Program Overview

MSc Leadership and Management

Overview

The MSc Leadership and Management is a dynamic and contextually relevant course for those who wish to progress their careers and to develop as professionals. The course develops your knowledge, understanding and conceptual awareness, and additionally develops your skills. It is designed for those who are new to management roles, for those who are beginning to lead teams, functions and decision-making in their organisations, but also for those with limited pre-existing leadership or management experience, who wish to become leaders and managers in organisations.

Why choose this course?

• 6th in the UK for Business and Management courses (The Guardian University Guide 2025)
• We offer you a fast-paced, multicultural setting with cutting-edge teaching methodologies and a range of Business facilities designed to help you fulfil your potential.
• The MSc Leadership and Management is a dynamic and contextually relevant course for those who wish to progress their careers and to develop as professionals.
• By studying with us, you will learn about and experience the range of issues and opportunities that affect this dynamic and fast-paced sector.

What happens on the course?

By studying with us, you will learn about and experience the range of issues and opportunities that affect this dynamic and fast-paced sector. Within a highly supportive, student-focused environment, you will learn about critical topics through an internationally inclusive lens such as financial literacy, leadership theory, strategic leadership and Human Resources.

This course is designed to meet the increasing demand worldwide for graduates, who possess the required competencies and knowledge to operate in multiple sectors, our graduates routinely find successful roles around the world. Throughout your degree, you will also acquire a range of transferrable skills which graduates from this subject discipline are expected to possess, effectively preparing you for a career in Leadership and Management.

The MSc Leadership and Management course provides opportunities to develop a blend of functional and operational perspectives for a range of managerial levels, roles and responsibilities across sectors, for applicants who may have limited managerial experience or management education. You will study perspectives on the concept of leadership and also learn about functional topics including marketing management, international human resource management and finance for non-financial managers. You will also study strategic planning and learn how to lead transformation and change, which is of importance in the dynamic organisations of today and tomorrow. Your knowledge will be integrated and contextualized through a range of modules, culminating in a dissertation project.

Course Modules

• Contemporary Issues in Human Resources- an International Perspective
• Financial Decision Making
• Perspectives on Leadership - Theory and Practice
• Strategic Leadership & Change
• The Masters Research Project

Potential Career Paths

• Senior Management
• Consulting
• Project Manager
• Strategy and Planning
• Research and Policy

Additional Information

• Why Wolverhampton?
• What skills will you gain?
• Course Fees and Finance
• Entry Requirements
• Funding

Course Fees and Finance

Entry Requirements

• A good honours undergraduate degree (second class or above) from a UK university or overseas equivalent, or a professional qualification and/or experience considered to be equivalent to the above;
• A reference from a tutor who has supervised the applicant’s undergraduate studies and/or employer;
• Students may apply for recognition of prior learning (RPL) subject to the guidelines set out in the RPL Handbook. RPL includes accreditation of prior certificated learning and /or accreditation of prior experiential learning;
• Please check our minimum language entry requirements before submitting your application;
• We offer a range programmes in English as a Foreign Language if you don't meet these requirements.

Funding

• Postgraduate Loan(Home Fee Status):
• Changes for EU students:
• Postgraduate Loyalty Discount:
• Self-funded:
• Sponsored - Your employer, embassy or organisation can pay for your Tuition fees:
• Financial Hardship:
• Charitable Funding: