The programme is offered in partnership from Cranfield University’s Defence College of Management and Technology (DCMT) at Shrivenham and the School of Management at Cranfield; the programme is designed for military officers, civil service and defence industrial executives looking to contribute more effectively towards future military initiatives and is a development of the successful AMBA-accredited MDA (Masters in Defence Administration) programme; students learn about leading academic thinking, the latest management applications and approaches to implementing improvement and change; students also take part in a 1-week international study tour, and the programme ends with a student-organised and delivered conference, enabling them to demonstrate their development and learning at Cranfield; the full-time option and part 1 of the part-time options take place at the Cranfield campus in Bedfordshire; part 2 of the part-time option is delivered on a modular basis at Shrivenham.