MSc Business and Management
Key Details
- Attendance
- Full Time
- Award
- Degree of Master of Science
- Course Length
- 1 year
- Course Start Date
- January 2026
Course Overview
Whether you’re a recent graduate looking to stand out to employers, or a professional who’s ready to take their career to the next level, our dynamic MSc in Business and Management is your pathway to success.
This 12-month full-time course runs from from January to December and covers an essential blend of key business disciplines.
Designed by industry experts and leading academics at Norwich Business School, you’ll be equipped with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to excel in today’s competitive job market, achieving a prestigious Masters’ degree from a top 30 UK University (Guardian League Table, 2023/The Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023).This dynamic course is designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding of key business principles, regardless of your background or experience. It’s tailored for those aspiring to senior management roles, business ownership, consultancy, or career change. You’ll study core areas of business - people, markets, and money - developing a strong understanding of essential business and management concepts.
As the course progresses, your studies will broaden to include important additional dimensions of business, such as the influence of digital technologies, the opportunities presented by global markets and the skills and processes of entrepreneurship, that help us to create and grow new ventures and enhance innovation. The final semester focuses on leadership development, helping you discover your personal leadership style while honing your professional and commercial skills. An emphasis on brands and strategy will also embed the importance of creativity in building successful businesses and high performing teams.
Study and Modules
Structure
The MSc Business and Management is a 12-month generalist course, specifically appealing to a broad range of students who wish to gain a business master's from a top UK university.
Created to support your ambitions in understanding ‘business and management’ principles and practice. This course will increase your knowledge, no matter what your background or experience, and aid you in developing a successful career in the business area of your choice.
It's designed to give you a breadth of knowledge and understanding, which is particularly aimed at those striving to be senior managers, business owners, and consultants, or those longing to change career direction.
Delivered over three semesters, this one-year full-time course begins with pivotal introductions to the major areas of business, i.e. people, markets, and money.
In Semesters two and three, the course expands to include important additional dimensions of business, such as the influence of digital technologies, the opportunities presented by global markets and the skills and processes of entrepreneurship, that help us create and grow new ventures and enhance innovation.
The final third semester focuses on developing your professional and commercial skills, as well as an inspiring emphasis on developing future leaders, so all applicants have the chance to discover exactly what sort of leadership style they align with. An emphasis on brands and strategy will also embed the importance of creativity in building successful businesses and high-performing teams.
Compulsory Modules
Whilst the University will make every effort to offer the modules listed, changes may sometimes be made arising from the annual monitoring, review and update of modules. Where this activity leads to significant (but not minor) changes to programmes and their constituent modules, the University will endeavour to consult with students and others. It is also possible that the University may not be able to offer a module for reasons outside of its control, such as the illness of a member of staff. In some cases optional modules can have limited places available and so you may be asked to make additional module choices in the event you do not gain a place on your first choice. Where this is the case, the University will inform students.
Employability
After the Course
You'll graduate with a broad set of business skills and specialisms. You’ll be able to transfer thinking from one discipline to another to drive new innovations. You’ll also be better able to understand and collaborate with different disciplines.
You could go on to any number of business roles, or choose to combine them all by working in a (senior) management position or by starting your own business. This also might be the right time to change career direction, or think about exploring a new sector.
A significant number of NBS graduates go on to win coveted places on the management training schemes of large multinational corporations.
Graduates on our Business and Management degree have secured placements and graduate role with:
- EY
- Walt Disney
- Caterpillar Inc
- Adobe
- Church and Dwight
- Aviva
- Intel
- Deloitte
- NHS
- IBM
- Aldi
- Jaguar Land Rover
- Amazon Music
- Marsh
Careers
Our Career service is here to help you understand how your talents and abilities can fit the wider world and provides guidance, mentoring and skills workshops that allows you to explore possible career pathways and the realities of job progression whilst developing the attributes and resilience to achieve your ambitions. Job Prospects and StudentCrowd (2022) have ranked us Number 1 for job opportunities.
