Edinburgh Business School
Overview
The Edinburgh Business School comes under the Heriot-Watt University and holds triple accreditation of AMBA, AACSB and EQUIS. The triple accreditation makes it different and most precious among all other online MBA’s of Singapore. This is also approved by the Royal Charter. The distance mode of education is equivalent to a full-time mode of study as the final certificate doesn’t mention the mode of study.
Specialisations
- Strategic Planning
- Marketing
- Finance
- Human Resource management
- Oil & Gas Management
Fee
The total fee would be £6,840 and £8,360 for Marketing specialisation. Its £600 per course. There would be a slight variation in fee depending on your location. Also, the fee is different if you chose to study with your learning partners. You can study course by course and pay as you learn too.
Courses are purchased online and the University uses an online payment system called Flywire. Even though the courses are purchased in GBP(£), Flywire will calculate the exchange rate (for that specific day) and any fees that may be incurred for the transaction, and give you a receipt in your local currency.
Duration
The average time of completion of the course is 4 years. There are 9 courses of which 7 are core courses and 2 are electives.
Exams
The exams are conducted in local locations. Each course is assessed by a 3-hr examination. The exams occur in March, June, August and December. There are 400 examination centres across the world.
Admission
You need to have at least a second-class honours degree or equivalent professional qualification. You need to submit proof of English language proficiency if your native language is not English.
Online/Distance MBA
Benefits of Online/Distance MBA
Online or Distance MBA programs are aimed at working professionals. The major attraction of Online/Distance MBA is that working professionals can pursue studies at their convenience. Of course, the comparatively lesser course fee is also a major consideration from the student point of view. The entire admission, examination procedures can be accomplished online for most of the Online MBA programs.