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Business with Consulting MSc

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Find out more about our Business with Consulting taught Master's degree at Warwick

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Business with Consulting students at the University of Warwick

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P-N1F2

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MSc

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1 year full-time

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23 September 2025

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Warwick Business School

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University of Warwick

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Alongside the key fundamentals of business, you will learn how to diagnose organisational problems and propose solutions in order to create value for clients as a Change Maker.

Your consulting knowledge will be underpinned by relevant academic theory and application to business cases. The course design will give you the opportunity to develop the strong interpersonal skills required to develop rewarding relationships with both colleagues and clients for success in the consultancy and advisory environment.

Key benefits

  • Understand the fundamentals of business and organisations
  • Interrogate and evaluate the theories and research that underpin the course
  • Further your analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Experience the work and career of a consultant
  • Develop critical soft skills, including team work and professional communication.

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To complete your degree, you will have the option to choose between the Dissertation or Business in Practice route:

Dissertation route 

If you are considering further academic study (PhD) and you would like the opportunity to research a topic relating to consulting, the 6,000 word dissertation will enable you to test and apply the techniques and theories you have gained. You will be supervised and supported throughout and will usually submit your dissertation in early September.

Business in Practice route 

If you would like to develop further applied skills and specialist knowledge to suit your career aspirations, you can complete your studies with our applied Business in Practice module. You will develop deep functional and industry expertise with practical insights from our faculty and industry experts.

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The class size for this course is around 200 students.

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Students on this MSc will typically receive between 27 and 30 contact hours per module, via a mixture of virtual and in-person support.

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Assessment on the course will be comprised of a mix of exams, individual and group work, and tests.

Your timetable

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

Reading lists

If you would like to view reading lists for current or previous cohorts of students, most departments have reading lists available through Warwick Library on the Talis Aspire platform.

You can search for reading lists by module title, code or convenor. Please see the modules tab of this page or the module catalogue.

Please note that some reading lists may have restricted access or be unavailable at certain times of year due to not yet being published. If you cannot access the reading list for a particular module, please check again later or contact the module’s host department.

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  • 2.1 achieved at Undergraduate level
  • We do not require a GMAT or GRE score, this will not be considered as part of your application or affect your outcome.

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  • 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.

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There are no additional entry requirements for this course.

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You will choose one of the following modules: