"Lecturers encourage me to think critically and to always get the best out of myself."

Kamila Nowak
MSc in International Business and Management 2009

"The staff and particularly the Effective Learning Service were incredibly supportive. Before I came here I had no idea what I was capable of. I graduated with a distinction and was awarded the Martin Bousfield prize for academic excellence and am now pursuing a PhD!"

Trudy Bates
MSc in HRM 2011,
Current PhD student

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Fatema Yar
MSc in Finance 2009

MSc Management

MASTERS

Overview

The MSc in Management is ideal for students who wish to study a broad range of management topics rather than a particular specialisation. The course includes the latest thinking and research in all the key business disciplines from Finance, Accounting and Economics, to Marketing, Operations and Human Resources.

+Course details

Initially, MSc students take a number of compulsory modules to provide the foundations for an understanding of management. There is then the opportunity to choose from a range of specialist modules before embarking on a dissertation looking at a specific management-related topic.

+Module details

Compulsory modules

Business economics
Finance and accounting
Human resource management
International business environment
Management in context (an introduction)
Marketing
Research methods
Strategic management

Elective modules choose five from around 20 with at least two from the same pathway (Finance, Account and Management; Human Resource Management; International Business and Management; Marketing and Management), including:

Advanced international business
Business ethics
Corporate identity and corporate brand management
Cross-cultural management
Direct marketing
Diversity in work and organisations
Employee relations
Entrepreneurship and innovation
Financial risk management in European banking
Human resource development
Information support for sustainability
Intellectual property in international business
International business strategy
Management of change
Marketing communications
Services marketing
Strategic accounting
Strategic financial management
Strategic information systems
Strategic marketing

+Accreditation

The Association of Certified Accountants (ACCA) accredit this programme. This means that, by successfully completing your degree, you are eligible for exemptions from the ACCA professional examinations - a major advantage on your journey to qualifying as a professional accountant, should you wish to.

For further information, please visit their website:

ACCA