MBA Research Project


The capstone element of the Strathclyde MBA is the project, which will showcase your learning and allow you to examine an issue of your choice over an extended period of time.

You can opt to write a research dissertation, put together an entrepreneurial business plan or undertake a consultancy project.

The MBA project will enable you to put into practice the knowledge and skills you have developed throughout the MBA experience, and allow you to showcase the learning you have gained.

Management Research Thesis

The aim of this pathway is for the student to undertake substantial research in an area they are interested in, this will develop their expertise in a specific area of management and/ or leadership. Adopting a traditional masters’ project approach, the students will complete a research proposal for a piece of original management/leadership research. This will lead to a research dissertation that Includes implications for practice. Assessment is based on the proposal (15 %) and dissertation (85%).