Master in Business Administration (MBA) – 100% in English
Master in
Business Administration (MBA) - 100% in English
Management training with an international focus
Start
October 19, 2026
Duration
1 academic year
Credits
60 ECTS
Exams
Online and/or in person
Learning Mode
Online interactive
Degree
Official
MBA in English*: be at the top of your game
Choose From the Widest Range of Specialisms Available and Delve into the Management and Direction of Companies
Your talent will shape the future of companies. Get ready for new challenges. Boost your leadership capacity with the MBA and achieve your goals. With 9 specialisms to choose from and a real digital transformation project taught by the world-leading managers.
Acquire a cross-sectional vision of all the company's functional areas, empower your leadership skills and master technological management tools. This will allow you to gain confidence in decision-making and take on positions of responsibility with guarantees.
FSO 2025 ranking, promoted by the consulting firms Hamilton Global Intelligence and Emagister, once again recognizes UNIR's MBA as the first official online MBA in Spanish in the world.
Boost your competitiveness with a certification in Strategic Simulation with AI
We integrate AI into the curriculum so that, from day one, it becomes a key tool in your learning journey. By the end of the program, you'll earn a university microcredential in Strategic Business Simulation with AI, certifying your skills in the effective use of tools like ChatGPT. This will set you apart in the job market and strengthen your professional profile.
Develop your ability to use AI tools
Work with platforms like ChatGPT to model strategic alternatives, analyze complex business decisions, and craft data-driven proposals.
Develop Strategies with AI
Leverage AI to create value propositions, strategic prototypes and tailored solutions for real-world scenarios using methodologies like Design Thinking.
Decision-Making
Strengthen your ability to make decisions in high-uncertainty environments through simulations and advanced analysis powered by AI.
Turn complex data into impactful decisions
Learn to interpret and visualize business information with AI, allowing you to anticipate key challenges in dynamic environments.
We comply with the teaching and learning standards set by the European Higher Education Area, from an inclusive and innovative approach. An academic excellence that is possible thanks to the sum of your effort, the professional experience of our teachers and the commitment of the personal advisors. Get a unique international profile.
Why Study the Online MBA at UNIR?
In the Master’s Degree in Business Management and Administration, one of the top MBA programs online, you will be given training on strategic and innovation management, comprehensive marketing, finance, or logistics. In high-performance teams, you will gain in-depth, business-driven knowledge.
Take full advantage of the collaboration agreement with Harvard Business Publishing Education (HBP) to acquire managerial skills and boost your resume.
Target a specific sector and detect areas of improvement of any particular business by choosing one of the 9 specialisms.
Learn through real business cases and take on the role of a manager to make impactful decisions.
Study under the supervision of a faculty of excellence, with which you will always have access to up-to-date training. 100% of lecturers are business professionals and managers of large companies.
Network at expert workshops, CEO events, meetings with personalities, and classes with students worldwide.
Foster your entrepreneurial spirit with a Digital Transformation Project to create new business models applicable to any sector with emerging technologies.
Earn leadership diplomas from prestigious U.S. universities
Thanks to the agreement between UNIR, Harvard ManageMentor® and MIU City University Miami, you can further your education at a U.S. institution with an American degree included in the master's degree. It complements your MBA and boosts your leadership skills, a quality that is highly demanded by companies.
MIU City University Miami Leadership Certificate: train in leadership, develop your business vision, customer focus, self-leadership, and emotional intelligence. Gain the key competencies to manage projects efficiently and thus lead teams in challenging situations.
Harvard ManageMentor 'Leading People'® Diploma to do it effectively and inspiringly: acquire the skills to motivate teams, maintain positive relationships and guide them to achieve results. You'll know how to create an environment where everyone can perform at their best.
A Master’s Degree in Business Administration to achieve your goals
95% of UNIR’s MBA students are in employment. You will also be able to balance your studies with other commitments thanks to our 100% online methodology.
Develop an innovative spirit in the business process management.
Enhance your leadership capabilities and achieve your professional goals.
Acquire the essential skills to lead the way in the transformation of your company.
Master AI resources to innovate and enhance business strategies.
If you have extensive professional experience or a management profile, get in touch with a personal advisor about the possibility of accessing the Executive MBA.
