Business and management skills

Business and management online and classroom courses

These short and intensive professional development courses are for managers, entrepreneurs, scientists, engineers and anyone working in high-tech companies and organisations.

Our courses are for those at the beginning of their managerial career, those who are relatively new to managerial roles and those in middle-management roles in companies and organisations of all sizes, from SMEs through to global multinationals.

They are also aimed at entrepreneurs and individuals seeking to develop their knowledge and skills across a broad range of business subjects.

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If you are looking for business degree programmes, MBAs and short executive education programmes, please visit the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford.

Online and classroom courses – dates confirmed

Online courses

We offer online courses, which do not require attendance at Oxford - they can be taken from anywhere in the world.​

• Women in Leadership: increasing diversity and inclusion (25 - 28 September)

• Surviving the Toxic Workplace (26 - 29 September)

• Agile Project Management (9 - 13 October)

• Artificial Intelligence Demystified (9 - 13 October)

• Project Risk Management (10 - 13 October)

• Financial Analysis and Analytics (13 - 24 November)

• Branding and Marketing (21 - 24 November)

• Technical Team Leadership (30 October - 3 November)

• Advanced Marketing Approaches (28 November - 1 December)

• Systems Thinking Approach to Change Management (5 - 8 December)

• Technical Team Communication (11 - 14 December)

• Project Management (12 - 14 December)

• Managing Workplace Behaviour for Better Performance (15 - 18 January 2024)

• Financial Investment Principles (15 - 26 January 2024)

• Effective Leadership through Emotional Intelligence (16 - 19 January 2024)

• Critical Thinking for Business (30 January - 8 February 2024)

• Advanced Emotional Intelligence Skills for Business (27 February - 1 March 2024)

Classroom courses

We offer a range classroom courses here at the University of Oxford. These short courses can be taken separately or sometimes as part of a weekly discount package.

• Design Thinking Practitioner (25 - 27 September)

• Agile Project Management (28 - 29 September)
• Systems Engineering Fast-Track (31 October - 3 November)
• Technical Team Leadership (14 - 15 November)

• Technical Team Communication (16 - 17 November)

Online and classroom courses – dates not yet confirmed

Course dates for the below listed courses are not yet confirmed. Sign up to our business and management mailing list to be kept updated when we schedule new dates for these courses.

Online courses

• Commercialising Digital Innovations

• Design Thinking Practitioner

• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

• Lean Six Sigma Leadership Yellow Belt 

• Managing Innovative Technology

• Starting a Successful Business

Classroom courses​

• Advanced Project Management (1-day course)
• Applying Knowledge Management: Principles and Practices (1-day course)
• Artificial Intelligence Demystified: Opportunities and Value in Your Business (1-day course)
• Branding and Marketing (1-day course)
• Business and Technology Valuation and Marketing (1-day course)
• Commercialising Digital Innovations (1-day course)
• Effective Leadership through Emotional Intelligence (1-day course)
• Essentials of Project Management (1-day course)
• Financial Analysis and Analytics (1-day course)

• Women in Leadership: Increasing Inclusion and Diversity (1-day course)

• Leadership and Entrepreneurship (1-day course)
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (5-day course)

• Lean Six Sigma Leadership Yellow Belt (1-day course)

• Managing Innovative Technology (1-day course)

• Managing Workplace Behaviour for Better Performance (1-day course)

• Project Risk Management (1-day course)
• Starting a Successful Business (1-day course)
• Strategic Planning and Foresight: Learning from and Managing for the Future (1-day course)
• Successful Change Management (1-day course)

• Surviving the Toxic Workplace (1-day course)

• Systems Thinking Approach to Change Management (3-day course)

Bespoke courses

Ask us about tailored courses for groups – we can arrange bespoke courses in Oxford or in-house.