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Make a positive impact on your future career. Develop your management skills and gain the confidence to lead teams and make important business decisions.
Are you a soon-to-be or recent graduate, or a professional, looking to broaden your horizons and step into the world of management? Ideal for candidates with little to no experience in business, you can gain the leadership and management knowledge you’ll need to excel in your career by joining this course.
We’ll provide ...
1 year full-time
2 years with internship (September start)
Shanique“I really enjoyed how each subject was brought to life using a real-life case study. This makes me feel so much more confident as I plan to take my first steps into the working world.”
MSc Management
On this course we’ll support and prepare you for a successful career in your chosen industry – such as healthcare, financial services or the government sector – in the UK and internationally. Each theme in our course contributes to your career growth:
Organisational Strategy
This theme enables you to make informed decisions that align with an organisations strategic goals. You’ll learn to analyse complex business situations and choose the best course of action, a skill highly valued in leadership roles.
Project Management
You’ll gain the ability to plan, execute and oversee projects efficiently, ensuring they are completed on time and within budget. This skill in crucial in many sectors including IT, construction, healthcare and more.
Financial Planning
Understanding financial concepts is key to any managerial role. This theme provides you with the knowledge to make sound financial decisions, manage budgets and understand financial reports.
Marketing
You’ll learn how to create effective marketing strategies that fit in with overall management and resource planning.
Innovation and Sustainability
Every management role in the future will need to drive innovation and champion sustainability. Our course prepares you to lead your organisation towards sustainable practices and innovative solutions.
Capstone Project
This project offers a real-world business simulation where you’ll apply the skills and knowledge you’ve gained throughout the course. This hands-on groupwork experience solidifies your learning and collaborative skills and will boost your confidence.
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 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 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
The books, journals and other materials required for the course are available from the library, and as a sustainable campus we rely mostly on our virtual learning environment and digital documents. Therefore, you will need your own computer or laptop to successfully take part in the course activities.
Estimated costs are £300 for a laptop and up to £100 each year for books and printing. If required occasionally, campus printing costs start from 5p per page. The University has PC labs and a laptop loan service that support students with these costs.
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, including healthcare, financial services, social enterprises, and the public sector.
If you already have experience in a particular field, you can use this course to progress to managerial roles or start your own organisation. 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.
Taught by industry professionals and active researchers
Our courses are taught by a combination of industry professionals and research-active academics. The industry professionals use case studies to demonstrate how you can apply the theory and skills you learn to real life scenarios. The research academics are engaged in projects that contribute to the very latest thinking in their area of expertise.
100% of our research impact in business and management is world-leading or internationally excellent (Research Excellence Framework 2021)
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.
Get advice and support on making a successful application.
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.
Programme review
Our programmes undergo an annual review and major review (normally
at 6 year intervals) to ensure an up-to-date curriculum supported by the
latest online learning technology. For further information on when we
may make changes to our programmes, please see the changes section of our
terms and conditions.
Important notice
This online prospectus provides an overview of our programmes of study
and the University. We regularly update our online prospectus so that
our published course information is accurate. Please check back to the
online prospectus before making an application to us to access the most
up to date information for your chosen course of study.
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