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Management at University of Bath - UCAS

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2023 - 2024
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Course summary

Get a solid grounding in all the key management disciplines. Follow a general management route or specialise in operations, marketing or finance. This course is for graduates who want to complement their non-management background with management knowledge, tools and skills. Choose to take a general route for an MSc in Management or specialise in one of these areas for an:

  • MSc in Management with Marketing
  • MSc in Management with Operations
  • MSc in Management with Finance
You’ll have the flexibility to choose between two options for the summer term:
  • explore a management issue through an individual research project
  • work with one of our partner organisations to solve a real business challenge.
Key benefits Benefit from a strong support system. Personal tutoring will allow you to develop extracurricular academic and professional skills. Share your knowledge and experiences with students from diverse backgrounds. Our 2019-20 class included 20 nationalities with first degrees in engineering, law, languages and the arts. Highly-ranked We're ranked Top 100 in the world and top 10 in the UK for Management in the QS Business Masters rankings 2022. We give you the edge We combine the latest research with many opportunities to apply it. This will help you stand out from the crowd. You'll develop key professional skills and work with our partner organisations on optional projects from day one. Find out more about optional activities. Our graduates have a great employment record. Most go on to careers in a range of areas, start their own business or begin a PhD. Find out more about how we prepare you for career success. Graduate career data 90% of our 2021 graduates were working or had accepted a job offer within three months of completing their degree. View more graduate career data. Building for the future Our new School of Management building opened in June 2022. The latest technology gives you a flexible and modern learning environment. The design focuses on working together, with an open layout to enable effective teamwork. The latest technology will give you a flexible and modern learning environment. The design focuses on working together, with an open layout to enable effective teamwork.   Our new building encourages engagement with other students and academics. A dedicated Employment Hub provides a space for you to meet and network with our industry partners. Learning and teaching You’ll learn from staff with backgrounds and expertise in relevant areas of management. This course has been designed to ensure the available units complement each other to meet its overall aims.

Modules

This course lasts 1 year. It starts in October 2023 and ends in 2024. Welcome week starts on 25 September 2023. Occasionally we make changes to our programmes in response to, for example, feedback from students, developments in research and the field of studies, and the requirements of accrediting bodies. You will be advised of any significant changes to the advertised programme, in accordance with our Terms and Conditions. Year 1 Semester 1 Compulsory units Accounting and finance for managers Business economics Human resource management Marketing Principles of operations management Strategy Semester 2 You’ll choose between 5 and 20 credits of optional units. This depends on whether you decide to take the general management route, or one of the specialist routes. Compulsory units Analysing grand challenges in business and society Contemporary issues in finance practice Digital marketing society Financial management in global markets Financial statement analysis and equity valuation Marketing communications; strategy and practice Operations strategy Project management Supply chain management Optional units Business analytics Employment law Entrepreneurial finance Equality, diversity and inclusion at work Governance for sustainability Independent study Management consulting Negotiation New product development Supply chain management Theories of corporate responsibility Summer You’ll have the flexibility to choose one of two options. Optional units Dissertation Practice track

Assessment method

Coursework Written examination

Entry requirements

British qualifications Type of degree 2:1 or above (or its international equivalent) in your undergraduate degree. Your degree can be in any discipline except business or management subjects. If you are a UK student and completed your undergraduate degree abroad, your qualification must be equivalent to a 2:1 or above. If you have a business or management degree, consider our MSc in International Management or one of our other specialised MSc courses. English language requirements IELTS You will need an International English Language Test System (IELTS) score of at least 7.0 overall. Your scores for reading, writing, listening and speaking must be at least 6.5. These results must be no more than two years old from the start date of your MSc course. Read more on the IELTS website. IELTS alternatives We also accept other language tests, including PTE Academic, TOEFL. iBT, CPE and CAE. Read more about alternative language tests. If you have already taken a test but have not met the required standard, you can apply to take a pre-sessional course at the University. Find out more about pre-sessional courses. If you are already studying in the UK If you completed all of your undergraduate studies in: the UK a country where English is the official first language You may be exempt from our English language requirements. Combined offers If you have an overall IELTS score of 6.5 or 6.0 you may qualify for a combined offer. Five-week course An overall IELTS score of 6.5 may allow you to take a five-week English course before your MSc. Each of your listening, reading, writing and speaking scores must be at least 6.0. Ten-week course An overall IELTS score of 6.0 may allow you to take a ten-week course before your MSc. Each of your listening, reading, writing and speaking scores must be at least 5.5.

English language requirements

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http://management-masters.bath.ac.uk/course/management/entry-requirements/

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

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Additional fee information

Tuition fees can be found on our web pages and are liable to increase annually. UK and Islands fees are regulated by the UK government and are subject to parliamentary approval. For all other fees, you should budget for an increase of up to 5% for every further year of study. For information on tuition fees visit our web pages: http://www.bath.ac.uk/topics/tuition-fees/
Management at University of Bath - UCAS