Management with Extended Professional Practice MSc
Coventry, United Kingdom
DURATION
12 up to 18 Months
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
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STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
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Introduction
Gain a broad, analytical and integrated understanding of business and international management, giving you the chance to learn the solid academic and practical foundations needed to thrive in your management career.
Course Overview
This course has been designed to meet the needs of business and industry, offering unique insights into contemporary issues in the global economy through varied modules that cover the most relevant and current issues relating to management.
- Develop a holistic understanding of contemporary management issues in an ever-changing business environment and apply the knowledge to real-life management situations.
- Gain analytical and practical tools to analyse complex strategic and operational management issues within a global context.
- Experience action-based practical activities including providing consultancy services to clients, SMEs and social ventures in live projects across different modules.
- Work with partner universities to develop analytical skills.
- Study the 18-month Extended Professional Practice route, to gain more practical insights and in-depth experience.
Why you should study this course
- CMI accreditation
Gain a professionally recognised Chartered Management Institute (CMI) Level 7 Certificate in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice, subject to the successful completion of the CMI-mapped module. - London location
Where better to study management than in the City of London, one of the most important, fast-paced and exciting business centres in the world. - Industry insight
Career-relevant teaching and learning maximises your exposure to the business world through live projects, guest lecturers and employer workshops (subject to availability). By gaining access to a number of well-established collaborations with a range of industries, consultancies and companies you may have the opportunity to apply for work experience. - Real-world experience
For more in-depth experience, you can also choose to study this course over 18 months which includes a period of Extended Professional Practice. You will explore what you’ve learnt in more detail through professional experiences with a host organisation or in a campus-based professional experience. - Contemporary course content
We utilise innovative blended teaching methods and advanced learning technologies to support your learning. The course curriculum reflects the latest developments in management theory and practice and is designed to prepare you for a wide range of careers in management.
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Curriculum
The course is designed to equip you with the necessary tools, techniques, and concepts to understand how business is conducted and the various challenges facing managers from an operational and strategic perspective. This course focuses on leadership skills and personal development and helps you develop great interpersonal skills, be a quick problem solver and learn how to apply managerial theory to the real world of business.
Courses
- Strategy and International Business
- Strategic Marketing Practice
- Financial Decision Making
- Leading and Managing People
- Contemporary Issues in Human Resource Management
- Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship
- Sustainability and Social Responsibility
- Research Methods
- CMI Professional Development: Leading Strategic Change through Creativity and Innovation
Final semester options (without Extended Professional Practice)
Choose from one of the following:
- Internship Project - 50 credits
- Dissertation - 50 credits
Management MSc with Extended Professional Practice (LONT074)
Modules: All mandatory modules as listed for the MSc, plus:
MSc with Extended Professional Practice
This route integrates theory and practice by engaging in a substantive professional experience or a campus-based project related to your subject. The EPP extends the full-time MSc from 12 to 18 months. You will organise your own internship.
You will work within a host organisation2 in the form of an internship or in a campus-based professional experience, addressing an issue or project brief in an area relevant to the subject you have studied. You will look to build on your prior course knowledge and skills to enhance your professional experience and expertise, with the aim of improving your employability.
You will study two compulsory non-credit-bearing modules:
- Postgraduate Professional Practice 1 (0 credits)
- Postgraduate Professional Practice 2 (0 credits)
These provide on-campus activity time to enable you to get the most out of your Extended Professional Practice.
You must also complete:
- Postgraduate Professional Practice Project (50 credits )
This module applies your learning in a real business setting to enable you to reflect on and consolidate your knowledge, skills and experience into a final project report.
We regularly review our course content, to make it relevant and current for the benefit of our students. For these reasons, course modules may be updated.
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Career Opportunities
Graduates can have a wide range of choices in their career aspects, including consultancy as a functional specialist, general management in the private and public sectors or business start-up owner. Examples of career routes may also include:
- International Manager
- Entrepreneur
- Business
- Analyst
- Management Consultant
- Project Manager
Where our graduates work
The success of our course is reflected in the career destinations of our graduates. The MSc Management provide the perfect learning experience with access to world-class academics and programmes that are underpinned by real-world insights. Our recent graduates are working in 32 countries, including Bahrain, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Turkey, India and Brazil.
Our graduates have gone on to work at:
- Amazon
- Bank Of China
- Colgate-Palmolive
- Deloitte
- KPMG
- Procter & Gamble
- PwC
- Patch
- Louis Vuitton
- Octopus Energy