Master of Business Administration: Grow from Irvine, United States

Build your next chapter without leaving the life you have built in Irvine. Delivered online in an exclusive partnership between the University of Cumbria and Robert Kennedy College, the Master of Business Administration offers a way to develop your leadership and strategic thinking while continuing to work and live where you choose. Its business theory can be applied across industries and internationally.

Earn a British degree recognised internationally

Graduating with a British degree can give your achievement meaning well beyond the place where you studied. The University of Cumbria award provides an internationally recognised academic credential to complement your professional experience.

Whether your ambitions take you further in Irvine or across borders, an MBA can help you demonstrate a commitment to rigorous business study. You can bring new perspectives on leadership, decision-making and organisations to conversations with colleagues around the world.

Complete your MBA 100% online in as little as one year

You do not have to relocate or put your career on hold to pursue this qualification. The programme can be completed entirely online, in as little as one year, giving motivated students a route from enrolment to graduation.

Imagine using the coming year to strengthen the skills behind your next career decision. Your studies can become part of your momentum, rather than a reason to step away from it.

Study without scheduled online attendance

There is no requirement to be online at specific times and dates. That flexibility can make it easier to plan your learning around work commitments, family life and the unexpected demands of a busy week.

From Irvine, you can choose the study times that suit you best, whether that means an early start, a quiet evening or a weekend session. You remain responsible for your progress, but you have greater freedom to decide when learning happens.

Take your studies wherever life takes you

Your online learning is not tied to a desk in Irvine. You can study from anywhere in the world, including while travelling or on the move, so a change of location need not mean a pause in your plans.

Through the mobile app, you can download study materials and watch lectures offline. Prepare before a trip, use a convenient moment to revisit a topic and keep your learning within reach even when an internet connection is unavailable.

Show what you know through open-book assessments

Instead of classical question-and-answer exams, the programme uses open-book assessments. They give you an opportunity to engage with course materials as you develop and present your thinking.

This approach can help you focus on understanding concepts and applying them thoughtfully, rather than relying on recall alone. It is a chance to practise the kind of informed analysis that complex business decisions demand.

Learn with globally educated faculty

The programme’s tutors and faculty include graduates of world-renowned universities such as Oxford, Harvard, EPFL, the University of Basel and Washington University in St. Louis. Their varied academic backgrounds bring a breadth of perspectives to your learning experience.

As you explore business ideas, you can benefit from guidance shaped by those different educational journeys. It is an invitation to question assumptions, sharpen your reasoning and look at leadership from more than one angle.

Join a community that crosses borders

Students come from more than 130 countries, creating opportunities to encounter perspectives shaped by different markets, careers and experiences. For someone studying from Irvine, that international community can make the online classroom a place to expand both your understanding and your outlook.

Alumni work for international organisations including P&G, GM, Caterpillar, PepsiCo, DHL, Louis Vuitton, Bosch, CK-HUTCHISON, BASF, Nestlé, Unilever, Daimler, BMW, Audi, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Chevron, Verizon, JW Marriott, Hilton, The Ritz, the University of California, Riverside, Wyndham Hotels, Abbott Laboratories, the United Nations, Google, the World Bank, ICRC, Microsoft, Intel, Samsung, Tencent, Siemens and Sony. Their paths illustrate the range of organisations in which graduates have built careers, without prescribing where yours must lead.

Plan your investment with monthly instalments

Programme fees can be paid in up to 18 monthly interest-free instalments. This option can help you plan the cost of your studies over time.

Knowing how payments can be scheduled makes it easier to consider an MBA alongside your other commitments. You can focus on what you hope to gain from the programme while choosing an instalment schedule that suits your plans.

Put new ideas to work from Irvine

Irvine’s technology and software businesses offer settings where strategy, innovation and leadership meet. An MBA can help you think more broadly about growth, teams and decision-making as you consider opportunities in this fast-moving sector.

The area’s life sciences, medical technology and healthcare-related businesses also call for people who can connect specialised work with organisational goals. Studying business theory can give you frameworks for examining operations, change and collaboration across functions, whatever your current role.

Irvine’s place in the wider Orange County economy brings opportunities across professional services, manufacturing and hospitality, too. If you are considering a new direction or hoping to grow in your present field, the programme offers a way to develop a versatile business perspective while remaining connected to the community where you live.

Ready to explore what your next chapter could look like? Request our course catalogue to learn more.