Surrey MBA Employer Partnership Scholarship

The Employer Partnership Scholarship is designed to make university-quality professional development more accessible to employers and their staff. The scholarship is open to candidates joining the two-year part-time MBA course. This scholarship allows the Surrey MBA to match employer contributions towards the tuition fee up to 40%. For example:

• Employer contribution: 30%
• Surrey contribution: 30%
• Student contribution: 40%.

The full fee (minus the Surrey scholarship) is split evenly over the two years of study. Employers will be invoiced once per year. Students (the employee) will have the following fee:

• Employers will be invoiced once per year.
• Students (the employee) will have the following fee structure for the structured part-time route
  • Deposit (£3,000)
  • First year
    • 1st Instalment October/November
    • 2nd Instalment January/February
  • Second Year
    • 3rd Instalment October/November
    • 4th Instalment January/February.

Employer benefits

• Block teaching of modules minimises disruption to the employee’s work
• Employees can begin to immediately apply what they’re learning to their role, benefitting the organisation from the start.
• Commitment to staff development promotes employee satisfaction, often reducing staff turnover
• Possible consultancy project collaboration.

Employee benefits

• Employer investment and support in your professional development
• You can apply what you are learning and put it into practice straight away, making it much easier to include in your day-to-day practice.
• A network of peers to exchange ideas with, providing new perspectives.
• Reduced stress surrounding the financial burden often associated with undertaking an MBA.