MSc Sustainable Business
Manchester, United Kingdom
DURATION
1 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Aug 2025
TUITION FEES
GBP 28,000 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* UK students £17,000 | International, including EU, students £28,000
Introduction
Develop a sustainability mindset, learn how to challenge orthodox thinking and make the world more ecologically, socially and economically sustainable. This MSc provides students with the ability to apply a business perspective towards developing sustainable goals.
Understand the scale and nature of sustainability as a global issue and how this varies across the global north and south. You will recognise the key enabling and constraining, political and institutional contexts which affect sustainable business practice.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Manchester Alumni Scholarship Scheme
The Master's Scholarship is offered to students and alumni of The University of Manchester enrolling on one of the Business School's taught master's courses in September 2023.
Master's degree bursaries
The bursaries are aimed at helping students from underrepresented groups access postgraduate education, which is why you must meet a number of criteria to be eligible. The 2022 bursary scheme is now closed and applications are no longer being accepted. It will reopen in March 2023.
North American Foundation Awards for Postgraduate Study at the University of Manchester (NAFUM) Master's Scholarship
For applicants from the USA, there are scholarships of up to $7,500 available as a contribution towards tuition fees. This award can be held alongside other awards.
Curriculum
Course unit details
During the course you will be taking 180 credits in all. The eight taught modules during semester one and two total 120 credits.
Semester One
- Sustainability as a Global Grand Challenge
- Navigating Whole System Transitions
- Foundations & cases in Sustainable Business
- Responsible Management
Semester Two
- Evidence and analysis for sustainable business projects
- Sustainable entrepreneurship & business model innovation
- Accounting, finance and the ESG agenda
- International dimensions of sustainable business
Dissertation or Sustainable Business Research project (60 credits)
- Apply what you have learned in the taught part of the course
- A dissertation normally consists of a literature review followed by a piece of work based on qualitative or quantitative research
- Sustainable Business Research project consists of a group challenge and a piece of individual critical analysis work, supported by a literature review
- Group projects may be based on real-life or live sustainable business problems, including through The University of Manchester University Living Lab
Program Outcome
You will also:
- Gain a critical understanding of the key global sustainability debates and challenges
- Explore key theories of sustainability transitions and sustainable business
- Understand how to critically engage with sustainable business perspectives to facilitate societal transitions to sustainable futures
- Develop an understanding of research methods and analytics, including techniques of data collection and analysis necessary for developing a critical perspective on sustainability challenges and sustainable solutions
Career Opportunities
Graduates may consider a career in a wide range of private, public, third sector and academic organisations.
Program Admission Requirements
Demonstrate your commitment and readiness to succeed in business school by taking the GMAT exam – the most widely used exam for admissions that measures your critical thinking and reasoning skills.
Download the GMAT mini quiz to get a flavour of the questions you’ll find in the exam.