MBA Artificial Intelligence in London
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Study in the City of London, the UK's hub for tech innovation.
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Benefit from 145+ years' experience in UK business education.
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Walbrook ranked 12th for employment outcomes in the UK*
Study in the City of London, the UK's hub for tech innovation.
Benefit from 145+ years' experience in UK business education.
Walbrook ranked 12th for employment outcomes in the UK*
Start in November 2026.
Study full or part-time.
Learn face-to-face in the heart of London.
12th in the UK for career outcomes*
Curriculum designed for the AI age.
Dedicated careers support.
Step into the City’s business networks.
Learn from experts working in London.
Build a UK network that lasts a lifetime.
Every business wants AI adoption. Not enough have someone who can lead it. In fact, jobs specifically looking for AI skills are growing 8x faster than the job market, with a 62% wage premium (PwC Global AI Jobs Barometer, 2026).
The Walbrook MBA Artificial Intelligence (AI) programme builds that leader. Become someone who understands AI and machine learning, and uses tools like Power BI, Tableau and Google AutoML, while holding a strong understanding of strategy, finance, marketing and people leadership.
You'll study in the City of London, ranked 2nd globally for business strength, and 3rd for tech, leading Europe's tech ecosystem (Oxford Economics Global Cities Index and Savills Tech Cities Index, 2025). You don't need any coding experience to start, and you'll finish with a dissertation that looks at your area of business in the AI age.
Created for future business leaders ready to embrace artificial intelligence in their sector, this MBA gives you the grounding to shape business strategy, lead AI programmes, govern them responsibly, or even build your own company.
Apply now for a career-focused MBA programme that puts you in the centre of London's AI economy.
Location:
On-campus at Walbrook Institute London
Start dates:
Duration:
Full-time: 18 months
Tuition fees and funding:
Total programme cost is:
£10,500 UK
£16,000 International
International students may qualify for scholarships of up to £4,000, based on region.
Entry requirements:
2:2 honours degree and above (or equivalent – from a recognised institution).
Full-time MBA 18 months | Part-time MBA: 30 months
£16,500
in total
Save up to £4,000 with early payment options.
Full-time MBA 18 months | Part-time MBA: 30 months
£10,500
in total
We'll update this page once applications open for UK students.
The total tuition fee for your on-campus MBA Artificial Intelligence degree is £16,500.
You may be eligible for a scholarship depending on your region and payment plan:
International Group 1 Regions
Group 1 is inclusive of the following: EU states, USA, Canada. India: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Delhi (National Capital Territory), Goa, Maharashtra, and West Bengal, Puducherry.
Pay 100% of your tuition fee before enrolment and receive a £4,000 scholarship. Your total cost: £12,500.
Pay an upfront tuition fee instalment (of £10,000) before your CAS issuance, with your remaining balance due part-way into the academic year, and receive a £2,000 scholarship. Your total cost: £14,500.
International Group 2 Regions
Group 2 is inclusive of all countries and territories not included in Group 1.
Pay 100% of your tuition fee before enrolment and receive a £4,000 scholarship. Your total cost: £12,500.
The total tuition fee for your on-campus MBA Artificial Intelligence degree is £10,500.
You can choose between two payment options:
Pay in full upfront.
Pay in instalments – to start in November 2026 this would be 33% before enrolment (in November), 33% in May 2027, and 34% in November 2027. For future intakes, payments will follow a similar three-instalment structure, with 33% due upon enrolment and the remaining payments spread across the duration of your programme.
UK alumni scholarship for on-campus
Graduated with an Honours degree from Walbrook or LIBF? You’ll receive a £2,000 scholarship on your tuition fees for any on-campus MBA or MSc programme. A simple way to invest in your future – with recognition for the path you’ve already taken. Your total cost: £8,500.
If you’re a UK student, you may be eligible for a government master's loan for our master’s degrees. The Student Loans Company (SLC) will pay the loan directly to you after you start your studies. So, it’s your responsibility to make your module payments to us directly. Find out more about funding your Walbrook master's with a UK master's loan >
Every application is different. If you’re not sure whether you meet the MBA entry requirements, or if you have any questions, contact us for advice.
To apply for the Walbrook MBA, you’ll need to meet one of the following:
Option 1:
Option 2:
A minimum of 2 years of relevant professional experience.
Thinking of transferring institutions or have you studied before? You can apply to transfer up to 60 credits towards your MBA. Please note that credits can’t be awarded for the Research Methods and Dissertation module.
Overseas qualifications may be accepted and will be subject to evidence of equivalency normally verified through ECCTIS (UK ENIC).
If English is not your first language, you’ll be asked to provide proof of your English language proficiency. Ideally, your test should be no more than two years old when your course begins. If your test is older, please still apply and our admissions team can review your circumstances.
