Take your journalism and media experience to the next level with the Cardiff MBA with Media.
Delivered in collaboration with the School of Journalism, Media and Culture, the Cardiff MBA with Media combines the core ingredients of our flagship MBA with the opportunity to understand the distinct management challenges of the media industry.
You’ll gain a solid foundation of business, management and media knowledge and insight to help you secure senior positions in media organisations around the world. You’ll benefit from teaching delivered by expert academic practitioners underpinned by up-to-the-minute theory and informed by real-world, practical illustrations and experiences.
Alongside students with a range of backgrounds, you will develop your business knowledge, increase your self-awareness and sharpen your ability as an effective and inspiring leader. You will consider the wider commercial, social and environmental implications of decision-making in a variety of practical contexts and have the opportunity to understand the management challenges of the media industry, which is vital to the success of many advanced and emerging creative economies.
The Cardiff MBA with Media will help you make a difference.
Distinctive features
Springboard into the Cardiff MBA programme and learning community with a custom-made orientation and team building programme.
The Career Advantage Service: Access to a career consultant and personal coach for personalised professional development.
A bespoke, wrap-around Leadership Development Programme to help you assess your leadership capability, develop a personal development path and build key leadership skills.
Cardiff Connections will help you become part of the business community through networking events, access to business leaders and alumni talking about their motivations and career choices, and company visits.
An International Study Tour that provides the opportunity to study business practice in an unfamiliar context.
Contemporary integrated themes running through all modules, such as the future of work, responsible leadership and digital transformation.
Opportunities to make a difference to society and the economy through study and extra-curricular activity in line with Public Value.
Assessment designed around tackling real-world challenges:
The Business Strategy Simulator Challenge
The People Challenge
The International Consultancy Challenge
The Innovation Challenge
The Media Challenge
The Crisis Simulation Challenge
The Accelerator Project – a response to a complex, multi-faceted problem posed by a business client.