An MBA is a vocational qualification, tailored to specific business needs or to a particular business sector.  The flexibility of these courses is mirrored in the choice of study options available to students.

The AIA professional accountancy qualification is accepted as equivalent to a first degree for entry purposes onto an ever increasing number of full and part-time MBA programmes, both in the UK and overseas.  The AIA qualification is currently accepted* by the following universities:

• Anglia Ruskin University
• Bournemouth University, UK
• Brunel University, UK
• University of Central Lancashire, UK
• University College Dublin, Quinn School of Business, Republic of Ireland
• University of Abertay Dundee
• University of Edinburgh, UK
• Glasgow Caledonian University, UK
• University of Greenwich, UK
• Henley Management College, UK
• Heriot-Watt University, UK
• University of Hertfordshire, UK
• University of Huddersfield, UK
• University of Hull, UK
• International Islamic University, Malaysia
• University of Kent, UK
• Leeds University, UK
• London Metropolitan, UK
• University of Malaya, Malaysia
• Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
• University of Newcastle, UK Candidates require in excess of four years' work experience.
  
• Nottingham Trent University 
• Open University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• Oxford Brookes University, UK
• Philips College, Cyprus
• Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
• Robert Gordon University, UK
• Sheffield Hallam University, UK
• London South Bank University, UK
• Loughborough University, School of Business Economics, UK
• University of Reading, UK
• University of Southampton School of Management, UK
• University of Stirling, UK
• University of Strathclyde, UK
• University of Sunderland, UK
• University of Surrey, UK
• University of Warwick, UK
• University of Westminster, UK

* Please note that all applications are dealt with and assessed on an individual basis.