You want your thoughts, ideas, and messages on Marketing heard in your company? The Manchester Business School MSc in Marketing is a specialist degree which provides you with the capacities and experts knowledge for a successful marketing career and many options for specialising in your favorite area.
The program is designed to help you build a critical evaluation of key marketing topics. At the same time you will have options to deepen your skills in your main area of interest and also allows you pursueing an academic career through a subsequent dissertation..
Key of the program is how to develop a marketing management strategy and the processes to successfully launch new products in your target markets. Besides getting familiar with the fundamentals of marketing, you can also take specialist study track to expose yourself as a marketing expert to future employers.
Interested in an academic career after the Masters?
The Manchester Business School Master in Marketing also gives you the fundamentals in research methods such as techniques of data collection and analysis thus also qualifying you for a subsequent career as an academic.
Recent recruiters include:
Accenture, BSkyB, LG, L’Oréal, Marks & Spencer, Orange, Royal Dutch Shell plc, Silver Spoon Sugar, Unilever, Volkswagen Group UK
Course structure
(all taught course units are 15 credits)
Semester 1
- Marketing Fundamentals
- Marketing Implementation
- Marketing Strategy and New Product Development
- Marketing and Communications
Professional Analytics*
Semester 2
At the beginning of the second semester you indicate whether you want to opt for the MSc Marketing or the MSc Marketing (Specialism).
Route 1: MSc Marketing
- Marketing and Communications
Professional Analytics*
Choose three courses from:
- Advertising
- Business-to-Business Marketing
- Consumer Behaviour
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Crisis Management
- Digital Technologies for Marketing
- International Marketing
- Marketing Communications and Branding
- Relationship Marketing
- Retail Marketing
- Services Marketing
Route 2: MSc Marketing (Specialism)
Selecting this route involves studying:
- Marketing and Communications
Professional Analytics*
- Two elective course units from Route 1 list
- Specialism core module
- Specialism-focused dissertation
It is your responsibility to ensure that your choice of options conforms to the requirements of the specialism that you wish to register for.
MSc Marketing (Business-to-Business)
Core module: Business-to-Business Marketing
MSc Marketing (Consumer Behaviour)
Core module: Consumer Behaviour
MSc Marketing (International)
Core module: International Marketing
MSc Marketing (Retailing)
Core module: Retail Marketing
MSc Marketing (Services)
Core module: Services Marketing
* Marketing and Communications
Professional Analytics is a dual-semester module worth 30 credits
Note:
• By agreement one course unit may be taken from other Masters courses
• The availability of elective modules is subject to student demand
• Other electives may become available – check the MBS website
Summer research period
Research dissertation (60 credits)
You must complete a satisfactory dissertation.
Dissertation topics reflect the expertise of lecturers and you may be asked to choose from a list of options. Subsequently you will be allocated to one of these options.
Supervision often starts with small groups of students studying similar topics meeting with their supervisor, who then guides them on the focus for their individual dissertations. The dissertation normally consists of a literature review which drives a piece of empirical work, involving qualitative or quantitative research. Examples of topics include:
• Perceptions of service quality
• The use of the internet by charities
• Relationship marketing in professional services
• Category management
• Ethnic minorities and acculturation and new product development.
These are just a small sample of the topics undertaken by recent students.
MSc Marketing
