MSc in Management
Manchester, United Kingdom
DURATION
1 up to 2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Request application deadline
EARLIEST START DATE
Jan 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 22,500 / per year
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
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 you with a robust knowledge of management principles. You’ll explore a wide range of themes including strategic decision making, project management, financial planning and marketing. Throughout the course we place a strong emphasis on innovation and sustainability to reflect their importance in today’s business landscape. The course concludes with a capstone project which takes the form of a real-world business simulation.
Features and Benefits
- Skills-focused – this course teaches you the skills you’ll need to obtain a management role in any sector, even if you haven’t got a business or management background.
- Shaped by industry – our courses are regularly reviewed in collaboration with our industry advisors to make sure you learn relevant skills that employers actually need.
- Delivered with industry – we invite industry experts to come to your lectures and organise live projects for you to work on so that you can learn directly from them what it takes to succeed.
- A city of opportunities – with global organisations, and innovative start-ups, Manchester offers a wealth of opportunities. Use our connections with employers to enhance your studies and professional networks.
- Taught by experts – our teaching staff have a wealth of experience working in industry and their teaching is informed by our leading research.
- Triple accredited – our Business School holds the globally recognised trio of accreditations from EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA, placing us among the best business schools in the world.
Admissions
Curriculum
Course Information
In 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
- Project Management
- Financial Planning
- Marketing
- Innovation and Sustainability
- Capstone Project
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.
Year 1
You’ll study six core units including your Capstone Business Project. In addition to your core units, you’ll also study principles of project management as an option unit. Whilst studying the unit is compulsory, the credit-weighting of the unit can be substituted for credits gained on the Rise program in your final transcript.
Please note: The order in which you complete these units will depend on which date you select to start the course (September or January).
Core units
- Organisational Strategy
- Logistics and Supply Chain Practices
- Marketing Management
- Critical Management and Enterprise Studies
- Finance for Managers
- Capstone Business Project
Option Module
- Principles of Project Management
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Every organization needs skilled and effective managers. This course will give you the confidence to lead teams and make business decisions for start-ups and multinational organizations 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 organizations. These include the General Manager at Aspen Healthcare, the Production Manager at HJ Heinz, and the Business Improvement Officer at Warwickshire Police Authority.
Student Testimonials
Program delivery
- Full-time 20% lectures, seminars or similar; 0% placement; 80% independent study