MBA Finance and Sustainability | Robert Kennedy College

Duration

12 months to 5 years

Recognition

Recognised worldwide

Duration

12 months to 5 years

Delivery Method

100% online via OnlineCampus (an interactive online learning environment) with intensive class discussion and collaboration.

Terms

We offer rolling admissions throughout the year. Register at any time and begin your learning journey immediately.

Ranking

The University of Cumbria is ranked number 8th in the World for Quality Education by the Times Higher Education in 2020. In a study commissioned by Hitachi Capital Invoice Finance (2020) on over 9,500,000 previous university students in the UK, the University of Cumbria is ranked in the top three higher-education institutions in the North of the UK for students who go on to start or manage a business.

Tuition Fees

Start your British Master's Degree journey with just 525 CHF (Swiss Francs) per month, an amount equivalent to approximately US$ 583 or € 561. This rate, structured over an 24-month period, amounts to a total tuition of 12600 CHF (Swiss Francs).

This all-inclusive tuition covers a wide array of university costs such as matriculation fees, online campus access, library use, and graduation charges, offering convenience with interest-free installments.

For those who can make an upfront payment of the entire tuition or a significant part of it (2,000 CHF or more), we offer the option of a fee reduction.

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Accreditation and Recognition

The University of Cumbria MBA programmes offered online in exclusive partnership with the Robert Kennedy College are Recognised Worldwide. Once you complete your studies at Robert Kennedy College, you will receive a degree from the University of Cumbria. The University of Cumbria received the University title, and degree awarding powers, from Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council. It is fully recognised by the British Government and duly listed on the United Kingdom’s Department for Business, Innovation and Skills list of recognised UK awarding institutions.

Programme Aims

The overall aim of the MBA Finance and Sustainability programme is to provide you with the opportunity to engage in a Higher Education experience using a flexible and distributed learning approach that will enhance your ability to develop and lead a sustainability agenda that focuses on change in the financial sector. In particular this award will:

Provide a comprehensive introduction to the field of sustainable finance with an analysis of the environmental, social, ethical and governance dimensions of different financial service sectors, and evaluating related initiatives from both private and public-benefit perspectives. The financial services addressed include: Assets, Debts, Insurance, Derivatives, and Currencies.
Enable you to engage in a critical engagement with contemporary discourses in sustainability and the social responsibility of organisations, that will promote a personal and professional reflection on leading change, in the finance sector.
Develop relevant management and organisation knowledge, both academic and professional, in line with postgraduate standards/benchmarks.
Develop critical reflection skills and engagement with organisation and professional theory to understand, and where appropriate, challenge existing individual and organisational perspectives and practices.
Develop, and where appropriate, apply new knowledge to add value by enhancing organisational capability.
Develop understanding of the organisation’s strategic focus and environment and the impact of the inter-relationship between resources, customers, clients in a changing context.
Develop further commitment to continuous personal and professional development, independence and reflective learning.

Learning Outcomes

This programme provides opportunities for students to develop and demonstrate:

Knowledge and Understanding

The role and function of organisations and the context in which they operate, including the key drivers of change.
The core disciplines of business and management including finance, human resource management, marketing and strategic planning at middle/senior management level.
The range of research methods that can be applied to the study of business management and leadership.
The application of strategic thinking to the successful management of organisations including a critical understanding of the processes of strategic problem-solving and decision-making.

Employability Skills

Practical and theoretical understanding in the field of management, Sustainable Finance.
Leadership and critical analysis skills.
Advanced analytical skills: Applied learning acquired to the extensive use of case-study analysis.

Qualities, Skills and Other Attributes

Critical thinking and critical appraisal used for problem solving applied to complex issues in business and management.
Interpreting and abstracting meaning from a variety of sources .
Exercising judgement and understanding in relation to various issues and practice.
Engage in information retrieval, organisation and effective dissemination, including presentation skills.
Effective performance within a team environment and the ability to recognise and utilise individuals’ contributions in group processes; team selection, delegation, development and management.
Demonstrate an ability to conduct independently managed research into international business issues.
Numeracy and quantitative skills including effective use of ICT.
Two-way communication skills, e.g. negotiation and persuasion.
Personal effectiveness: self-awareness and self-management; time management; sensitivity to diversity in people and different situations; the ability to continue learning.
Numeracy and quantitative skills including the use of models of business situations; qualitative research skills.