Alternatively, you may be accepted if you have previously studied in English at an appropriate level and attended a recognised institution.
IELTS
TOEFL iBT®
Evidence of a score of 88 overall (with 18 in reading, 19 in listening, 19 in speaking and 23 in writing).
Duolingo
Evidence of an overall minimum score of 120 with no component score below 110.
Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English
"Everyone at Walbrook is so friendly and will support you throughout your academic journey to help you succeed in the best way possible. One of my favourite parts of my journey was attending the networking events that are hosted with Industry professionals that gave me the opportunity to build relationships and learn more about the reality of the industry."
"Walbrook Institute London provided me with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to pursue my ambitions, and I am truly grateful for my time here. Walbrook has provided an environment that fosters intellectual curiosity and personal growth."
Lead in an AI economy that's short on leaders who understand it. Our MBA Artificial Intelligence programme builds the AI and machine learning fluency modern leadership roles increasingly demand – so you can evaluate and deploy AI-powered solutions with confidence. You'll also study the strategic management, human resource management and marketing communications skills every senior leader needs, with practical applications built into every module.
Every module is grounded in real-world business challenges, so you'll be able to see how your practical learning – from evaluating a machine learning model to designing a change plan – translates directly into career progression and ongoing professional development. You'll bring it together in a dissertation shaped by your own career goals, ready for AI leadership roles wherever they take you.
Agile HRM
Explore how human resource strategies shape business performance in a fast-changing, global market. Engage with debates around the evolving world of work through a global perspective, and build the leadership qualities to guide HR decision-making through internal and external pressures – from local competition to wider economic and technological change.
Strategy Formulation and Implementation
Get to grips with the big picture. Use frameworks like PESTEL and Porter's Five Forces to analyse a real organisation's competitive position, then build the real-world experience of applying your learning, by turning your analysis into a strategic implementation plan of your own.
Marketing Communication
Understand what drives value for customers, and how to communicate it. Design and evaluate an integrated marketing communications mix, and learn to build the cross-functional relationships that turn brand strategy into real, measurable stakeholder value.
Financial and Business Intelligence
Financial insight fuels confident decision-making. Evaluate financial performance, apply investment appraisal techniques, and see how fintech and big data are changing how organisations use data effectively – with business analytics skills you'll apply to a real company's numbers.
Fundamentals of AI
Build a working understanding of what AI can, and can't, do for a business, with a strong focus on real business applications. Explore the core techniques behind data mining, data analytics and machine learning using accessible tools such as Power BI and AutoML platforms, and weigh up the privacy, competitive advantage and commercial trade-offs that come with AI adoption – building towards a business insight report on a live AI opportunity.
Principles of Machine Learning
Get hands-on with the machine learning techniques driving business decisions today. Use no-code tools such as Google AutoML, working through AI applications to weigh up where different methods succeed, while considering ethical considerations around fairness, bias and transparency.
Research Methods and Dissertation
Bring your ideas to life with an in-depth, independently researched project into an AI or business issue that matters to your career. Supported by a dedicated academic supervisor, this is your opportunity to make your mark.
Across your MBA Artificial Intelligence programme, you'll complete a mix of assessments designed to stretch your thinking, strengthen your communication skills, and bring your learning to life. Most modules include one to two assessments – helping you build confidence, test ideas and apply theory in more than one way. Here’s a snapshot of the main types of assessments you’ll complete across your core modules.
If you'd find extra support with academic English writing helpful before starting the MBA Artificial Intelligence programme, you can join our short, face-to-face pre-sessional programme on campus. This is an optional, non-credit bearing module and forms part of your overall offer for the master's degree.
You’ll work on the skills you’ll use throughout your studies – including reading academic texts, writing for assessment, giving presentations, referencing, using the library, understanding Walbrook’s AI policy, and contributing confidently in seminars.
Studying on campus at Walbrook means learning in the heart of London – with expert-led teaching, interactive seminars, and personalised academic support throughout your journey.
You’ll study six taught modules followed by a dissertation. Each module is worth 20 credits, and your dissertation is worth 60 credits, for a total of 180 credits.
Full-time MBA students complete the programme in 18 months.
Part-time MBA students complete the programme in 30 months.
Each semester typically includes 3 modules, depending on your start date and pace of study.
Your weekly timetable includes a mix of classroom sessions and structured independent study.
You’ll take part in:
Interactive lectures and small-group tutorials.
Workshops using real-world case studies and live business scenarios.
Discussions, debates, and collaborative projects with peers.
Guest lectures from professionals and opportunities for industry engagement.
Our support is built around you and your success. From enrolment to graduation, you’ll have access to a supportive academic environment with the tools you need to succeed.
