Make a positive impact on your future career. Develop your management skills and gain the confidence to lead teams and make important business decisions.
Managing teams across a business requires specific skills. On this course, you will explore management styles and how to apply them. We will also help you identify your own style and hone the skills you need to relate to employees across organisations and cultures.
This course is open to applicants from all subject areas, not just business and management. The field of management is so varied that you can adapt the skills you have learned from your previous studies to shape your future career.
Developing your career in management
You will start by developing skills in marketing, finance and supply chains. After building up your knowledge in these essential areas, you will move on to the strategies that help give organisations an edge in a global market. Then put your new expertise to use...
1 year full-time
2 years with internship (September start)
Our postgraduate management course has three routes. If you take MSc Management, you will study critical management and enterprise studies, and organisational strategy. These units focus on understanding organisations in their socio-political context. Your capstone business project will then look at a particular challenge a business is facing.
If you choose the MSc Management and Consultancy route, you will study management consultancy, which gives you the tools to work with clients. Your research project could follow on from that experience too.
If you choose the MSc Management and Sustainability route, you will study circular economy, sustainability and sustainability development and social, ethical and environmental enterprise for leaders. You’ll gain knowledge and critical tools to evaluate sustainable practices in business, and then apply your knowledge to a sustainability research project.
We’ve designed our courses to give you the real-world skills you will need for your career.
Rise with Manchester Met
Rise is a programme available to all students at Manchester Met giving you the opportunity to earn practice credits on your degree through employment-enhancing activities. During your studies you can collect points for the activities you engage in and if you engage in enough activity you could receive recognition on your degree transcript.
Postgraduate students can get involved in activities such as project work, workshops, volunteering and certifications. For example, you could gain certifications with the likes of Microsoft, Adobe and the Project Management Institute free of charge. Not only are these fantastic to have on your CV but they are also transferable to a wide range of careers.
All Rise activities are organised according to themes of Digital Capabilities, Self-Effectiveness, Sustainability, Internationalisation, Enterprise and Civics. Completing a number of activities within a certain theme will also earn you micro-accreditations in the form of Digital Badges.
To find out more about what Rise has to offer, visit their website.
Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
Business School Impact System (BSIS)
EFMD Quality Improvement System
Whether you've already made your decision about what you want to study, or you're just considering whether postgraduate study is right for you, there are lots of ways you can meet us and find out more about postgraduate student life at Manchester Met.
We offer:
Your studies are supported by a department of committed and enthusiastic teachers and researchers, experts in their chosen field.
We often link up with external professionals too, helping to enhance your learning and build valuable connections to the working world.
You will need a UK honours degree – at least a 2:2 – or the international equivalent in a non-business-related subject. We will also welcome applications from students who have significant experience of business and management theory or practice, or the international equivalent.
Overseas applicants will require IELTS with an overall score of 6.5 with no less than 5.5 in any category, or an equivalent accepted English qualification. Accepted English qualifications can be viewed here.
Full-time fee: £10,750 per year. Tuition fees will remain the same for each year of your course providing you complete it in the normal timeframe (no repeat years or breaks in study).
Full-time fee: £22,500 per year. Tuition fees will remain the same for each year of your course providing you complete it in the normal timeframe (no repeat years or breaks in study).
A masters qualification typically comprises 180 credits, a PGDip 120 credits, a PGCert 60 credits, and an MFA 300 credits. Tuition fees will remain the same for each year of study provided the course is completed in the normal timeframe (no repeat years or breaks in study).
Optional estimate: £1850
Students who choose to complete an optional internship year will be required to pay an additional fee. The Internship year fee is estimated at £1,850 for all students (UK, EU and Channel Islands, as well as Non-EU international students).
Optional estimate: £400
All of the books required for the course are available from the library. The University also has PC labs and a laptop loan service. However, many students choose to buy some of the core textbooks for the course and/or a laptop. Students may also need to print their assignments and other documents. Campus printing costs start from 5p per page. Estimated costs are £300 for a laptop and up to £100 each year for books and printing.
Every organisation needs skilled and effective managers. This course will give you the confidence to lead teams and make business decisions for start-ups and multinational organisations in any sector.
If you already have experience in the field, you can use this course to progress to managerial roles. Or it can put you in a strong position to set up your own business or go into management consultancy.
Our graduates have taken management roles at a range of organisations. These include General Manager at Aspen Healthcare, Production Manager at HJ Heinz, and Business Improvement Officer at Warwickshire Police Authority.
Please contact our course enquiries team.
Please note: To apply for the 2-year internship route you will need to select a September start date.
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You can review our current Terms and Conditions before you make your application. If you are successful with your application, we will send you up to date information alongside your offer letter.
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