Overview
Postgraduate Certificate in Business Administration
The Postgraduate Certificate in Business Administration awarded by the University of London (Academic Direction by Queen Mary University of London) is a 60 UK credit programme designed to provide postgraduate students with advanced managerial knowledge and strategic business skills. Delivered through lectures, seminars, workshops, business games, simulations, and directed independent study, the programme fosters critical debate, originality of thought, and enterprise. Students engage with complex case studies and financial analysis exercises, developing the ability to critically assess theory and practice while maintaining a strategic perspective essential for leadership in modern organisations.
Learning Outcomes
Graduates of this programme will be able to:
- Critically evaluate business theory – Assess established frameworks and leading-edge practices to generate innovative concepts.
- Apply strategic management skills – Maintain a strategic view when addressing complex business problems and scenarios.
- Demonstrate financial analysis expertise – Analyse financial statements to inform managerial decision-making.
- Develop marketing strategies – Shape consumer behaviour and implement efficient marketing approaches in domestic and international contexts.
- Lead organisational change – Apply leadership and HRM principles to manage transformation and motivate teams.
- Engage in constructive debate – Participate in intellectual discussions that foster new perspectives and solutions.
- Undertake practical projects – Apply originality and enterprise in project work that bridges theory and practice.
- Develop global managerial competencies – Gain a wider perspective on international business challenges through case studies and simulations.
The programme is delivered via lectures, seminars, workshops, business games and simulations and directed independent study. This will be supported through
- The creation of a learning environment which fosters debate and constructive argument;
- Modules which encourage students to critically assess theory and leading edge practice with a view to creating new concepts and practices for the future;
- Practical projects which foster originality of thought and enterprise;
- Exercises which develop critical analysis of financial statements.
Students will be presented with increasingly complex business scenarios (case studies) and will be encouraged to gain a deeper and wider perspective of the business problem, while at the same time maintaining the strategic view which is the key concern of the postgraduate student.
Structure
| Awarding authority | – | University of London (Academic Direction by Queen Mary University of London), UK |
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| Academic Year/Time Schedule/Programme Duration | – | Duration of course is 6 months |
| Mode | – | Full Time / Part Time |
| Teaching Amenities, Facilities etc | – | Lecture Rooms, Library, Computer Lab, Student Study Space, etc |
| Intakes | – | Visit intake dates under Admissions. |
The Postgraduate Certificate in Business Administration is a 60 UK credit programme.
To qualify for the award of Postgraduate Certificate in Business Administration a student must complete:
- Any two Core Modules (30 credits total)
- Any two other modules (either further Core or Optional Modules) (30 credits total)
| Core Modules |
| Accounting and finance |
| Economics for managers |
| Marketing for managers |
| Organisational behaviour and human resource management |
| Strategic Management |
| Successful leadership |
| Optional Modules (Any two other modules (30 credits total)) |
| Leadership and management models |
| Negotiation and conflict management |
| Leadership, transformation and organisational change |
| Leadership and ethical decision making |
| Advanced Management and Accounting |
| Financial reporting and analysis |
| Accounting for managers |
| International accounting |
| Portfolio management |
| International corporate finance for managers |
| International financial markets and institutions |
| Risk management and decision-making |
| Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship |
| Entrepreneurial marketing |
| Entrepreneurial finance and private equity |
| Innovation and change |
| International finance law: transactions, policy, and regulation |
| Corporate finance law |
| Corporate governance and ethics |
| Legal aspects of financing development |
Note:
Subject to minimum student registrations.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Age Requirements
- 20 years old
Academic Requirements
For direct access (Entry Route 1), you will need the following:
- A second-class honours bachelor degree or equivalent from an acceptable institution; and
- Three years’ work experience in a managerial role (within the past five years).
We accept qualifications from around the world. If you have an appropriate professional award rather than a degree, we will consider this on an individual basis.
English Requirements
Applicant must satisfy the English language requirement for the programme. These are set out in detail at https://london.ac.uk/courses/global-mba#entry-requirements
You will meet our language requirements if you have achieved one of the following within the past three years:
- IELTS: at least 6.5 overall, with 6.0 in the written test.
- TOEFL iBT: at least 92 overall, with 22+ in reading and writing and 20+ in speaking and listening.
- Pearson Test (Academic): at least 59 overall, with 59+ in reading and writing and 54+ in speaking and listening.
- Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English.
- Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English (grade C or above).
Alternatively, you may satisfy the language requirements if you have at least 18 months of education or work experience conducted in English.
Fees
| Course Application Fee | |
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| Course Application Fee* | Local Students : S$150 (Onetime Only) International Students : S$450 (Onetime Only) |
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| Fees Breakdown | Total Payable | |
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| Local | International | |
| Tuition Fee | S$15,500 | S$15,500 |
| Total Course Fees Payable | S$15,500 | S$15,500 |
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