Delve into the 11 Specialisms of the Master in Business Management And Administration
Further enhance your Master's Degree in Business Management and Administration with a double degree and expand your job opportunities.
MBA + PSU en Data Analytics en PowerBI
Obtén una doble titulación junto a tu MBA y adquiere las habilidades clave para impulsar tu carrera en el análisis de datos. Aprende a utilizar Power BI y otras herramientas avanzadas para optimizar la toma de decisiones empresariales y destacar en un mercado cada vez más competitivo.
MBA + PSU en Dirección de Proyectos
Consigue una doble titulación, junto a tu MBA, que te capacitará para liderar equipos, aplicar metodologías ágiles y aprovechar herramientas digitales e inteligencia artificial para impulsar la innovación y la transformación digital de las empresas.
MBA + PSU en Recursos Humanos
Consigue una doble titulación, junto a tu MBA, donde aprenderás a retener y atraer el talento de tu compañía, así como gestionar equipos de personas para garantizarles un desarrollo profesional continuo, y todo ello a través de un aprendizaje práctico que se suma a la mejora de tu marca personal.
MBA + PSU en Finanzas Corporativas Internacionales
Consigue una doble titulación, junto a tu MBA, que te capacitará para obtener el máximo rendimiento de tu compañía aumentando el valor de esta y haciendo un uso eficiente de los recursos a través de cash management, gestión del riesgo y cash pooling, entre otras.
MBA + PSU en Marketing Digital
Consigue una doble titulación, junto a tu MBA, donde te desarrollarás para tener una visión estratégica del marketing en entornos digitales y liderar nuevos modelos de negocio, analizando los distintos factores y lenguajes para cada tipo de cliente y los resultados de tus acciones.
MBA + PSU en Business Intelligence
Consigue una doble titulación, junto a tu MBA, donde aprenderás a obtener el máximo rendimiento de los datos de tu compañía, así como a conocer una acertada visualización de los mismos con Power BI y RStudio. Además, con MATLAB podrás implantar los sistemas de inteligencia de negocio más novedosos.
MBA + PSU en eSports
Consigue una doble titulación, junto a tu MBA, para profundizar en las particularidades de la industria de los deportes electrónicos: desde la organización de eventos y la gestión de patrocinios, hasta el marco jurídico y la comunicación en entornos online.
MBA + PSU en Transformación Digital en la Gestión Pública
Consigue una doble titulación, junto a tu MBA, donde dominarás herramientas para afrontar los nuevos procedimientos digitales a los que se enfrentan los diferentes organismos públicos hoy en día, con el fin de innovar en la mejora de los servicios de los ciudadanos.
MBA + PSU en Logística y Supply Chain
Consigue una doble titulación, junto a tu MBA, donde adquirirás una visión global de tu compañía centrada en una cadena de suministro eficiente y profundizando en su diseño, estrategias de circularidad, herramientas de seguimiento y metodologías ágiles, entre otras.
MBA + PSU en Sostenibilidad
Consigue una doble titulación, junto a tu MBA, donde adquirirás una visión global de tu compañía centrada en la responsabilidad social y sostenibilidad empresarial, así como serás capaz de diseñar e integrar los principios que la regulan en la estrategia empresarial.
MBA + PEA en Organismos Internacionales
Consigue, junto con tu MBA, una doble titulación para lograr desarrollar tu carrera profesional dentro de organizaciones intergubernamentales, conociendo el funcionamiento de estas instituciones así como las claves para alcanzar tus metas y destacar en un entorno altamente competitivo.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP LABORATORY
Turn your idea into reality with UNIR
From UNIR’s School of Economics and Business, we offer you a service that provides the tools, guidance, and connections you need to successfully launch your business project.
What do you get when you apply to our service?
Be part of a 14-week program that will guide you step by step in creating and validating your business project through the Elevatorfy platform.
Talks and masterclasses with experts from the entrepreneurial ecosystem, offering real learning experiences and industry insights.
Specialized mentors who will support you in validating and developing your business idea.
Participate in Demo Day: the opportunity to present your value proposition, business model, and growth plan before a panel of experts.
