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Find out moreMSc Education Leadership and Management (Part Time)
Key details
- Attendance
- Part Time
- Award
- Degree of Master of Science
- Course Length
- 2 years
- Course Start Date
- September 2025
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Course Overview
The fast-moving policy changes and reforms in 21st-century education have created a high demand for professionals with advanced leadership and management skills. Our interdisciplinary MSc Education Leadership and Management Part Time course has been designed to enable you to embrace the problematic aspects of leadership and management with confidence, understanding and insight.
This course is for aspiring and established leaders. Whether you’re a leader-educator, or you aspire to a leadership role, or you’re a graduate interested in UK and global education policy, our MSc course is designed to enhance your professional development and career prospects across both the public and private sectors.
You’ll examine key developments in education policy and link these to your experience of leadership or your experience of working under the leadership of others.
Our programme is informed by a range of academic disciplines relating to education leadership, management and administration, public policy analysis and complex thinking. Our high-quality curriculum will support you in developing an expansive view of leadership and management in the context of national and international political and economic structures.
We’ll offer you practical skills for real-world challenges. Through our programme, you'll develop qualities, competencies and skills essential for success as a leader or manager in education, such as advanced people skills and critical insight, as well as cutting-edge knowledge of educational research. You’ll also learn practical strategies and techniques for solving complex organisational and educational problems.
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Careers
Career Pathways
Example of careers that you could enter include:
- Compulsory and post-compulsory public education sectors and local government
- Middle leadership and senior management roles in schools and colleges
- NGOs, not-for-profit and private educational development organisations
- Education policymaking in the public and private sectors, think tanks, research organisations and charities
Discover more on our Careers webpages.
After the Course
Upon successful completion of the course, you'll be able to demonstrate the advanced skills essential for strategy and policy development and implementation.
Depending on your previous professional experience and career aspirations, you'll also gain knowledge, understanding and advanced problem-solving skills to succeed in a range of education-related roles. Our course is designed to open career paths in schools, the post-compulsory sector and not-for-profit organisations, as well as leadership and management research and consultancy.
Our high-quality, interdisciplinary curriculum will also offer you a solid foundation for progressing to doctoral research.
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 September each year.
- Typical UK Entry Requirements
Degree classification
Bachelors degree - 2.2
Degree Subject
Any subject area with relevant experience or an education related degree with no relevant experience.
- Additional Entry Requirements
Applicants with a 2:2 (or equivalent) may be considered based on relevant professional experience, and/or voluntary work. Relevant experience of working in an educational setting or education-related activity is desirable.
- 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 September each year.
- Typical International Entry Requirements
Degree classification
UK Bachelors degree - 2.2 or equivalent
Degree Subject
Any subject area with relevant experience or an education related degree with no relevant experience.
- Additional Entry Requirements
Applicants with a 2:2 (or equivalent) may be considered based on relevant professional experience, and/or voluntary work. Relevant experience of working in an educational setting or education-related activity is desirable.
- 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: 6.5 overall (minimum 6.0 in all components).
We also accept a number of other English language tests. Review our English Language Equivalencies(opens in a new window) 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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- Admissions Policy
Our Admissions Policy applies to the admissions of all postgraduate applicants.
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Fees and Funding
Tuition fees for the Academic Year 2025/26 are:
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UK Students: £10,675
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International Students: £22,700
If you choose to study part-time, the fee per annum will be half the annual fee for that year, or a pro-rata fee for the module credit you are taking (only available for Home students).
We estimate living expenses at £1,136 per month.
Further Information on tuition fees can be found here(opens in a new window).
Course Related Costs
Please see Additional Course Fees for details of additional 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(opens in a new window).
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(opens in a new window)
International candidates are also encouraged to access the International Students(opens in a new window) section of our website.