MBA Leading Innovation and Change from China
Build the confidence to lead what comes next without putting your life in China on hold. The MBA Leading Innovation and Change is offered online by York St John University in exclusive partnership with Robert Kennedy College. It brings together ideas about leadership, innovation and organisational change that you can apply across industries and international settings.
Earn a British degree with international recognition
Graduate with a British degree awarded by York St John University while studying from China. It is an opportunity to add a university qualification to your profile without relocating to the UK.
A British degree can support conversations about your experience and ambitions with employers and professional contacts around the world. As you develop your understanding of innovation and change, you can also strengthen the international perspective you bring to your work.
Complete your MBA 100% online in as little as one year
Study entirely online, with the possibility of completing the programme in as little as one year. There is no need to leave China or pause your career to attend classes on campus.
This format gives you a way to pursue an ambitious goal alongside your existing commitments. Your completion time will depend on your pace and circumstances, but the programme offers a focused route towards your next qualification.
Study without fixed online attendance times
You do not have to be online at specific times or dates to attend teaching. That flexibility can make it easier to fit study around work schedules, family responsibilities and other commitments.
Whether your most productive hours are early mornings or late evenings, you can plan your learning time around your routine. The goal is to keep moving forward without having to arrange your life around a live class timetable.
Take your learning with you
Although you can study from your current location in China, your learning does not have to stay in one place. The online format lets you continue studying from elsewhere in the world, including when work or travel takes you away from home.
Through the mobile app, you can download study materials and watch lectures offline. A journey or a period without a reliable connection can become an opportunity to review ideas and prepare for your next study session.
Show your understanding through open-book assessments
Rather than relying on classical question-and-answer exams, the programme uses open-book assessments. These give you the opportunity to engage with the material as you develop and present your thinking.
For a subject centred on leading innovation and change, this approach can help you focus on interpreting ideas and building reasoned responses. It is a chance to demonstrate how you think, not simply what you can recall under exam conditions.
Learn from internationally educated faculty
Your tutors and faculty include graduates of world-renowned universities such as Oxford, Harvard, EPFL, the University of Basel and Washington University in St. Louis. They bring varied academic backgrounds to your learning experience.
Engaging with different perspectives can challenge familiar assumptions and broaden the way you approach leadership. As you explore innovation and organisational change, that range of perspectives can help you consider possibilities beyond a single industry or market.
Join a community that spans more than 130 countries
Study alongside a diverse student base representing more than 130 countries. Learning within an international community can expose you to different professional experiences and ways of thinking about shared challenges.
Alumni work for organisations including ICBC Bank, CITIC, SAIC, GM, P&G, PepsiCo, Louis Vuitton, Audi, BMW, Daimler, Unilever, Santander, HSBC, Tencent, AIA, JKFZ Cambridge International School, RYB Education, CNOOC, PetroChina, Sinopec, ICBC Standard Bank, the United Nations, Google, ICRC, the World Bank, Microsoft, Intel, Samsung, Siemens and Sony. These examples illustrate the breadth of organisations represented by the alumni community; they do not imply a particular career outcome.
Plan your payments with interest-free instalments
Programme fees can be paid in up to 18 monthly interest-free instalments. This gives you a way to spread payments over time while planning your studies.
Clearer payment planning can help you focus on your learning goals. Review the fee details alongside your own circumstances as you decide when to begin.
Apply your learning across China’s changing industries
China’s manufacturing and automotive sectors continue to navigate technological advances, shifting customer expectations and complex supply chains. For graduates working in these fields, ideas from the MBA can offer ways to think through innovation priorities, lead teams through change and bring people together around new approaches.
In technology, digital services and financial services, organisations often need to adapt while maintaining trust and operational effectiveness. Graduates in China can draw on the programme’s leadership and change concepts when considering how to introduce new ways of working, communicate a direction and respond to evolving markets.
Energy, consumer goods and international trade present different but equally demanding change challenges. Whether you are looking to develop within your current organisation or explore a new direction, the programme can help you frame complex decisions and contribute an internationally informed perspective to the work ahead.
Ready to explore where this MBA could take you? Request our course catalogue to learn more.