Aston University, MSc, Business and Management

MSc Business & Management will enable you to develop a wide range of business skills demanded by graduate employers worldwide. These include interpreting financial statements, developing marketing and pricing strategies, and understanding strategy and innovation processes. Students come from a variety of educational backgrounds including both business and non-business subject areas. This course will provide you with a comprehensive focus on key areas of business education. The wide range of elective modules available will enable you to develop skills across a wide range of business functions including marketing, HR, finance and operations. 

This course is suitable for graduates of all disciplines including both business and non-business subject areas. By the end of the course you'll be equipped with the knowledge to interpret financial statements, develop marketing and pricing strategies and understand the strategy and innovation process. Graduates of this course have the knowledge and skills to be recruited by companies such as Tesco, Unilever and Deloitte in positions across the world.

This course offers a double degree option - achieve two degrees for the price of one as well as study abroad at one of our partner institutions. 

Professional Development Programme

The Professional Development Programme (PDP) is an integrated module which runs throughout your course. Focusing on professional development and employability, this module gives you the opportunity to identify, develop and apply the key skills you will gain throughout the year.
You'll choose between a 12 month or 18 month masters and have the opportunity to:

• Develop your academic skills
• Build a portfolio of professional business skills
• Study abroad with one of our international partners, undertake an internship placement in the UK or overseas or get involved in a global business challenge simulation.

Career opportunities

This course will prepare you for a wide range of professional and management careers across sectors including accountancy, marketing, operations, HR and strategic management. Recent graduate positions include:

• Brand Activation Executive – Unilever (United Arab Emirates) 
• Communications and Training Executive – Tesco (UK) 
• Management Consultant – Deloitte (India) 
• Senior Business Analyst – Lloyds TSB (UK) 
• Strategic Project Leader – Rolls-Royce (UK)