Access to a network of contacts and opportunities to give visibility to your project: investors, industry leaders, executives, professors, and representatives from UNIR’s Entrepreneurship department.
You can access this program if you are a student of our faculty and successfully complete the application process. Limited spots per edition.
A methodology adapted to you
Case Method
Make team decisions to solve business problems and develop your managerial skills.
Experiential training
100% live online classes, laboratories, workshops, activities, and a virtual campus.
Competency-based learning
Immerse yourself in business management with real projects linked to digital transformation.
Active networking
Participate in groups with students with similar profiles and increase your contacts.
Personalized follow-up
You will have the continuous support of a tutor who will accompany you throughout your training.
Online and in-person exams
Choose for each subject and session whether you want to take the exam from your computer or in the centers enabled by UNIR.
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Choose UNIR to Study Business Management and Solve Real Cases of Companies Collaborating in our MBA
Learn from real cases studied at Harvard using theonline case method. In the live classes of the Master’s Degree in Business Management, the dynamics of companies such as Netflix, HP, Vueling, Applus+ or Dell Online, among others, will be simulated. In multidisciplinary teams, you will be required to make action-oriented decisions.
You will also have the opportunity to participate in an exclusive UNIR program withRED Proyectum,aplatform of companies that allows you to write your Master’s Degree Thesis based on real problems faced in developing their business. You will earn an academic certificate to include in your resume upon completion.
Validate Your MBA Postgraduate Internships OnlineIf You Have Professional Experience
To apply for the recognition of internships in companies (6 ECTS), you must provide accreditation for one full-time year or two half years carrying out tasks related to the competencies inherent in the degree. You will need to submit your resume, work-life report and a company certificate specifying the position performed, the roles and the development time. If you do not have experience, you can do your virtual or face-to-face internship with around 1,700 leading companies.
Rankings Place Us Among the Best MBA in Spain
1st
Official online Spanish MBAFSO, 2025
TOP5
Online official MBA in SpainMundoPosgrado, 2025
TOP5
Online official MBA in SpainPortalMBA, 2022
Business and academic recognitions
The most prestigious associations in business endorse us
UNIR is the only spanish university member of the four most prestigious associations in the academic world in the business area.
Certified by ANECA, according to the AUDIT model
All the official academic degrees of the Faculty of Economy and Business have the seal of quality awarded by the National Agency for Evaluation and Accreditation, the body in charge of guaranteeing the quality of the degrees taught in the Spanish university system in line with the European Higher Education Area (EHEA).
UNIR: a 5-star university, according to QS Stars
UNIR achieves the highest rating from the renowned British consultancy. We are among the best online universities in the world after widely surpassing all the requirements in a rigorous audit focused on excellence and educational quality.
UNIR, the world’s first online university in Spanish, according to Times Higher Education
The prestigious magazine THE, which publishes one of the three most influential rankings in the field of international higher education, recognizes UNIR in 2024 as the first Spanish-speaking online university in the world.
Leaders in educational innovation, according to Forbes
Forbes places us among the three best universities in Spain and as the first online. In addition, it highlights UNIR as a global benchmark in online training for its methodology and the interactive experience it offers its students, as well as its recognition in the most relevant international rankings.
Our graduates of the online learning MBA program endorse their professional improvement
75%
of graduates at UNIR’s MBA have improved salary-wise and professionally
80%
of graduates took up new professional opportunities upon completing their MBA at UNIR
85%
of graduates highlight the quality of the lecturers, the subject contents, and the methodology
Meet our alumni experiences
“Thanks to the Master’s Degree Thesis Project, I saw that the app I wanted to create was possible. With the MBA, I gained the confidence and skills to start a business”.
Alberto Manuel López
Online MBA student and founder of WeFish
“UNIR’s MBA allowed me to grow. Today, I lead a group of people and have expanded my role and responsabilities. The quality of the faculty is fundamental due to their extensive experience”.
Luis Sebastián de Frutos
Online MBA student
“This Master’s Degree has complemented my previous training and has made possible a range of greater job opportunities and allowed me to aspire to positions of greater responsibility”.
Juan Ibáñez
Online MBA student
“I wanted to pursue an online MBA that was recognized internationally, was affordable, and that would help me gain practical knowledge to apply at my workplace. UNIR fulfilled all these requirements”.
