Why Study Management at Leicester

• The research talents within the School of Management are far-reaching and this research feeds directly into our teaching, allowing you to learn from those currently involved in cutting-edge research in your area of interest.
• Our MBA and MSc courses have been developed with the professional in mind and offer you many opportunities for career enhancement.
• The Leicester MBA is AMBA accredited. AMBA accreditation is internationally recognised as the global standard for all MBA programmes, meaning you can be confident of our quality.
• Most of our business courses have professional recognition from the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), allowing you to study a high quality qualification which has real credibility with employers.
• Our wide range of option modules provide you with the flexibility to tailor your study around your interests and also with the skills and knowledge to move into a variety of careers or into further postgraduate research.
• Our programmes are designed to benefit you as an individual and enable you to contribute to the success of your organisation.
• We are one of the UK’s largest providers of distance learning management education. Our distance learning MBA and MSc Finance, Management and Marketing students follow exactly the same curriculum and receive exactly the same qualification as their campus-based counterparts.

Postgraduate Study in the School of Management

We offer the following courses by supported, flexible distance learning:

• Masters in Business Administration (MBA)
• MSc in Finance
• MSc in Management
• MSc in Marketing

The following courses are offered via the Centre for Labour Market Studies at the School of Management.

• BSc in Human Resource Management
• MSc in Human Resource Management and Training
• MSc in Performance Management and Workplace Learning
• MSc in Industrial Relations and Workplace Learning
• Masters by Research (MRes)
• Doctorate in Social Science
• PhD

Duration

24 months – 60 months.

Start Dates

February, May, August, November each year.

Course Structure

Each course consists of four stages.

Stage One comprises five core modules. During Stages Two and Three you study two core and two option modules. Each module session is of three months’ duration and modules are studied one after the other, in order. You will then undertake your dissertation which forms Stage Four of the programme. During this final stage you will review a range of alternative research methods and undertake a research project which provides you with an opportunity to examine in depth a topic of relevance to your own interests. This provides you with the opportunity to integrate concepts, techniques and competencies acquired during the course of the programme.

Our distance learning programmes can be studied on a flexible basis at a pace to suit you. The programme can be completed in a minimum period of 24 months up to a maximum of 60 months. You will study the core subject areas and then choose two elective modules from a wide range of subjects covering all the main areas of interest in management. You will finish the final part of your programme by completing the Dissertation (15,000 words).

Students are required to demonstrate satisfactory progress on their programme of study. A series of milestones are built into all of the programmes and students need to work to these milestones in order to be considered to have met the minimum level of satisfactory progress.  

Assessment

The programme is assessed by a mixture of continuous assessment and examination. Candidates will complete a piece of assessed work for each of the modules.

For Information about PhD by distance learning please visit Research Degrees page.

These courses are also available for one year full-time campus-based study. For more information about studying these courses full-time please  email ulsmPGadmiss@le.ac.uk or call +44 (0) 116 223 1818 / 1883