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Management MSc

  • Level(s) of Study: Postgraduate taught
  • Start Date(s): September 2023 / January 2024
  • Duration: One year full-time / two years with a work placement (September starters)
  • Study Mode(s): Full-time / Sandwich
  • Campus: City Campus
  • Entry Requirements:
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Introduction:

Our MSc Management courses will help you become an effective and confident leader in dynamic and complex organisational environments. With a strong focus on practical application, you will gain a deep understanding of core management principles and contemporary thinking.

The pure management route will enable you to engage with emerging management concerns, including cross-cultural management, organizational innovation, and entrepreneurial thinking. Refine your critical understanding of management theory and develop the skills to put theory into practice.

In your third semester, you'll have the opportunity to apply your skills in a real-world setting through an experiential project. Choose from completing a consultancy experience project, an in-company experience project, or a business research project. Shape your future in management with our MSc Management course.

  • Whether you have no background in business and management or want to become more competitive and progress your career – this programme is designed for aspiring leaders. Join us and unlock your potential in the field of business and management.
  • You can earn more than just a master's degree by enrolling in our course. We are proud to have Dual Award status with the Chartered Management Institute. This means that upon graduation, you'll not only have a master's degree, but you'll also have a prestigious CMI Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership.
  • Gain practical experience that will set you apart in the competitive job market with an experiential project.

Join our internationally accredited business school

Nottingham Business School is accredited to AACSB and EQUIS, the highest international standards for business school education. We are one of 47 global PRME Champions - a United Nations-supported initiative leading the way with sustainable and responsible management education.

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What you’ll study

Don’t just take our word for it, hear from our students themselves

Student Profiles

Paulina Wolny

Management

I didn’t expect to have so many meetings with real-life business people. It was a very good experience to have an opportunity to discuss problems and challenges in organisations and how they are usually solved.

Staff Profiles

Adrian Castell - Principal Lecturer

Nottingham Business School

Adrian Castell is Assistant Head of the Department of Management and a Principal Lecturer in Nottingham Business School. Adrian has extensive experience of leading under and post-graduate awards and is…

Ani Raiden - Associate Professor

Nottingham Business School

Ani Raiden

Roy Stratton - Associate Professor

Nottingham Business School

Dr Stratton is a Reader in Operations and Supply Chain Management involved in case and action research allied to teaching at final year undergraduate and masters level.

Careers and employability

At Nottingham Business School, we’re focused on your employability from the start of your postgraduate degree. We provide you with a learning experience that integrates theory and practice.

Graduates from this course have gone onto roles within the public, private and third sector, undertaking positions such as:

  • business improvement manager
  • project manager
  • buyer
  • consultant
  • operational manager

Employability Team

We have a dedicated Employability Team who not only help you during your time with us but also following graduation, they’ll continue to support you by providing a number of services that will help kick-start your career.

Our Employability Team offer a wide range of support from one-to-one appointments with our specially trained consultants, to arranging recruitment fairs and skill building workshops.

Services they provide include:

  • Finding placements, internships and part-time work
  • Helping you to pursue self-employment
  • Advice on taking gap years and time out
  • Information and help on getting into volunteering
  • Providing advice on further study.

As a student you will have access to our virtual learning environment, where you will be able to get in touch with our Employability team for CV support, application, interview and job hunting advice, career ideas and employer videos.

You can visit the Employability Team on your local campus every day during term time. They are also open outside of term time too, except on University closure days. So drop in, say hello, and get help with quick enquiries or book an appointment with a careers consultant from your school.

Re:search Re:imagined

To us, research is about more than writing papers and proposing new ideas. By daring to think differently, we’re disrupting the research landscape and finding the answers to the questions that really matter. From ethics, innovation and entrepreneurship to behavioural science, we’re inspiring the brightest minds to rise up and find solutions to some of the most significant global challenges facing society.

Find out more: ntu.ac.uk/research

Campus and facilities

How to apply

This course is popular. We recommend applying as soon as you are able as we may close the course if it is full.

Ready to join us? Apply through our NTU Applicant Portal.

  1. Register as a new applicant and create an account in the Applicant Portal - don't worry you won't need to complete your application at once, you can come back to it so keep your details safe.
  2. Fill out and submit your application - make sure to check all the information such as entry requirements before submitting.
  3. Track the progress of your application – you can do this by logging into the Application Portal.
  4. Check your offer – As long as you’ve provided all the information we need, we’ll try and make a decision on your application within five to ten working days. However, this can take longer and you should allow at least three weeks for a decision.
  5. Accept your offer within four weeks - Remember that competition for places is high, and if you don’t accept your offer within four weeks it may lapse. After eight weeks it will be automatically withdrawn.
  6. Meet the conditions of your offer (if you have any) - Upload all the documents required to meet the conditions of your offer using the My Documents section of the Applicant Portal.

Don’t worry if you’re waiting for results – we recommend applying now, and then adding them to your Application Portal once they arrive.

If you need some help in writing your application you can view our handy tips.

Good luck with your application!

Applications for international students are closed for September 2023 entry.

Apply online through our NTU applicant portal.

Application advice

Apply early so that you have enough time to prepare – processing times for Student visas can vary, for example.  After you've applied, we'll be sending you important emails throughout the application process – so check your emails regularly, including your junk mail folder.

Writing your personal statement

Be honest, thorough, and persuasive – we can only make a decision about your application based on what you tell us:

Would you like some advice on your study plans?

Our international teams are highly experienced in answering queries from students all over the world. We also have members of staff based in Vietnam, China, India and Nigeria and work with a worldwide network of education counsellors.

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