MBA AI (Artificial Intelligence)
The UEL MBA AI is purpose-built for ambitious professionals ready to lead with confidence. This program blends academic excellence with structured flexibility—empowering you to pursue advanced study without compromising your work-life balance. Whether you’re leading a department, running your own business, or managing crossfunctional teams, the course structure enables you to engage deeply with each subject, while applying your learning directly to real-world challenges.
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Full time - 12 months Part time - 24 months
100% online
Fully flexible
May 5, 2025
September 1, 2025
January 5, 2026
GBP £13,530*
USD $17,960*
*Various Scholarships and bursaries are available. Consult with an Enrollment Advisor to explore your eligibility and options further.
5 Subjects + AI-Industry Applied Project
The Ducere Advantage
Exclusive access to insights from global and elite business leaders
Sharpen your business smarts with insights from hundreds of global leaders and business innovators.
Work with the world’s top employers
Showcase your know-how in real-world scenarios, working for the world’s leading employers or in your own organisation.
Fully-accredited online MBA AI (Artificial Intelligence)
Earn your globally-recognised MBA AI degree from University of East London.
100% online
Study for your online MBA degree from anywhere, anytime. Manage your work and family commitments while studying remotely.
No exams
We assess you only on your real-world assignments and an applied project. There’s no need to memorise mindless theory purely to pass an exam. Assessments are based on practical project-focussed work.
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I have built a global network of peers, with colleagues in Italy, London, New Zealand and across Australia.
Peter N., Ducere MBA Student
You have to know business and I’ve learned the hard-way as an entrepreneur that not having a Masters education has prevented me from participating in multi-million dollar deals.
Adrian D., Ducere MBA Student
Programme Overview
- Delivered with the University of East London, our mission is to bridge the gap between education and industry by designing an MBA with real career impact.
- Become the leader your industry needs to meet the challenges of conducting business locally and globally in the 2020s.
- We collaborate with business partners around the world to stay up-to-date on global business challenges to ensure our online programmes are innovative and industry-relevant.
- Fast-track your career as you apply what you learn, with immediate results in your workplace.
- Instead of a traditional exam-based approach, our assessments are project-focused, as we believe real learning comes from practical implementation.
The structure of our programme includes 5 modules, covering a wide range of critical business topics and a Major Applied Industry Project, to provide you with the opportunity to transform theoretical concepts into real-time business projects.
Our 6 MBA AI course modules are:
- Leadership in Practice
- AI Business Strategies and ROI
- AI Ethics and Governance
- Business Strategy
- Digital Transformation
- AI-Industry Applied Project
Course Details
CORE SUBJECTS
Module 1: VR7006 AI Business Strategies and ROI
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the way businesses operate, offering new opportunities for innovation, efficiency, and competitive advantage. This course explores the practical applications of AI in various industries, focusing on how organizations can leverage AI technologies to drive growth, enhance decision-making, and optimize processes.
Students will analyze real-world use cases to understand the potential of AI in areas such as customer experience, supply chain optimization, predictive analytics, and marketing.
Learning Outcomes:
- Analyze AI applications across industries and evaluate their impact on business operations.
- Develop strategies for implementing AI solutions to optimize processes and enhance customer experiences.
- Assess the financial and strategic ROI of AI initiatives using appropriate metrics and frameworks.
- Identify and address challenges in AI adoption, including barriers to scaling and ethical considerations.
- Apply critical thinking to real-world business scenarios, designing AI-driven solutions aligned with organizational goals.
Module 2: VR7007 AI Ethics and Governance
The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into society has brought unprecedented opportunities and challenges, making ethical considerations and effective governance frameworks more important than ever.
This course explores the intersection of AI technologies and ethical principles, focusing on how organizations and governments can navigate the complexities of fairness, accountability, transparency, and privacy in the deployment of AI systems.
Students will examine real-world case studies to evaluate the ethical dilemmas posed by AI, such as algorithmic bias, data privacy violations, and the societal implications of automation. The course also delves into the regulatory landscape, exploring global efforts to create frameworks that govern AI innovation while protecting human rights.
Learning Outcomes:
- Analyze AI applications across industries and evaluate their impact on business operations.
- Develop strategies for implementing AI solutions to optimize processes and enhance customer experiences.
- Assess the financial and strategic ROI of AI initiatives using appropriate metrics and frameworks.
- Identify and address challenges in AI adoption, including barriers to scaling and ethical considerations.
- Apply critical thinking to real-world business scenarios, designing AI-driven solutions aligned with organizational goals.
Module 3: SG7013 Business Strategy
This module articulates the fundamentals of and approaches to the design and implementation of an effective business strategy.