Your Professional Development with Norwich Business School:
Each year Norwich Business School run our Employability week where we invite our students to individually meet over 60 different employers such as Microsoft, JP Morgan, Barclays, KPMG, Amazon, Intel and EY. Each March, we also hold Professional Skills Week where our employer partners such, as Deloitte and professional bodies, such as the Chartered Management Institute, deliver skills-based training courses to prepare our students for placements and graduate roles.
Graduates from this course have moved onto various roles, including:
- Account Management
- Marketing Manager
- HR Adviser
- Change Manager
- Trainee Consultant
- Corporate Audit Adviser
- Digital Marketing Executive
- Supply Chain Consultant
- Project Manager
Discover more on our Careers webpages or you can read more about NBSs’ brilliant graduates on our blog - The Do Better Business Blog – The Official Blog of Norwich Business School at University of East Anglia
Entry Requirements
- This course is open to
UK and International fee-paying students. Choose UK or International above to see relevant information. The entry point is in January each year.
- Typical UK Entry Requirements
Degree classification
Bachelors degree - 2.2
Degree Subject
Any subject area. Please note that if you have studied business before at undergraduate or postgraduate level, there may be some overlap. Therefore we recommend you check the modules carefully to make sure that this course is right for you.
- Additional Entry Requirements
This MSc course is open to all students who meet the entry requirements but it is primarily aimed at students who have not previously studied a business-related degree, have limited business knowledge from their undergraduate degree, or have a general business degree and would like to now specialise. If you have a business degree, please check the course modules and content carefully to ensure the programme meets your needs and future career aspirations and requirements. Alternatively, please consider one of our Professional courses which may be more suitable.
- Admissions Policy
Our Admissions Policy applies to the admissions of all postgraduate applicants.
- This course is open to
UK and International fee-paying students. Choose UK or International above to see relevant information. The entry point is in January each year.
- Typical International Entry Requirements
Degree classification
UK Bachelors degree - 2.2 or equivalent
Degree Subject
Any subject area. Please note that if you have studied business before at undergraduate or postgraduate level, there may be some overlap. Therefore we recommend you check the modules carefully to make sure that this course is right for you.
- Additional Entry Requirements
This MSc course is open to all students who meet the entry requirements but it is primarily aimed at students who have not previously studied a business-related degree, have limited business knowledge from their undergraduate degree, or have a general business degree and would like to now specialise. If you have a business degree, please check the course modules and content carefully to ensure the programme meets your needs and future career aspirations and requirements. Alternatively, please consider one of our Professional courses which may be more suitable.
- English Foreign Language
Applications from students whose first language is not English are welcome. We require evidence of proficiency in English (including writing, speaking, listening and reading):
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IELTS: 6.0 overall (minimum 6.0 in Writing and Speaking, and 5.5 in Reading and Listening)
We also accept a number of other English language tests. Review our English Language Equivalencies for a list of example qualifications that we may accept to meet this requirement.
Test dates should be within two years of the course start date.
If you do not meet the English language requirements for this course, INTO UEA offer a variety of English language programmes which are designed to help you develop the required English skills.
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- INTO UEA
If you do not meet the academic requirements for this course, you may be able to study the International Pre-Masters programme offered by our partner INTO UEA. This programme guarantees progression to selected Master's degrees if students achieve the appropriate grade. For more details, please click here:
International Pre-Masters in Business, Economics and Social Sciences
- Admissions Policy
Our Admissions Policy applies to the admissions of all postgraduate applicants.
Fees and Funding
Tuition fees for the Academic Year 2025/26 are:
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UK Students: £13,800
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International Students: £24,300
We estimate living expenses at £1,136 per month.
Further Information on tuition fees can be found here.
Scholarships and Bursaries
The University of East Anglia offers a range of Scholarships; please click the link for eligibility, details of how to apply and closing dates.
Course Related Costs
Please see Additional Course Fees for details of course-related costs.
How to Apply
How to apply
Applications for Postgraduate Taught programmes at the University of East Anglia should be made directly to the University.
To apply please use our online application form.
Further information
If you would like to discuss your individual circumstances prior to applying, please do contact us:
Postgraduate Admissions Office
Tel: +44 (0)1603 591515
Email: admissions@uea.ac.uk
International candidates are also encouraged to access the International Students section of our website.