MBA Sustainability with Placement Year (Taught)

Course Information

Learn how to lead sustainable transformation with innovative, responsible business strategies which deliver global impact and, as part of your studies, get the chance to undertake a placement..

Our London-based MBA Sustainable Business Futures with Placement Year degree prepares ambitious professionals to lead in an era where sustainability is critical to business success. Designed for those who want to shape the future of organisations, the programme develops adaptable, values-driven leaders equipped to embed environmental, economic, and social responsibility into core business strategy while delivering competitive advantage.

Through specialist modules covering sustainable strategy, leadership, entrepreneurship, ethics, ESG integration, and circular economy principles, students gain the skills to navigate complex global challenges aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Real-world consultancy projects and data-driven decision-making tools ensure graduates can translate sustainability insights into practical, high-impact solutions across sectors.

This degree includes the opportunity to enhance your employability - and elevate your career - with a placement year, working full-time for a company. It’s a chance for you to immerse yourself in an industry, apply your knowledge and put theory into practice. It should also help you develop your professional skills and assist you in starting to make industry connections. Graduates with work experience are highly sought after by employers and often secure higher-level positions.

Applied, and globally relevant, this MBA is ideal for students seeking to transition into sustainability-focused leadership roles. Join a programme that empowers you to drive meaningful change, unlock new opportunities, and lead organisations toward a more resilient and responsible future.

What you should know about this course

• Our curriculum is shaped and developed in consultation with sustainability leaders across the private, public, and third sectors to ensure relevance and employability.

• Aligns business decision-making with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and emerging international sustainability frameworks

• Focuses on enhancing advanced strategic, entrepreneurial, and leadership capabilities to drive sustainable transformation in complex global organisations

• Builds skills in sustainable strategy, ESG integration, impact measurement, and circular economy tools grounded in real business applications and undertake a work placement

• Integrates rigorous academic theory with applied, data-driven projects, using sustainability metrics to deliver long-term organisational and societal value in a real-word context

All degree courses are made up of modules – individual units of study on different topics. Some modules are compulsory; others can be chosen from a list of options. Our website has full details of your degree structures, module content, and how each module is assessed. The direct link to this course on our website, can be found at the bottom of this page.

Assessments on the MBA Sustainable Business Futures programme are designed to be engaging, rigorous, and closely aligned with real-world practice. Students are evaluated through a balanced mix of analytical essays and a wide range of practice-based, decision-making assessments that reflect the challenges faced by contemporary business leaders such as (but not limited to): Examinations; Business Plan; Development; Life Cycle Assessments; Supply Chain Analysis; and, Practice Based Consultancy Projects.

To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:

• Course does not award QTS