programme 2010/11 is:

Course fees £33,000  

College fees  £3,000

Applicants who are offered and accept a place on the course are asked to pay a non-refundable deposit of £4,950, which will be offset against their course fee. Students should also budget for the following expenses:

Course materials £500

Living expenses*

£12,000 (minimum)

* living expenses, stationery, field-work expenses, and travel to and from Oxford.

You should begin to consider your financing options early on, whether in the form of savings, loans or scholarships. There are several ways to finance your course so please take time to explore whether you are eligible for any of our Saïd Business School Scholarships or University of Oxford Scholarships.

• Saïd Business School Scholarships
• University of Oxford Scholarships

About Oxford University’s Saïd Business School

Established in 1996, Oxford University’s Saïd Business School is one of Europe’s youngest and most entrepreneurial business schools, with a reputation for innovative business education. The School combines the highest standards of academic rigour with a practical understanding of business and wealth creation. Our faculty are engaged in boundary-extending research on key management issues, in dialogue with the wider intellectual community and with practitioners.

The Saïd Business School is fully integrated into one of the world’s greatest universities. This allows us to draw on Oxford’s strengths across a range of subjects, including sociology, economics, law, psychology, politics and international relations. Working at the interface of disciplines, faculty and researchers are mining rich new insights into issues such as the politics of global business, the rise of science entrepreneurship, the management of innovation, and the social and commercial impact of information systems and the Internet. By collaborating actively with faculty from other disciplines, we are aiming to transcend the traditional functional divisions of a business school in order to reflect the complex realities of business and society in today’s global economy.