From Oxford University:
Saïd Business School at Oxford University blends the best of new and old. We are a young, vibrant, and innovative business school deeply embedded in an 800-year-old world-class university.
One-year MBA at Saïd Business School’s Oxford University
We aim to provide the world’s future business leaders with the skills, knowledge, and personal qualities needed to meet the world-scale challenges of the 21st century.
Our world is unprecedentedly complex, connected, and fragile. Our trust in institutions and each other is under intense pressure. Our energy, food and water security, our aging populations, the explosion in stored data – these all require managers and leaders of unusual ability, sophistication and integrity. This environment needs individuals who can inspire and influence a wide range of stakeholders, and who can demonstrate responsible leadership in the face of complex and often forgotten conflicting interests and our MBA programme will equip you with these skills.
Admissions process
We operate a staged admissions process and we strongly encourage you to apply as early as possible. Applications for the 2016/17 class will be considered in accordance with the dates given above.
- A good undergraduate degree: 2.1 result, 3.5 GPA or its equivalent
Please visit the further requirements application section to learn more about each requirement.
- Relevant professional experience: A minimum 2 years full time work experience is required.
- GMAT or GRE score
- A Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or International English Language Test Scheme (IELTS): If English is not your first language.
Meet us
Each year our School representatives travel to multiple cities worldwide to meet with prospective students and interact with our alumni. Visit our events webpage for more information: https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/events?f%5B0%5D=event_programmes_facet%3A596
Contact us
If you would like to speak to our admissions team, or simply sign up to receive our monthly newsletter, please fill in the form here: https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/programmes/oxford-mba/oxford-mba-register-your-interest
Our MBA Community
The Oxford MBA class is a truly diverse mix of extraordinary individuals from dozens of countries and all kind of backgrounds. Whether they are working as White House Fellows, opening up post-Soviet states to foreign trade and investment, or changing the social networking space in China, our alumni and students are rewriting the rules of the game. Read more about our MBA community.
Career Development
The Career Development Centre is dedicated to help you finding and prepare for a role that suits your skill set and meets your career aspirations.
Recruitment: Oxford’s longstanding academic pedigree, combined with our strengths in finance, strategy and operations management make Saïd Business School an attractive recruiting ground for MBA employers.
Expert guidance: You will have access to a select group of sector consultants who have experience of working for leading firms across a broad range of sectors. They offer insights and pragmatic advice for those looking to work across a range of industries including management consulting, finance, high-tech, new ventures, media and communications, and diversified industry in general.
Internships: Internships can be extremely beneficial to anyone looking for hands-on expertise. As an intern, you can develop knowledge, competencies and experience related directly to your career goal.
Student treks: Student treks are student-led visits focusing on a particular region with a view to understanding what it is like to do business there, meeting potential recruiters and meeting alumni both in their corporate and personal capacities.
View our employment report here
The Saïd Business School has been a bridge for me between working in a small emerging market and London, the world’s financial centre. After completing my MBA, I am now an associate at Citigroup EMEA regional office in London. I learned about this job opportunity through a fellow Georgian in my network who gave me an HR contact at Citigroup. After several rounds of interviews and a case presentation I was offered the position. Knowledge acquired in Oxford in strategy, finance and marketing, to name but a few, as well as the sector consultant’s valuable advice greatly contributed to the success in my interviewing process.
– Maka Gureshidze, Oxford MBA Alumna
Our Career development centre will help you find post-MBA opportunities across industries such as:
Finance
Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford is a powerhouse of financial expertise. Our faculty are pushing the boundaries of business thinking. They conduct world class research and advise corporations, public bodies and governments. We have many distinguished alumni in the financial world, as well as those who are using the financial acumen, they acquired at the School to succeed in their ventures. Learn more about post-MBA opportunities across Finance. https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/programmes/oxford-mba/career-development-centre/finance-industry-support
Consulting
For students looking to progress their careers in consulting Oxford’s MBA programme offers an impressive and diverse curriculum to support your consulting goals. You will not only acquire fundamental business skills, but also pursue consulting specific specialisms through a variety of elective courses. Learn more about post-MBA opportunities across Consulting. https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/programmes/oxford-mba/career-development-centre/consulting-industry-support
Global Industry
The Global Industry team is focused on developing relationships with organisations across a wide range of sectors including Healthcare, Technology, Media, Energy and Industrials, and FMCG, Retail and E-Commerce. Learn more about our careers centre support in Global Industry. Learn more about post-MBA opportunities across Global Industry. https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/programmes/oxford-mba/career-development-centre/global-industry-support
Social Impact
If you are interested in making a positive impact and using your career to address some of the most challenging problems facing humankind, Saïd Business School is the place to be. Our mission is to provide resources and break down barriers for aspiring social impact experts and social entrepreneurs to connect, engage and take action. Learn more about post-MBA opportunities across Social Impact. https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/programmes/oxford-mba/career-development-centre/social-impact-industry-support
Your college community
Combining ancient college buildings and quadrangles with contemporary architecture, bustling shopping centres and a modern transport infrastructure, Oxford mixes centuries of tradition with a cosmopolitan vibe. Boasting a diverse range of museums, galleries, theatres, bars and restaurants, Oxford is an exciting place to live and a perfect host to the academic departments, multidisciplinary colleges, graduate student common rooms, sports clubs and student societies that connect students across the city and provide endless opportunities to socialise and have fun. Oxford has a vast history of educating public leaders, including 26 British Prime Ministers and over 30 other heads of state and government around the world.
As an Oxford student, you will belong to one of the University’s 38 autonomous colleges, each a self-governing academic community of students and faculty with its own distinctive history and identity. The application process requires you to specify a college of your choice.
Networking at Oxford
The Oxford Business Alumni (OBA) Network is the University of Oxford, Saïd Business School’s official global business alumni network. Managed by the Saïd Business School Alumni Relations Office, the OBA Network was launched in 1998 with the vision of building a world-class business and management network. The Network’s aim is to bring together individuals who share a common interest in business and provide a community of emotionally and intellectually engaged members from Saïd Business School and Oxford’s collegiate university.
There are more than 17,000 members in the OBA Network, living in 140 countries across the globe. We are a truly international community. Membership includes current School post-graduate students, School degree programme alumni, University of Oxford alumni with an interest in business, and qualifying Executive Education participants.
Find a programme that suits your career aspirations
In addition to our full-time MBA, Saïd Business School offers a range of programmes tailored to accelerate your career at any level. Use our programme finder to find out more; http://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/programmes
