Overview
The MSc Management programme equips students with a comprehensive understanding of key management principles and essential leadership skills, such as decision-making, problem-solving, strategic thinking, and effective communication. These skills are highly transferable and can be applied across various industries and organisational settings.
The programme consists of compulsory modules which cover management fundamentals and optional (elective) modules which allow students to tailor their studies to align with their specific career goals and interests. While the compulsory modules provide a solid foundation in general management, the elective modules enable students to delve deeper into specific areas of management that resonate with them. They provide students with the flexibility to explore diverse subjects within the broader field of management. This diversity contributes to the development of a well-rounded skill set, which is increasingly valuable in today’s dynamic business environment. All modules bear 15 credits unless specified otherwise.
This course can be studied 1 year full-time, 16 months full-time with placement or 2 years full-time with placement, starting in September. Or this course can be studied 15 months full-time, 19 months full-time with placement or 27 months full-time with placement, starting in January.
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Course content
The Management MSc consists of compulsory core modules which cover management fundamentals, followed by compulsory and optional modules.
Compulsory
- Financial Resources Management
This module critically examines the issues and challenges that confront managers responsible for financial management. Students discuss the concepts, topics, methodological approaches and tools relevant to the analysis of the financial standing of organisations. They develop an understanding of the implementation of financial strategies and policies and their operational implications.
- Business Planning
This module promotes an integrative understanding of the challenges and opportunities involved in business planning through practice. Students develop a business plan by integrating all components, such as market opportunity, competition, business models, and financing, into a unified whole. Using illustrative case studies, this module also examines business models’ underlying strategies and decision-making processes.
- Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management
This module introduces students to entrepreneurship and small business management. Students develop a critical understanding of concepts and theoretical and practical issues regarding entrepreneurs, entrepreneurial opportunities and business start-ups. They discuss how to successfully manage and scale up small businesses and how to choose effective and sustainable growth strategies
- Strategic Management
This module introduces students to the design and choice of strategies in organisations across industries and sectors. It enables students to appreciate the challenges that confront managers in complex, dynamic and increasingly uncertain conditions. Students develop skills in critical thinking, logical analysis, argument and judgement based on insights from case studies and cutting-edge research.
- Understanding Business and Management Research
This module highlights the application of management theory and quantitative and qualitative methods in research to generate novel insights into the practice of management in diverse organisations and industries. Students learn how to collect and analyse data from different sources. They critically reflect on the practical and ethical implications of their analysis for the day-to-day operations of organisations.
- Dissertation (Management MSc)
This 60-credit module allows students to conduct a piece of research including the identification of the research enquiry, data collection and analysis and the presentation of the results. The dissertation module, accompanied by a tailored academic supervision process, brings together the knowledge and skills gained in the programme for the analysis of a specific business problem of the students’ choice.
Optional
- Creativity, Entrepreneurship and InnovationThis module aims to define creativity within the context of innovative and entrepreneurial firms. It seeks to analyse creativity at individual, group, organisational, urban and national levels, delineating its vital role in fostering innovation and entrepreneurship.
- International Marketing
This module enhances critical understanding and the ability to assess the effectiveness of international marketing theory and practice. It highlights issues that drive markets worldwide. Students gain insights into challenges that a business faces when it needs to research markets and learn how to implement market strategies, techniques and methods across a range of internationally operating industries.
- Organisational Behaviour
This module equips students with the tools necessary to understand the dynamics of individual and group behaviour for the utilisation of human resources in organisations. It helps students understand and analyse individual needs, feelings and aspirations, develop skills needed to plan for the implementation of organisational change and identify and develop effective motivational and leadership skills.
- Technology Management
This module aims to enhance and demonstrate a critical and practical understanding of the issues associated with modern technology management and business development. It highlights the challenges associated with the adoption of potentially disruptive technologies in organisations and nurtures critical reflection on the current theory and practice of technology management.
- Digital Creativity and New Media Management
This module defines creativity within the context of innovative and entrepreneurial firms. It seeks to analyse creativity at individual, group, organisational, urban and national levels, delineating its vital role in fostering innovation and entrepreneurship in dynamic environments.
- International Business Ethics and Corporate Governance
This module focuses on business ethics, sustainability and corporate governance in internationally operating organisations. These areas are addressed from the perspective of the dual ‘business’ models of the shareholder and the stakeholder approaches. The broader societal impacts of business activities are discussed by using concepts from moral philosophy, CSR, sustainability and corporate governance.
- Knowledge Management, Social Networks and Innovation
This module explores the intersection of knowledge, social network technologies and innovation. It examines how organisations create, utilise and communicate knowledge in the global economy and the wider social and economic impact. Recent trends in information and communications technologies are highlighted. Students discuss how these trends may contribute to organisational innovation and create societal benefit.
