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Curriculum overview

YEAR 1 (August-June)
PRE-TERM Online preparation	TERM ONE August–December	TERM TWO January–March	TERM THREE April–June
Pre-programme modules	Business Fundamentals All students must take these courses	Business Fundamentals All students must take these courses	Tailored core Students choose from these to fulfil their credits
Accounting Finance Statistics	Data Analytics for Managers Global Leadership Assessment for Managers Perspectives in Business Ethics Understanding General Management Accounting Finance I Macroeconomics for Managers Marketplaces Strategy	The Science of People in Organisations Marketing Operations Management	Business Analytics (terms two and three) Customer and Market Insights Developing Entrepreneurial Opportunities (terms two and three) Global Economic Analysis Marketing Planning in Action Pricing Value Chain Management LondonCAP (terms two and three) Performance-Driven Strategy Execution (terms two and three) Finance II (terms two and three) Financial Reporting for Today’s Economy (terms two and three) Digital Strategy (terms two and three)
		Tailored core Students choose from these to fulfil their credits
		Business Analytics (terms two and three) Finance II (terms two and three) Financial Reporting for Today’s Economy (terms two and three) Performance-Driven Strategy Execution (terms two and three) LondonCAP (terms two and three) Developing Entrepreneurial Opportunities (terms two and three) Digital Strategy (terms two and three) Design Led Innovation Financial Reporting Analytics Innovation and Technology Strategy
			Electives
	Skills for the Future
	Career Management
		Language Programme

SUMMER (July-August)

Students spend their summer in one of two ways

Internships

Entrepreneurship Summer School

YEAR 2 (September-July) Year Two is entirely tailored by you
	Flexible exit points: 15 months 18 months 21 months
	Capstone
	Congregation
Global Experience
Business Project
Internships
International Exchange
	Electives
Career Management
Language Programme

Programme highlights

Skills for the Future

Capture your capabilities, chart your professional development journey, and make the most of leadership training.

LondonCAP (London Core Application Practicum)

Grow your network and add value to select London organisations in our project-based LondonCAP module.

Global experiential courses

Our transformational global experiential courses challenge you to apply your learning in new and unfamiliar contexts, and to have responsible real-world impact on the communities and businesses you encounter. Our unique approach to experiential learning provides a cornerstone of students’ lifelong learning and allows our student community to have impact on a global scale.

International Exchange

Broaden your business school experience studying with one of our 30 academic partners in the Americas, Asia, Africa, Oceania or Europe.

Explore your exchange school options

Entrepreneurship Summer School

Explore a new industry or role. Accelerate your current career. Summer offers the option for multiple internships or time to investigate a business idea on our Entrepreneurship Summer School.

Make the most of your summer

MBA LEARNING EXPERIENCE

An unparalleled global learning experience

Put our rich links with London and the global business community to work. Get hands on. Visit global locations and learn to operate seamlessly from the street to the C-suite. Live business projects are your chance to make a real impact.

What are the programme's objectives?
Everyone who joins the MBA has different goals, pressures and learning styles while studying. Our intensely experiential programme balances theory and practice with a structure you can tailor to meet your leadership and development needs.
Year One gives you a rigorous and analytical grounding in the techniques and frameworks of global general management. Our Business Fundamentals core and Tailored core enable you to create a programme to suit your goals and development needs.
In Year Two you continue developing your goals. Diverse elective choice reflects the breadth of our faculty's thought leadership. Deepen expertise in a specific area, or broaden your learning. You extend your global focus, engaging with leading companies around the world on a Global Experience, or studying with one of our 30+ academic partners on International Exchange. Many students take more internships and demonstrate their commercial acumen working on a real-world commercial challenges in our Business Project elective.
Throughout your MBA experience, you will encounter different career options, potential employers and world-class recruiters. To help you nail that key position after you complete your MBA, the Career Centre offers one-to-one, group and online training and guidance to help you develop your skills.
How does the flexible completion date work?
The MBA programme has 15, 18, and 21-month exit points. These time frames capture the amount of study you are expected to undertake. I.e. if you start in August 2024, you may be permitted to take your last class in December 2025.

In order to graduate from the programme at one of our early exit points, you will need to have met all programme requirements: pass your Business Fundamentals, Tailored Core and a minimum of 10 elective courses, and complete experiential programme elements like Leadership Launch and the Global Experience.

Please note that, by choosing an early exit, you may limit your choice of available electives. Those going on International Exchange will not be able to exit the programme at 15 months.
Do I have to study a language?
Are there any course exemptions?
Students with a relevant postgraduate or professional qualification, gained within the last 10 years, may be able to obtain a waiver from certain core courses. In addition, students with significant and demonstrable experience in certain professional areas may also be considered for a waiver from the relevant core course through passing a qualifying test or examination.

MBA2025 students were able to apply for waivers from the following subjects: Data Analytics for Managers, Marketplaces, Macroeconomics for Managers. Please note: all waivers are reviewed annually.
Do I have to be on campus to study the programme?

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Who will be teaching on the programme?
Does the teaching have a practical orientation?
As well as pursuing research in their own fields of interest, members of faculty often act as consultants and advisers to industry and government. Many hold directorships in a range of organisations or in some cases run their own businesses.

These activities help to maintain the practical relevance of the School's teaching and research. Much of the School's research is supported in some form by donor organisations with whom the School maintains especially close relationships. For example, in the finance and accounting area these include BAA, Bank of England, Barclays, Citibank, Credit Suisse, Solomon Brothers International, Tokai Bank and SG Warburg Group.
What are the term dates? When will I be studying?
The programme begins in early August each year with an Orientation week. This includes vital pre-course activities, supporting your transition into the programme, as you learn to work successfully with your study group and begin identifying your goals.

This is following by three study periods: Autumn Term (August to December), Spring Term (January to March), and Summer Term (April to July). Exams take place throughout your first year, and these may be scheduled over weekends.

Core courses run Monday - Friday and you will also spend time throughout the week in a variety of classes, tutorials and personal and professional development sessions. In addition, a number of block weeks, covering various electives, run outside term time. Students are also required to complete a range of exams, assignments and project work over the break periods.

We recommend you see your study at London Business School as a continuous period of education from August through to June each year, with vacations involving consolidation, preparation and project work, as well as completing your summer internship in the main summer break.