MBA Energy and Sustainability — Study Online from Beirut, Lebanon

Advance your impact without uprooting your life. The MBA Energy and Sustainability, delivered in exclusive partnership between the University of Cumbria and Robert Kennedy College, empowers you to master the business of the global energy transition while living and working in Beirut, Lebanon. Study the frameworks, leadership tools, and strategic insights that travel across borders, industries, and technologies—and apply them immediately to your work and ambitions.

From net-zero strategies to responsible growth and resilient infrastructure, this British degree equips you with the skills to lead with confidence. Designed for working professionals, the programme blends academic rigor with real-world application, giving you a powerful platform to pivot, accelerate, or elevate your career without pressing pause on life in Beirut.

Awarded a British Degree Recognised Internationally

Earn a British master’s degree from a university system with a global reputation for quality and academic integrity. Your credential travels with you—whether you pursue opportunities in the Levant, the Gulf, Europe, Africa, or beyond—signaling to employers and partners that you’ve met rigorous standards and mastered the language of strategy, finance, and sustainability in energy.

This recognition opens doors across international corporations, development agencies, consultancies, and innovative scale-ups. It also provides a firm academic foundation for future executive study or professional certifications, ensuring your investment compounds over the long term.

Complete 100% Online in as Little as 1 Year

Move at the speed of your ambition. The programme can be completed fully online in as little as one year, enabling you to translate learning into results quickly—no career hiatus required. Progress through a purposeful curriculum that balances analytical depth with practical relevance.

From strategy and leadership to environmental management and energy economics, each module builds toward immediate impact. If your timeline is tighter, you can accelerate; if your schedule requires more flexibility, you can pace your progress without losing momentum.

No Required Online Presence at Specific Times

Your learning adapts to Beirut’s rhythm and your work commitments. There are no mandatory live sessions, fixed log-in times, or attendance windows. You engage with materials, discussions, and assessments when it suits you—early mornings, late evenings, or weekends.

This flexibility empowers you to plan around client deadlines, family responsibilities, and travel. It also ensures that time zone differences never stand between you and your next breakthrough.

Study Anywhere—Even on the Move—With Offline Access

Whether you’re at home in Beirut, commuting across the city, or traveling for business, your classroom is always within reach. Our mobile app allows you to download study materials and watch lectures offline, so you can keep learning even with intermittent connectivity.

Use small pockets of time to make big strides—review a case study on a flight, annotate readings in a café, or replay a lecture while on the go. Continuous access means continuous progress.

Open Books Assessments—Real-World Thinking Over Memorisation

We use open books assessments instead of classical question/answer exams. This approach mirrors the modern workplace, where the value lies not in rote recall, but in how you source information, frame problems, and create actionable solutions.

Expect to analyse data, build arguments, and defend recommendations—just as you would before a board, client, or stakeholder group. The result is deeper understanding, sharper judgment, and a portfolio of work you can talk about with credibility.

Learn From Faculty Educated at World-Renowned Universities

Benefit from tutors and faculty who have graduated from prestigious institutions such as Oxford, Harvard, EPFL, the University of Basel, and Washington University in St. Louis. They bring a rich blend of academic expertise and practical insight from global industry and policy contexts.

Through feedback, mentoring, and dialogue, you’ll refine your thinking and expand your perspective. Their guidance helps you connect theory to practice and navigate the complex landscapes of energy markets, sustainability strategy, and organisational change.

Join a Diverse, Global Community

Study alongside peers from over 130 countries and build a network that spans continents and industries. Our alumni work in organisations such as Chevron, Aramco, Mitsubishi Power, University of California Riverside, Lukoil, EDF, Kuwait Oil Company, Rosneft, Sinopec, Petrochina, United Nations, Google, ICRC, The World Bank, Microsoft, Intel, Samsung, Tencent, Siemens, Sony.

In every cohort, you’ll encounter diverse viewpoints shaped by different markets, regulatory environments, and technological contexts. Those perspectives sharpen your strategic thinking, deepen your cultural fluency, and broaden your professional opportunities across borders.

Flexible Payment for Your Investment

Plan confidently with a tuition structure that supports your goals. Our fees can be paid in up to 18 monthly interest free instalments, helping you manage cash flow while advancing your education.

This flexibility allows you to invest in your future responsibly—without compromising your professional progress or personal plans in Beirut.

Why This MBA Matters for Professionals in Beirut, Lebanon

Beirut’s dynamic business environment is closely intertwined with regional energy markets, distributed power solutions, and a fast-growing focus on renewable generation and efficiency. With this MBA, you can lead initiatives in solar PV deployment, energy storage, and microgrid optimisation—areas increasingly relevant to industrial parks, commercial buildings, and community-scale projects. You’ll gain the strategy, finance, and risk tools to evaluate PPAs, design ESG-aligned business cases, and scale solutions that improve reliability and reduce operating costs.

Lebanon’s ecosystem of international organisations, development agencies, and NGOs based in and around Beirut offers opportunities for professionals who can link sustainability outcomes to governance, funding, and performance. The programme equips you to manage donor-funded projects, align with global reporting standards, and drive measurable impact in areas such as clean energy access, water and waste management, and climate resilience.

As the Eastern Mediterranean continues to explore energy resources and cross-border infrastructure, Beirut-based professionals benefit from a curriculum that blends energy economics, policy, and corporate strategy. Whether you’re in consulting, banking, technology, real estate, or manufacturing, you’ll learn to evaluate investment decisions, model transition pathways, and design decarbonisation roadmaps that stand up to stakeholder scrutiny and market realities.

Shape the Future—From Where You Are

Your city is your launchpad. This MBA lets you learn at a world-class level, build an international network, and create tangible value in your current role—without leaving Beirut. Bring your ambitions, your curiosity, and your drive to make things better. We’ll help you turn them into leadership, credentials, and outcomes.

Ready to take the next step? Request our course catalogue and explore modules, schedules, and admissions details tailored to your goals.