Program Overview

MSc Business & Management

The MSc Business & Management (MBM) draws together the best that Strathclyde Business School has to offer. By combining the School’s research expertise with its understanding of personal and professional development, the MBM provides a springboard for those looking to pursue careers in management, in business analysis, in consultancy, or even in starting a business.

Key Facts

• Start date: September
• Study mode and duration: 12 months full-time

Course Overview

Studying an MSc in Business & Management at Strathclyde Business School, you'll be learning at a pioneering internationally-renowned academic organisation that shapes and develops the business minds of tomorrow. We're the only institution to have won the Times Higher Education University of the Year award twice (2012/2019).

Why This Course?

The MBM is a degree focused on helping you translate your unique talents into the strengths that will help you realise your potential. Working with us, you'll identify bespoke development activities that might draw from the comprehensive programme of learning and skills enhancement activities available through the syllabus and across the University.

What You’ll Study

The curriculum builds your understanding of organisations and the context in which they operate and helps you explore where you might fit within them. Classes fall within four focal areas:

1. Understanding the business – through a sequence of classes, you'll gain a managerial overview of the major functional areas of most organisations.
2. Developing the business – building on your growing understanding of organisations, this group of classes explores how businesses are responding to their contexts and analyse how they might evolve in the future.
3. Professional development – in this area, you will identify and develop a plan to enhance the key strengths and skills that will mark you out in your management career.
4. Building a careers focus – as you move towards the next stage of your career, the elective classes and the final project/dissertation provide a wide range of options that allow you to customise your learning towards your career direction or development needs.

A Programme Focused on Practice

The MBM provides a developmental process that builds your knowledge and confidence in understanding and undertaking hands-on analysis of management issues. Throughout the year, you'll engage in:

• Learning about practice – from the outset, the course focuses on the application of knowledge through case studies, group-based analysis, and guest speakers.
• Learning through practice – through working with real-life businesses, you'll gain hands-on experience of the complexities involved in managing organisations.
• Practice as learning – by examining how you get things done in practice, you'll build confidence in identifying what you need to do to take your skills to the next level.

A Programme Focused on Careers

The MBM’s commitment to help you identify and enhance the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in your career begins on day one and extends beyond the end of the course. As a cohort member, you'll:

• Develop a personalised plan for learning and development, that identifies your strengths and the activities that will enhance your career prospects.
• Engage with resources that provide support and advice on career choices, and how best to exploit opportunities as you progress in your career.
• Join our active alumni group that complements the extensive Faculty and University alumni programme.

A Programme Focused on the International

The MBM will underpin your ability to operate in organisational contexts across the globe. Both within, and outside the classroom, the programme’s international focus enriches the ability to understand and respond to local customs and business practices.

A Programme Focused on Personal Attainment

The MBM is a degree focused on helping you translate your unique talents into the strengths that will help you realise your potential. Working with us, you'll identify bespoke development activities that might draw from:

• The comprehensive programme of learning and skills enhancement activities available through the syllabus and across the University.
• The lively programme of events offered by the career service, the business faculty, and the wider University.
• A spectrum of extracurricular activities and associations course members participate in, including; international assemblies, competitions, Strathclyde Business Network, and clubs and societies (students’ union).
• The opportunities for industrial engagement, volunteering, and adventure that come from being in the industrial capital of Scotland.

Triple-Accredited Business School

Strathclyde Business School was founded in 1948 and is a pioneering, internationally renowned academic organisation with a reputation for research excellence. One of four faculties forming the University of Strathclyde, SBS is a triple-accredited business school (AMBA, EQUIS, and AACSB) and was the first business school in Scotland to achieve this accolade in 2004.

Course Content

The MBM’s curriculum is continuously reviewed in order to keep pace with the rapidly evolving business landscape. You may find there are changes from the current list of classes.

• Core classes
• Elective classes

Understanding the Business

• Analytical Support for Decision Making
• Managerial Accounting
• Managing People in Organisations
• Business Operations
• Finance & Financial Management
• Marketing Management

Developing the Business

• Leadership for Change & Innovation
• Business Strategy
• Consulting in Practice
• Managing Innovation

Professional Development

• Professional Management Practice

Building a Career Focus

• Project

Electives

Choose two (electives are subject to change):

• New Venture Creation
• Project Management
• Brand Management & Strategy
• Service Operations Simulation
• Family Enterprise
• Managing in Europe (Toulouse)
• Commercial Management in Projects

Learning & Teaching

Classes on the course differ significantly from traditional formal lectures. Academic staff maximise opportunities for class discussion and debate about how organisations are tackling real-life business issues and whether their approaches are appropriate in other contexts.

Assessment

The course is assessed through written assignments, group and individual projects or reports, class tests, and presentations.

Entry Requirements

• Academic requirements: Minimum second-class Honours degree, or overseas equivalent, in a non-business or management-related subject.
• English language requirements: For students whose first language is not English, you must have a minimum of 6.5 IELTS score with no individual score lower than 5.5.

Fees & Funding

• Scotland: £16,800
• England, Wales & Northern Ireland: £16,800
• Republic of Ireland: If you are an Irish citizen and have been ordinary resident in the Republic of Ireland for the three years prior to the relevant date, and will be coming to Scotland for Educational purposes only, you will meet the criteria of England, Wales & Northern Ireland fee status.
• International: £31,100
• Available scholarships: Take a look at our Business School scholarships.

Careers

The degree opens up a range of exciting career possibilities. For many of our graduates, it's the combination of their first degree, or work experience, and the MBM that distinguishes them from the competition. Typical alumni job titles include:

• Founder/Owner
• Vice President/Director
• Consultant
• Business Analyst/Advisor
• Manager – Project/Risk/Finance/BI/Operations

Recent graduates have found employment within national and multi-national organisations, including roles in the following sectors:

• Finance
• Manufacturing
• Business support
• IT services
• Start-ups

Student Testimonials

• Mrunalini Deshmukh: "The course is well-curated and gave me an overall understanding of the business management concepts with a mix of academic and industry projects."
• Rebecca O’Toole: "The MSc in Business & Management has exceeded my expectations so far – the broad scope of the course keeps it dynamic whilst the variety of teaching methods keep things interesting."
• Emma Goldie: "The carefully curated modules very much lived up to the University’s motto ‘The place of useful learning’."
• Frederic Emig: "The spirit and the professionalism, which all staff members and students share, is very special."
• Christian Recinos Valencia: "One of the most impactful elements for me was the Professional Management Practice module, especially the creation of the Personal Development Plan (PDP)."
• Chun-Yu Yeh: "I encourage everyone who is interested in studying at the University of Strathclyde, the place of useful learning, to do so."
• Nora Roche: "Throughout the year, the classes and coordinating projects are highly practical and will prepare you with tools and knowledge that will guide you in the workplace."
• Matteo Fois: "There is no doubt that the MSc Business & Management is more than just a great element on your CV, it is the game-changer of your entire career."