Course Details
About
The Mini MBA Future Leaders is designed to empower and support future talent in the work place.
It is designed for those seeking to elevate their leadership and business skills, with practical and inspirational insights to implement strategies for both wider business benefit and personal skills.
Topics will include leadership teams and yourself; business finance and budgeting; organisational strategy and design thinking for problem solving.
This is an exceptional opportunity for employers to recognize and invest in future leaders of the business.
Career Opportunities
This course will support your career journey and progression, by providing the tools of leadership and strategic thinking
Course Duration and Delivery Format
The course will start in Semester 2, 2026. This course will be delivered 3 days in person and 2 days online.
Proposed Dates:
- Tuesday 11 February 2026
- Tuesday 18 February 2026
- Thursday 12 March 2026 (Online)
- Wednesday 25 March 2026
* Please note, dates and timetabling may be subject to change.
Teaching, Learning and Assessment
The course will be taught in person and online.
There are two elements of coursework, including a presentation and written report.
Campus
Derry~Londonderry and Online
Module details
This is a 15 credit module short course.
Course Entry requirements
You should hold a Second-Class Honours Degree or better OR have significant managerial / business experience.
Fee Funding Eligibility
Places are limited and open to applicants who:
- are over 18 years of age;
- are eligible to work in Northern Ireland;
- are ‘settled’ in Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland (ROI)*, and has been ordinarily resident for at least three years;
- meet the Ulster University general entry requirements (opens in new window)
* For anyone resident in ROI, you need to be a UK or Irish citizen to be able to apply for this course.
Please note that this programme is not available to applicants with the following residency statuses:
- GB and Islands
- EU excluding ROI qualifying residents
- International students
Terms and Conditions
- Fee funding is paid directly by the Department for the Economy to Ulster University.
- Students cannot redeem the funding for an alternative programme nor redeem the cash value.
- Students cannot redeem this funding in conjunction with any other course fee funding.
- Students can normally only enrol on one programme at Ulster in any one academic year. There may be exceptions if the total credits from more than one programme do no exceed 60 credits.
Apply now
There are a limited number of places on the course.
Offers will be made to those applicants who meet the entry requirements, and have provided evidence of such, on a first come , first served basis.
Therefore, when creating your application you will need to have the following documents saved electronically as they need to be uploaded as part of the application process:
- Passport
- Evidence on meeting three year residency in NI/ROI
- Degree Certificate
- English Competency (If you have a degree from UK/ROI, you don't need to provide anything else)
- BRP - If applicable
No business experience required
This degree is open to students with a UG second class honours degree in any subject.