Fahim Zuberi
Pakistani student of the MBA in English at UNIR
Solve your doubts
Who Is the Target Audience for This Master's Program?
The MBA is aimed at economic and business profiles and offers perfectly valid multidisciplinary training for professionals from other fields who aspire to manage a company (engineers, health, marketing specialists, etc.). It offers a global strategic vision applicable to a multitude of sectors.
If you are looking to access management positions in the different areas of a company, and/or you want to stay updated or strengthen your knowledge, or are going to start a business, UNIR’s MBA is for you.
What Is the Employability Rate of UNIR’s MBA?
Over 3,000 students have studied UNIR’s Master’s in Administration and Management to face new professional challenges. Moreover, in the months after completing the MBA, 3 out of every 4 graduates have improved professionally and in terms of salary.
How Do You Work And Solve Harvard Cases in UNIR’s MBA?
As a UNIR MBA student, you will face real problems experienced in companies like Netflix, Hewlett Packard, Vueling, Imaginarium, Molson Canada, Benneton, Applus+ or Dell Online. We are pioneers in the implementation of the online “Case Method”.
Each case is prepared in teams of students, discussed in class through the teacher’s guide, and resolved in a session where the most relevant conclusions are presented. Unlike in other universities, it is not simply a practical case that the student solves and then the teacher corrects. At UNIR, we take a step further, and the interaction with other people involved is a fundamental characteristic for the success of cases since the dynamics lived in companies are simulated.
In the final plenary session, the representatives of each team have a voice, and the teacher presents the main conclusions, highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of the different approaches provided. The other teams can take advantage of it to improve the development of their training. In addition, everything is recorded so you can visualize it as many times as you need.
When Can I Start the Master in Business Management?
The many formats and modalities offered make it easier to study for the MBA. An online Master’s Degree that adapts to your personal situation and provides two calls a year: one in April and another in November.
How Can I Fund My MBA at UNIR?
UNIR’s MBA favors partial funding through scholarships from different agencies. Payment can be made as a single payment or in instalments, with an additional discount in the first case.
Prepare yourself to grow and put into practice your management, communication, and leadership skills in all areas of the company and get your official Master in Business Administration degree from UNIR. The entire master’s degree is taught in English so that you can achieve excellence from this linguistic base.
You will have access to a comprehensive array of professional internships because in addition to working on real projects, you will also be part of cutting-edge companies in the sector. We have agreements in place with hundreds of companies where you can carry out your internships.
If you already have professional experience, please provide evidence of this by emailing secretaria@unir.net. The documents you would need to submit are your CV, the work-life report and a company certificate specifying the position, the functions carried out and the period during which these were undertaken.
Final project
As a student of the Master in Business Management and Administration (MBA) at UNIR, you will be able to carry out your final project as a team with RED Proyectum, a platform that will give you the possibility of approaching real business problems.
You will work on a briefing provided by a company and following one of these lines of work:
Market development
Product development
Digital transformation
Once you have it successfully passed, you will obtain an academic certificate of participation in RED Proyectum and you will be able to indicate in your portfolio that you have had experience developing this project in a real company. This will allow you to strengthen your employability and boost your CV.
Admission
Recommended Profile
Expand your knowledge and work experience thanks to UNIR's MBA English. To access our specialized training program you must meet certain requirements. This degree is for you if:
You are looking for a 360-degree knowledge of the areas of a company.
You want to improve your business vision and be updated by working professionals.
You need to manage high-performance teams in multidisciplinary and multicultural environments.
You want to reach positions of greater responsibility within a company or even create your own.
You need to improve your level of English to broaden your range of professional possibilities.
You want to lead.
Eligibility
To be accepted into the university master’s program in Business Administration, you must hold a university degree. This requirement follows the admissions criteria established in Article 16 of RD 1393/2007, according to which applicants must:
Hold an official Spanish university degree or a degree from another higher education institution in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) that grants access to a master’s.