Students critically analyse the fundamentals of strategy and the role it should play in business operations. Various strategic frameworks and concepts are evaluated for various organisational contexts conducive to fostering successful business outcomes.
The role of strategy in developing competitive advantage will be further examined, in order to frame the various ways in which strategy can drive growth and effectively increase business performance.
Students will formulate methodologies for managing strategic change to gain a comprehensive understanding of how, why and when to implement effective business strategy.
Learning Outcomes:
- Critically analyse strategic concepts and their role in business performance
- Evaluate strategic frameworks to inform business decision-making.
- Appraise and recommend various strategies to achieve business goals and create competitive advantage.
- Identify, evaluate and respond to risk on strategic projects.
- Hypothesise the variations of strategic change and apply relevant approaches to change management.
Module 4: SG7014 Leadership in Practice
This module explores the definitions of leadership in the context of the 21st Century and aims to prepare students to develop the necessary capabilities to prosper in this environment.
Students are required to reflect on their own experiences and biases to develop an understanding of how these influence their personal leadership style, as well as how they respond to the leadership of others.
Through engagement with challenging situations and the exploration of different leadership strategies in response, students will develop a new perspective on how they can personally lead teams more effectively and acquire new tools and techniques to achieve this goal.
Learning Outcomes:
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- Critically explore the importance of leadership and its associated challenges.
- Critically evaluate key leadership themes and concepts and how they have been utilised by key industry leaders.
- Reflexively engage with the concepts of self-leaderships and self-awareness.
- Demonstrate the ability to apply appropriate leadership approaches to contemporary organisations.
Module 5: SG7015 Digital Transformation
This module enables students to explore the rapid technological and digital advancements in business and the impacts on structure, people and processes.
The emphasis of this module is on developing analytical and process skills to be able to make critical decisions about technological and digital change in the context of organisations.
Additionally, students will develop the skills to be able to effectively manage the organisational nuances resulting from digital transformation processes.
Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the different ways in which digital disruption in business is understood and implemented.
- Evaluate policy and stakeholder implications and identify barriers, enablers and methods.
- Develop approaches to align digital transformation to strategic business and organisational objectives.
- Demonstrate leadership through critically analysing, developing and communicating processes to effectively lead and manage digital transformation processes.
Project
SG7016
AI-Applied Industry Project
This module enables students to consolidate their skills, knowledge and insights into working with a group of student peers on a consultancy style global challenge, provided by a Ducere Global Industry Partner.
As such, in this module students will be introduced to case study research principles and methods in order to draw on their theoretical, conceptual and practical learnings derived from the modules studied in their programme. The aim of this module is for students to develop the practical and professional abilities to review business and management research with academic rigour, in order to develop a concept, solution or idea that has immediate practical application.
Project Partners
Bridging the gap between academic studies and applied, industry‑relevant learning. Industry Project Partners students have worked with in the past include:
Career Outcomes
- CEO
- Business Owner
- Executive Director
- Consultant
- Project Manager
- Director
Entry Requirements
Bachelor Degree from an accredited university with 3+ years of professional management experience
Or
5 years of management experience
Tuition, Payment Plans, Loans
Tuition
GBP £13,530* USD $17,960*
*Various Scholarships and bursaries are available. Consult with an Enrollment Advisor to explore your eligibility and options further.
Payment Plans
Programme cost can be divided into 3 instalments to be paid over the first part of the MBA.
Loans
UK residents may be eligible for a Postgraduate Student Loan to cover all or part of the fees.
US students can apply for Sallie Mae loans to cover all or part of the fees.
Skills Outcome
Presentation
Woo your audience with improved persuasion and presentations skills.
Creativity
Show your creative streak by approaching business challenges in a new way.
Collaboration
Harness the skills and abilities of others while working together to create better results.
Problem-solving
Use your creativity to find a solution that will give you the best outcome.
Critical Thinking
Evaluate and assess research to make the right decision to get the best result.
Digital Literacy
Become more tech-savvy and understand the impacts of the digital world on your workplace.
Financial Literacy
Sharpen your numbers game and learn how financial analysis can help steer your decision-making to boost your bottom line.
Initiative
Know what you need to do to get the result you want and take the steps to make it happen.
Our Student Voice
Ducere Global Business School is an online education provider – recognised as one of the most student-focused and industry-relevant business school in Australia, The UK and The USA. We partner with established universities to deliver internationally recognised qualifications.
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Ducere Global Business School is an online education provider – recognised as one of the most student-focused and industry-relevant business school in Australia, The UK and The USA. We partner with established universities to deliver internationally recognised qualifications.