Learn more about our Management taught Master's degree.

P-N2N3

MSc

1 year full-time

26 September 2022

Warwick Business School

University of Warwick

Kick start your management career on Management MSc at Warwick. Warwick Business School, ranked 1st in the UK by The Economist (The Economist Which MBA? 2019 Masters in Management Ranking), has expertly designed this intensive and immersive MSc to transform you into a successful manager.

Our MSc Management course will help transform you from an ambitious graduate into a successful manager.

Inspired by our highly ranked MBA courses, the MSc Management is an intensive and immersive course, ideal if you have aspirations for senior leadership roles in management. You will learn to apply the skills you require in a range of environments including marketing, purchasing, strategic customer management, business consultancy and organisational development.

You will also refine and build upon your soft skills including communication, team working, and presentation skills through individual and group work, and develop your personal and professional skills in decision-making, problem-solving, analysis, and critical reflection.

Skills from this degree

• Accelerate your career path toward management and leadership roles, learning to lead and manage change in business
• Opportunity to immerse yourself in international business culture on our International Study Weeks
• Accredited by the Association of MBAS (AMBA) and inspired by our renowned MBA programmes
• Compulsory foreign language study gives you the chance to develop the basics in one of six languages

Over three terms you will complete six compulsory modules, alongside three optional modules designed to help you focus on your own areas of interest. Assessment of these modules will vary, and you could be assessed by group presentation, peer assessment, individual assignment, or examination. Your studies will be completed by your dissertation.

The typical class size for this course is around 203 students.

Students on this MSc will typically receive between 27 and 30 contact hours per module.

Assessment for modules varies to fit the subject being studied. You will have some individual assignments where we present the business challenge we want you to address, and others where we ask you to choose. In addition, group assignments will give you the chance to work together with your fellow students, and some will have an element of peer assessment to help you develop your skills in teams. Some modules conclude with an exam and the course will conclude with the completion of your individual dissertation.

You can also apply to join one of the international study weeks to gain an awareness of international business culture through first-hand experience. In recent years, we have offered study weeks at Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Madrid, Rome, and the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business. Places on these study weeks are optional and limited, and students will be able to partake in an application and selection process to take part once they have begun on the course.

Reading lists

Most departments have reading lists available through Warwick Library. If you would like to view reading lists for the current cohort of students you can visit our Warwick Library web page.

Your timetable

Your personalised timetable will be complete when you are registered for all modules, compulsory and optional, and you have been allocated to your lectures, seminars and other small group classes. Your compulsory modules will be registered for you and you will be able to choose your optional modules when you join us.

There may be events taking place in the evenings. Classes may run up to 7pm and other events, such as careers presentations may take place later or on weekends. Occasionally, classes and exams may be held on weekends. We will notify you in advance if this is the case.

This is a full-time course, so there are no holidays as such. However, the two weeks covering Christmas and New Year are guaranteed to be free from lectures. There may also be weeks free over the Easter period (check with your programme team). Resit exams may take place outside of standard teaching periods.

Additional course cost

You will be offered the option of an international study trip via a competitive application process that may incur some extra costs.

2:i undergraduate degree.

Our students come from diverse backgrounds including arts, social sciences, humanities, engineering and mathematics.

• Band B
• IELTS overall score of 7.0, minimum component scores of two at 6.0/6.5 and the rest at 7.0 or above.

There are no additional entry requirements for this course.

• Strategy Analysis and Practice
• Customer Value Management
• Research Methods
• Leading and Managing Change
• Business Immersion and Critical Thinking
• Foundations of Financial and Management Accounting
• Dissertation

You will be required to undertake an introductory course in a foreign language as part of your degree.

• Project Management
• Digital Marketing Technology and Management
• Entrepreneurship and Business Venturing
• Forecasting for Decision Makers
• Business Analytics for Managers

Read the module descriptions for this course on the Warwick Business School website.

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