Individual MBA Challenge

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At the conclusion of your Sheffield MBA journey, you will complete the Individual MBA Challenge. There are two routes available, offering different ways to engage with the Challenge.

Route 1: Traditional dissertation

If you select route 1, you will research a topic appropriate to the field of management. This topic must be approved by a supervisor. The research, and the resulting dissertation, may take the form of an academic research or a managerial-problem solving exercise. You will be required to apply critical analysis and to set the issues you are researching within the context of appropriate management literature.

Through my MBA, I was able to identify the career I wanted to pursue, meet my current company through dissertation research, and actually stand at the starting line of that career. This is something I definitely could not have achieved without the Sheffield MBA.

Jun Bekku

The Sheffield MBA

Networking through my dissertation led to a job opportunity

Jun Bekku The Sheffield MBA

Jun, who came to Sheffield from Japan, reflects on his MBA experience, sharing how his dissertation research and the opportunity to set his own research topic led him to find a job opportunity. He is now working as a Venture Capitalist at mint, a seed VC in Japan.

Route 2: Company project

At Sheffield University Management School, you also have the option to apply for a company project rather than a formal entirely research-based dissertation. This is where you work alongside a company to complete your dissertation, focusing on a real issue that the company is facing. You will get access into the organisation and support through their resources and a company project is an excellent networking and development opportunity. We source the organisations for you, ensuring they are academically appropriate to support your studies.

“Nobody had to interview me for my current job - literally all of the key business stakeholders knew me and decided to offer me a role due to the interactions I had with them for my Individual MBA Challenge. That’s where you get to make an impression. They realised I was an asset and offered me this job.”

Lavanya Krishnan

The Sheffield MBA, 2022

I was offered a job after doing my company project at BBraun Medical

Lavanya Krishnan The Sheffield MBA

After completing her MBA company project at BBraun Medical, Lavanya Krishnan from India went on to secure a permanent role with the company as a Project Manager.

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