- Contemporary Brand Management
This module nurtures a critical understanding of current theory and practice of brand management drawing on academic theories, frameworks and models within a business context. Students are given opportunities to discuss contemporary issues and pertinent practical challenges in the field with a view to developing critical skills of evaluation and appraisal.
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This course has a placement option. Find out more about work placements available.
Please note that all modules are subject to change.
Read more about the structure of postgraduate degrees at Brunel
Careers and your future
We were one of the first business schools to offer postgraduate degrees with placement and the feedback has been that this is incredibly useful as you can put your learning into practice immediately. It’s also a great way to make business contacts with the possibility of a job offer from your placement employer once you’ve graduated. Find out more on our work placements page.
Our programmes are built with input from business professionals with the specific aim of helping you enter the workplace fully equipped and confident of your abilities. As a masters graduate you’ll be equipped to enter a number job roles, including: Business analyst; Business development manager; Data analyst; Insurance underwriter; Management consultant; Project manager; Risk manager; Sales executive; Stockbroker; Supply chain manager
Some of the well-known names who value Brunel Business School graduates include Accenture, Amazon, Barclays, British Airways, Capgemini, HSBC, Jaguar Land Rover, L’Oréal, McCann, Microsoft, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Xerox.
UK entry requirements
- A 2.2 (or above) UK Honours degree or an equivalent internationally recognised qualification in or a related or non-related subject. Work experience is not required.
EU and International entry requirements
If you require a Tier 4 visa to study in the UK, you must prove knowledge of the English language so that we can issue you a Certificate of Acceptance for Study (CAS). To do this, you will need an IELTS for UKVI or Trinity SELT test pass gained from a test centre approved by UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) and on the Secure English Language Testing (SELT) list. This must have been taken and passed within two years from the date the CAS is made.
English language requirements
- IELTS: 6.5 (min 6 in all areas)
- Pearson: 59 (59 in all subscores)
- BrunELT: 63% (min 58% in all areas)
- TOEFL: 90 (min 20 in all)
You can find out more about the qualifications we accept on our English Language Requirements page.
Should you wish to take a pre-sessional English course to improve your English prior to starting your degree course, you must sit the test at an approved SELT provider for the same reason. We offer our own BrunELT English test and have pre-sessional English language courses for students who do not meet requirements or who wish to improve their English. You can find out more information on English courses and test options through our Brunel Language Centre.
Please check our Admissions pages for more information on other factors we use to assess applicants. This information is for guidance only and each application is assessed on a case-by-case basis. Entry requirements are subject to review, and may change.
Fees and funding
2024/25 entry
UK
£13,750 full-time
£1,385 placement year
International
£27,000 full-time
£1,385 placement year
More information on any additional course-related costs.
Fees quoted are per year and are subject to an annual increase.
See our fees and funding page for full details of postgraduate scholarships available to Brunel applicants.
Scholarships and bursaries
Teaching and learning
At Brunel Business School (BBS), you will experience a rich and engaging on-campus learning environment. Our modules are delivered through engaging lectures, and in most modules, through seminars that allow for interactions in smaller groups. Additionally, you will have access to a wide range of resources on Brightspace, our online learning platform, including PowerPoint slides, video recordings, and peer-reviewed academic publications that align with the module learning objectives. Moreover, BBS students benefit from a range of support and opportunities from our dedicated staff and faculty, such as:
- Extra-curricular activities designed to enhance your skills and expand your network, such as social events, guest speakers and industry visits/field trips (please note these may vary within programmes)
- A dedicated Student Experience Team to provide pastoral care
- A dedicated ASK Academic Skills support team to help you understand and address coursework requirements
- Personalised tutoring and wellbeing advice to support your academic and personal development
- Employability guidance and career planning from our in-house director.
Access to a laptop or desktop PC is required for joining online activities, completing coursework and digital exams, and a minimum specification can be found here.
We have computers available across campus for your use and laptop loan schemes to support you through your studies. You can find out more here.
Teaching includes lectures, informal small study groups, and individual or group presentations using a laptop and digital projector.
International-level research findings by Brunel Business School tutors are regularly used in lectures. Tutors on this programme are leaders in the field of management and active researchers.
Should you need any non-academic support during your time at Brunel, the Student Support and Welfare Team are here to help.
Assessment and feedback
Modules are usually assessed by individual assessment or by examination in May.
Coursework and examinations give you a chance to demonstrate critical and constructive thinking and reasoning. Your dissertation is a 12,000 word document that will show your ability to conceive, design and execute a major project, which confidently substantiates your chosen line of enquiry.
Read our guide on how to avoid plagiarism in your assessments at Brunel.