Management Sciences has a long and very successful history of producing innovative decision-makers who are highly sought-after in the business world. Successful modern organisations depend upon people who are able to handle, analyse and make effective and timely decisions based on the huge volume of information available. The course also recognises that in order to maximise the effectiveness of such skills, graduates require a broad understanding of the process and styles of management and the context in which business decisions are made. Flexibility is a key element of the course - in the first two years we will provide you with a broad introduction to business and management. The final year will build on your placement experiences and the majority of your final year modules will be chosen by you. In the first two years, as well as helping you to develop your numeracy and computing skills, you will be introduced to the organisational, marketing, financial and economic environments within which managers and organisations must operate. By studying all the main management functions of accounting, finance, human resource management, information management, marketing and operations management you will be able to make an informed choice from the entire spectrum of business placements for your third year. In the final year you will be able to apply the practical experiences from your professional placement to your studies. You will pursue a small number of core management subjects in further depth, but the majority of the final year is chosen by you from a wide range of options, allowing you to tailor the course to match your own particular interests/career aspirations. Alongside these subject specific skills, we will help you to develop practical skills essential for working in today’s businesses, by focusing on your communication and interpersonal skills and your ability to work in groups.

The Management Sciences course will prepare you for employment in a very wide range of careers including consultancy, investment banking, as a functional specialist, or general management in the private or public sector. Each year our graduates go into a very wide range of jobs and are quickly given high levels of responsibility. Many large organisations specifically target our graduates and surveys show that starting salaries of our graduates are well above average.