A postgraduate executive diploma at master’s level, taken in six months alongside the job — and carried into a master’s degree as credit.
This is the qualification for people who are already running something and never took a business degree. It sits at SCQF Level 11 — the same level as a UK master’s — and it is built to be finished in six intensive months without leaving work.
It is a dual-track programme. You study the ADVEX Executive Programme (หลักสูตรพัฒนาผู้บริหาร 480 ชั่วโมง), approved by OPEC under the Thai Ministry of Education, while being assessed against EduQual’s international standards. The award is an EduQual diploma credit-rated on the Scottish framework and regulated by Qualifications Scotland.
The reason most people choose it is what happens next: the 120 SCQF Level 11 credits transfer directly into an Arden University master’s top-up — the MBA, MSc Health and Care Management or MSc Accounting and Finance — so the master’s is finished in a further six to twelve months. For a full master’s programme, the same credits are put forward for advanced standing and assessed module by module.
In exceptional cases ADVEX may admit an applicant who does not hold the stated entry qualifications, where we judge that they can complete the programme successfully.
Transfer 120 SCQF Level 11 credits into a master’s degree and finish in a further six to twelve months, subject to each university’s advanced standing policy. Recognised by a growing number of universities in the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Thailand and Europe.
Three Arden University master’s programmes are structured as top-up awards. Holders of this diploma may transfer 120 SCQF Level 11 credits into them, subject to individual assessment.
Full master’s programmes. The programmes below are delivered in full rather than as top-up awards. Credit for prior study is considered module by module through Recognition of Prior Learning, and is assessed individually.
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| Award title | EduQual Diploma in Business Management (SCQF Level 11) |
| Awarding / credit rating body | EduQual UK |
| Regulated by | Qualifications Scotland |
| Delivered and assessed by | ADVEX Management School, approved by OPEC, Ministry of Education Thailand |
| SCQF level | Level 11 |
| SCQF credit points | 120 |
| Equivalent Ofqual RQF level | Level 7 — master’s degree level |
| Length | Six months, normal track |
| Modules | Five modules, 20–30 credits each |
| Module | SCQF Level | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Change Management and Strategic Leadership | 11 | 20–30 |
| Strategic Management | 11 | 20–30 |
| Strategic Financial Management | 11 | 20–30 |
| Marketing Management in Practice | 11 | 20–30 |
| Strategic Resource Management in Organisations | 11 | 20–30 |
This page is a summary. The awarding body's published specification is the definitive document and takes precedence in the event of any difference.
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