University of Surry Employer Partnership Scholarship: Surrey Executive MBA 2025

Employer Partnership Scholarship: Surrey Executive MBA is designed to make university-quality professional development more accessible to employers and their staff. 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.
  • This is usually late October/early November once they have registered.
• Students (the employee) will have the following fee structure
  • Deposit (£2,000)
  • First year
    • 1st Instalment Oct/Nov
    • 2nd Instalment Jan/Feb
  • Second Year
    • 3rd Instalment Oct/Nov
    • 4th Instalment Jan/Feb.

• Table of Content
• About University of Surrey
• Employer Partnership Scholarship: Surrey Executive MBA
• Aim and Benefits of Employer Partnership Scholarship: Surrey Executive MBA
• Requirements for Employer Partnership Scholarship: Surrey Executive MBA Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About University of Surrey

The University of Surrey was established on 9 September 1966 with the grant of its Royal Charter, but its roots go back to a late 19th-century concern to provide greater access to further and higher education for the poorer inhabitants of London. Since the University's founding in the 1960s, and before that at Battersea College, our community has thrived through strong connections and collaboration with the outside world. We've formed close partnerships with other institutions and businesses, reaching across geographic boundaries, and used those relationships to bring potential to life.... continue reading

Employer Partnership Scholarship: Surrey Executive MBA

Aim and Benefits of Employer Partnership Scholarship: Surrey Executive MBA

Employer benefits

• Weekend only (Sat/Sun) teaching minimising impact on the work week
• 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 in to practise straight away, making it much easier to include in your day-to-day practise.
• A network of peers to bounce ideas off of, providing new perspectives.
• Reduced stress surrounding the financial burden often associated with undertaking an MBA.

Requirements for Employer Partnership Scholarship: Surrey Executive MBA Qualification

Candidates must:

• Hold a lower second-class degree or equivalent. If you do not hold a degree alternatives may be considered, please see entry criteria for more information.
• Be a UK, EU or International student (EU/Int will require the right to study in the UK without requiring a student visa. Please contact our International team for more information)
• Be self-funded (this can include a PG Loan) and hoping to receive partial sponsorship from your employer (ie. If they are fully funded via another scholarship or sponsorship they cannot be considered.)
• Be intending to study our Executive (part time) MBA.

IELTS requirements:

EU and International students must comply with the English language requirements (IELTS Academic: 6.5 overall grade with 6.0 in each element or equivalent)

Application Deadline

How to Apply

In order to apply for this scholarship all applicants need to complete a programme application for one of our MBA programmes and undergo an informal interview (standard process for all MBA applicants). We would be happy to arrange a discussion with yourself and/or your employer prior to application.

Terms and conditions (docx)

For more details, visit University of Surry Scholarship webpage