You'll benefit from:
Recorded lectures, reading materials, and discussion boards via our virtual learning environment.
Access to our library, careers team, wellbeing support, and more.
A personal tutor assigned to you for ongoing academic and pastoral support.
Applying for an on-campus master’s at Walbrook is straightforward. Have questions? See how to apply to study in London.
Review our entry requirements to make sure you meet them.
Use the correct form based on where you live:
Pay your first tuition fee instalment to secure your place.
International students will then receive a CAS to apply for a visa.
Senior AI roles are among the hardest in the UK to fill, with a shortage of experienced leaders slowing the adoption of AI technologies across industries (AI Labour Market Survey 2025, UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology). Studying face-to-face in the City of London, ranked 2nd in the world for global business strength (Oxford Economics Global Cities Index, 2025), puts you close to the organisations and business leaders hiring for exactly that gap, and into senior positions faster. You'll graduate with the strategic thinking, broader business knowledge and practical insight to lead AI-driven change and digital transformation from the inside, govern it properly, or build something of your own.
International students may also be eligible for the UK's Graduate Route visa, giving you up to 18 months after graduation to put that network and credibility to work in the United Kingdom, building the international mobility and career impact this MBA programme is designed for.
*Salaries listed from glassdoor.co.uk and accurate as of August 2026.
Average UK salary: £127,999
Average London salary: £159,519
Every organisation adopting AI eventually needs someone accountable for getting it right, commercially and technically. As Head of AI, you'll set the AI strategy for a business: which AI tools and platforms to back, which digital transformation projects are worth pursuing, and how to bring sceptical stakeholders along. This MBA gives you the strategic decision-making skills and problem-solving instincts to hold your own with technical teams, and the leadership skills to turn a strategic plan for AI into something the board actually backs, and to drive innovation from within rather than bolt it on from outside.
Average UK salary: £113,671
Average London salary: £116,236
An AI Transformation Consultant leads digital transformation work that businesses can't resource internally: mapping where AI-powered solutions fit across business processes and business functions, then driving the business transformation that follows – not just recommending it. That takes project management skills to keep AI integration on track, plus the ability to translate between engineers and executives daily. This MBA builds that translation skill directly, pairing hands-on machine learning techniques with the leadership and financial analysis skills to drive innovation, not just deliver technology.
Average UK salary: £66,537
Average London salary: £75,760
As AI scales, someone at director level has to own the business ethics, the risk and the regulation around it – including newer pressure points like generative AI – ideally before a headline forces the issue. An AI Governance Director sets the policies that keep human judgement at the centre as AI scales: managing bias, protecting privacy, and keeping pace with emerging technologies and an evolving regulatory landscape. This MBA's focus on the ethical and commercial trade-offs of AI adoption gives you the grounding to lead that conversation with authority, not just box-ticking.
Yes. Walbrook welcomes international applicants to this on-campus MBA Artificial Intelligence programme in the City of London. All teaching is in English, and you'll study alongside a genuinely international cohort, with pre-arrival and induction support built specifically for international MBA students. For further information on English language requirements for this MBA programme, see our entry requirements section above.
This on-campus MBA can be studied full-time (18 months) or, if you start in November 2026, part-time (30 months), so you can fit it around work commitments even while learning face-to-face. If a fully flexible approach matters more to you than in-person teaching, Walbrook also offers a global online MBA, built for learning 100% online. This page covers the on-campus route in London specifically, but the online MBA Artificial intelligence is worth a look if that suits you better.
Your MBA programme is delivered through face-to-face teaching at our central London campus, supported by structured independent study and digital learning tools. You'll benefit from direct interaction with lecturers and peers, plus access to blended resources via our virtual learning environment.
Here's what you can expect:
You'll follow a clear timetable for each semester and receive formative feedback to support your progress in your MBA. As you move into your dissertation, you'll work one-to-one with a supervisor to explore a research question related to your MBA pathway.
No, you don't need a technical background to study our MBA Artificial Intelligence degree. This is a business management education with an AI specialism: you don't need to code to shape AI strategy, you need to know what to ask for and how to judge the answer. If you're already leading technical teams or projects, this MBA is designed to build the strategic and leadership credibility around the AI skills you already have, not to teach you to code.
Our MBA Artificial intelligence programme is designed so that what you study reflects where AI and machine learning are heading, not just where they've been. It's true that AI is moving fast – from generative AI adoption in modern life, to natural language processing breakthroughs. What this MBA builds is the judgement that outlasts any one tool: how to evaluate a new AI capability, weigh its ethical and commercial trade-offs, and decide whether it's worth adopting. That's the skill that matters as AI keeps transforming business and driving digital transformation across every industry.
*National Graduate Outcomes Survey, 2024