University of Sussex Business School
MSc Management
Brighton, United Kingdom
DURATION
1 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
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TUITION FEES
GBP 22,500 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* international: 1 August 2023 | UK: 1 September 2023
** full-time international students | £13,135/year for full-time home/Channel Islands and Isle of Man students
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Introduction
Key information
- Duration: 1-year full time
- Start date: September 2023
- Apply by: 1 August 2023 (international), 1 September 2023 (UK)
Learn about key perspectives for success in managing organisations.
Management is the lifeblood of any organisation. Understanding the processes through which organisations develop, transform and achieve results is the core of management studies. Our MSc challenges your way of thinking – and teaches you to handle strategic situations holistically.
You’ll be based at the University of Sussex Business School. The School collaborates across disciplines to shape global issues in business, management and society, making an impact on policy, practice and people. Our strength is in managing innovation at the interface of business and society while focusing on sustainable strategies and policies.
We’ll help you to become a business leader who can deliver innovative solutions to business problems. You’ll develop essential personal and professional skills, including:
- Leadership
- Resilience
- Critical thinking.rt teaching and learning facilities. We produce leading research that impacts policy and practice.
Accreditation
The University of Sussex Business School is accredited by EQUIS, the most comprehensive institutional accreditation system for business and management schools. Accreditation ensures rigorous quality control, benchmarking against international standards and is acknowledged worldwide.
Career Opportunities
Career planning is an integral part of this MSc. We offer guidance in thinking about your career objectives and help you present yourself to potential employers with confidence. You also attend a series of guest lectures and events with access to potential employers
This course opens up a wide range of career opportunities in strategic or operational management across private, public and not-for-profit sectors. This could include roles such as:
- Management consultancy
- Business analysis
- Innovation management
- Operations management
- Managing human resources.
Problem-solving is at the core of your learning experience on this course. One of the dissertation options offers small groups of students the opportunity to prepare a consultancy project for a business.
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Curriculum
We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2023/24. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to COVID-19, or due to staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum. It may not be possible to take some module combinations due to timetabling constraints. We’ll make sure to let our applicants know of material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.
Core modules
Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most.
Autumn teaching
- Accounting for Decision Makers
- Global Business Environment
- Organisational Behaviour, Leadership and Change
- Personal and Professional Development and Employability
Spring teaching
- Academic Writing, Research Design and Methods
- Business Analysis and Consulting
- Strategic Management (Business & Management)
Summer teaching
- Research Project (Management)
Options
Alongside your core modules, you can choose options to broaden your horizons and tailor your course to your interests. This list gives you a flavour of our options, which are kept under review and may change, for example in response to student feedback or the latest research.
While it’s our aim for students to take their preferred combinations of options, this can’t be guaranteed and will be subject to timetabling. Options may be grouped and if so, students will be able to choose a set number of options from the selection available in any particular group.
Autumn teaching
- Business Communication Skills
- Managing Organisations and Innovation
Spring teaching
- Ethics and Organisations: Responsibility and Justice
- Intercultural Communication in the Workplace
- Managing Human Resources
- Managing Operations and Quality (Spring)
- Marketing Management and Practice
Summer teaching
- Consultancy Project
We’ll make all reasonable efforts to provide you with the courses, services and facilities described in this prospectus. However, we may need to make changes due to significant disruption, for example in response to COVID-19.
Admissions
Rankings
- 1st in the UK for annual research income in 2020/21 (Chartered Association of Business Schools)
- 13th in the UK for Business and Economics (The Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2022)
- Top 100 in the world (QS World University Rankings: Masters in Management Rankings 2023)
Program Tuition Fee
Scholarships and Funding
We are pleased to announce that all international applicants, who study a full-time master's course at the University of Sussex Business School, will receive a £2,000 Award towards their overseas tuition fee.
We want to do our best to make sure that all international students have the opportunity to study at our EQUIS and AMBA-accredited schools.