Business and management short courses

Accelerate your career and update your skills with these professional courses in business and management. 

Our executive education courses offer solutions to your business challenges, with learning methods that are tailored to suit the needs of your organisation. We offer a range of courses to enhance knowledge in key themes such as leadership, AI, and sustainable business.

"It has been a pleasure to witness participants develop their knowledge and skills over the duration of the programme, in particular the application of theory to real scenarios and holistic thinking. The feedback from the participants continues to be very positive as the programme goes from strength to strength." Simon Smith, Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader

143Students started a business or registered as a sole trader
Top2%Members of Derby Business School research team are in the World-Ranking Top 2%Scientists list, created annually by Stanford University
622Businesses supported to employ an intern or a graduate

Online courses

We also offer a number of online courses.

Expert teaching

If you choose to study a short course with us, you’ll get the same high standard of teaching as students on our degree programmes. Our academic team are tackling business issues through their research across fields such as sustainable business, achieving excellence in global supply chains, and improving SME performance.

Explore our short courses