The Master of Business Administration (MBA) course at Central Saint Martins trains students to combine creative thinking with business skills such as marketing, finance, human resources and management.

This course challenges the orthodox business school approach to education and focuses on cross-disciplinary collaboration.

You will become a new type of business graduate: one who can combine creative thinking and innovation with core financial and strategic management skills. We train future leaders with compassion, resilience and the ability to adapt to an increasingly complex world.

For this Master of Business Administration (MBA) course, Central Saint Martins has entered into a high-level collaborative partnership with Birkbeck, University of London.

The MBA recognises the crucial role of the cultural economy in wealth creation in the coming decades. The course aims to create a new network of practitioners and leaders.

You will emerge with hybrid skills and approaches suited to the social and political challenges of a digital and data-driven world. That is, a world in which innovation and creativity are central to the development of new industries, products and services.

You will develop key management and leadership skills through a progression of assessments, activities and education sessions.

You will cover expected MBA disciplines such as strategy, marketing, finance, human resources, management, operations, planning, innovation and problem-solving.

You will be exposed to these throughout your studies, starting from the induction and orientation weekend. As part of this, you will be expected to negotiate, make decisions, manage and lead teams in activities and solve problems.

School: Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London (UAL)
Course: Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Type: Postgraduate
Location: London, UK
Course dates: September 2026, two years, extended full-time low-residency mode
Application deadline: 31 August 2026

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What will I learn during this course?

– Critical and analytical thinking
– Creative and innovative approaches
– Develop agile and resilient leadership skills

What are the requirements?

– An Honours degree
– Alternatively, an equivalent EU/international qualification
– At least three years of relevant professional experience
– English language requirements: IELTS level 6.5 or above, with at least 5.5 in reading, writing, listening and speaking

What facilities and resources are available?

– This is a low residency course and the majority of teaching takes place online
– Flexible learning
– Live projects

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