Hold a qualification obtained outside the EHEA in accordance with foreign educational systems without the need for official recognition of their degrees, having previously confirmed with the University that this qualification accredits a level of training equivalent to the corresponding official Spanish university degree and that it would serve as a means of access to postgraduate study in the country in which it was awarded. Admission through this channel in no way implies either official recognition of the candidate’s prior qualification or any other recognition than permission to enrol in online master’s study.
To study this master's in English, students must demonstrate and certify that they have at least a B2 English level.
Admission process
To become a student, applicants must follow the following process:
You will be assigned a personal advisor who will verify that you meet the required requirements and help you develop a personalized study plan taking into account your experience and professional objectives.
You must send the application for admission and you will be evaluated by the Admissions Committee.
We will confirm your admission and you can submit the form to reserve your place.
We will formalize your registration and you will have to send us the rest of the documentation.
At the beginning of the course, you will receive access to the Virtual Campus and you will have at your disposal the UNIR Experience workshops to develop your soft skills.
Scholarships and grants to study
At UNIR Colombia we offer you a very complete scholarship and aid program, which allows you to study and graduate with us. If you are motivated to study and meet the access requirements, we are open to hearing your story to find out what is the best financial aid we can offer you.
We also have aid for functional diversity, for parents of large families and aid for unemployment. For more information, visit our Funding and Scholarships section or contact us.
Methodology
An experiential, competency-based and personalized learning model to study your online MBA
Unlike traditional methodologies from other universities, in the Faculty of Business and Communication of UNIR, we employ a methodology that guarantees an excellent learning experience adapted to the challenges of a changing world in constant evolution.
Experiential learning
Daily online live classes: they are programmed in advance, but if you can’t attend or have doubts, you can access the recordings of these as many times as you need. You will have 21 high-impact online sessions per subject lasting 45 minutes in which you can interact live with the teacher.
Live virtual laboratories and workshops: specialized workshops are offered to delve into the latest professional trends and the most innovative tools on the market.
Practical activities: inspired by the simulation of real learning environments that prepare you for business reality: o Case method: a learning methodology based on a learning-by-doing system, used by prestigious universities such as Harvard and Stanford, which trains you to make strategic decisions in companies by resolving real cases o Forums: debate and reflection sessions in which high-impact content is used (short cases, readings, and podcasts, among others).
Virtual Campus: our online platform is designed to optimize your learning, where you will find everything you need to study at UNIR: classes, professors, classmates, schedules, forums and much more. • Learning resources: you will have access to different learning resources to complete your training, such as a digital library, complementary reading, summaries with key ideas, self-assessment tests, etc.
Competency-based learning
This is the differential element of our university. We call it UNIR’s Footprint, and it refers to exclusive modules. They have been created specifically to improve the necessary skills that managers in any sector will need to master teams and situations of all kinds: leadership skills, effective internal and external communication, individual and group planning, etc.
Follow-up and networking
UNIR advicer: will be in contact with you from day one by phone and email to support you with any questions you may have.
Teachers: will follow your progress and help you whenever you need it through group coaching, individual feedback and in the joint exam preparation session.
Networking: you will establish relationships with people from all over the world with common interests in discussion spaces, expert panels and chats that will allow you to make a professional list of contacts.
Personalized learning
To ensure that you obtain the right learning experience, in this MBA in English at UNIR, we create homogeneous groups in terms of professional experience, although heterogeneous in terms of the degree of origin. We are the only online university that creates high-performance teams.
For more information about our methodology, check the section How to study at UNIR.
Evaluation Criteria
To determine the level at which the student has achieved the general and specific objectives defined in the master's, we must assess the competencies acquired during study.
Learning will be assessed through the grades earned for performance in the following:
Continuous assessment (assessment tests, participation in forums, discussions and other collaborative media, and solving practical cases).
Online and/or face-to-face non-memory exams, based on a practical case. You can choose in each subject and call whether you want to take them from your computer or in the centres enabled by UNIR.
Final Thesis.
Career Paths
The MBA online in English at UNIR will allow you to assume positions of great responsibility in which you will add value by applying all your skills and strategic vision. You will understand digital trends, have the necessary knowledge to solve problems in demanding environments, and be able to successfully lead high-performance work teams.
Become the digital leader who can adapt to today's complex and constantly changing environment. You will be able to obtain positions of:
Executive Management, by providing a transversal vision of the business administration and ensuring the fulfillment of the company's objectives.
Digital Transformation Management by ensuring the digitization of the company or entity.
Operations Management, by optimally executing the company's processes.
Financial Management, by making decisions on key aspects of the institution.
Marketing Management, by establishing objectives, assessing and monitoring results and identifying new markets.
Human Resources Management, by carrying out tasks like recruiting talent and managing teams.
Manager, by leading projects within the company and managing the different teams involved.
Business consultant, by advising all parties involved and ensuring the correct long-term operation.
You can also be an entrepreneur, by leading, managing projects and research with your own vision and purpose, assuming the risks of the entrepreneurial function.
Alumni Profile
At the end of the program you will have practical and solid knowledge on an advanced level in different fields.
Global vision of the elements of a company: organization, accounting, finance, marketing and other aspects necessary and parallel to a successful management.
Decision-making to manage technological change, and use information tools to improve management with innovation as a competitive weapon.
Management and Business Administration.
Our graduates improve professionally
+80%
of students found new opportunities after finishing their master's degree
+75%
of students improved their salary after completing the master's degree
Faculty
The faculty of the Master’s Degree in Business Management is formed by 60% of active professionals with managerial positions in companies such as Santander, Microsoft, Iberdrola, Volkswagen, BBVA and Telefónica, among others. In addition, 30% are ANECA-accredited doctors. Our teachers undergo continuous quality controls internally.
Director
Vicedecana
Decana de la Facultad de Economía y Empresa de UNIR y directora de Innovación Académica de PROEDUCA. Doctora en Economía, ha dirigido proyectos de innovación en Movistar, Banco Mundial, Accenture, Everis, CCAA de Madrid y Fundación Fhimades.
Coordinadora académica
Doctora Comunicación y Licenciada Publicidad y RRPP; Máster Investigación en Comunicación y Máster Profesorado de ESO. Directora de Marketing y Comunicación en empresa Privada.
Nuestros expertos
Experto Asociado
PhD in Industrial Design. Bachelor degree in Electronic engineering. Master degree in Computer System Engineering. Master in Business Administration in Project Management.
Experto Asociado
15 years of experience in management education at the undergraduate, masters, executive, and Ph.D. level. BS in biology from the American University of Beirut, and a Ph.D. from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University.
Experto Asociado
MBA from the Business School at Warsaw University of Technology, and Master of Mathematics from the Jagiellonian University. Has worked as a business analyst and Project Manager at PZU, the largest Polish insurance corporation.
Experto Asociado
Consultor y docente en Project Management. Asesora a empresas en implantación métodos-herramientas gestión de proyectos.
Professors
Docente UNIR
Directora Académica del Área de Empresa y Turismo
Docente UNIR
Profesora Universitaria de MBA en prestigiosas universidades de EEUU y China. Ha impartido clases como Profesora de MBA en el Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College en Estados Unidos, así como en el School of Management at Fudan University.
Docente UNIR
JRO DERIVATES. Director Ejecutivo y Socio Fundador de consultora de riesgos financieros y finanzas cuantitativas. Cuenta con experiencia en la cobertura de riesgos, habiendo desarrollado su actividad en instituciones como Coopers & Lybrand.
Docente UNIR
Es ingeniero superior industrial especializado en Organización y Gestión por la Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (I.C.A.I.) MBA: Máster en Dirección Estratégica de Recursos Humanos por el Centro Superior de Estudios de Gestión (UCM).
Docente UNIR
Directora del Área de Empresa en UNIR. Consultora económica de varias instituciones privadas y públicas. Doctora en Economía e investigadora.
Docente UNIR
Doctor ‘cum laude’ en Economía por la UCM. Participante en el Programa de Desarrollo Directivo (PDD) en la Escuela de Negocios de Harvard, y Executive Master en Business Management por la Universidad ‘Kellog’ Northwestern de Chicago, EEUU. También fue dir
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We integrate AI into the curriculum so that, from day one, it becomes a key tool in your learning journey. By the end of the program, you'll earn a university microcredential in Strategic Business Simulation with AI, certifying your skills in the effective use of tools like ChatGPT. This will set you apart in the job market and strengthen your professional profile.
