MSc Management (Digital Business)
Swansea, United Kingdom
DURATION
1 up to 2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
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EARLIEST START DATE
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TUITION FEES
GBP 21,650 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* full-time for international| UK: GBP 11,550 per year| part-time for international: GBP 10,850 per year | UK: GBP 5,800 per year
Introduction
Do you want to develop the skills to effectively manage businesses through the new digital era? Digital transformation is rapidly changing the business environment; from the emergence of cyber security to digital ethics, skilled digital business managers are becoming essential to organizational success.
The digital economy has created a plethora of new opportunities for businesses, including new business models and modes of competition in different sectors of the economy. The skills you’ll possess can help organizations to embrace this, remain competitive, and, whilst rethinking each aspect of their current business model, become “digital”.
The MSc Management (Digital Business) at Swansea University will give you an intensive focus on the impact of Information Systems on managing organizations and the related challenges and opportunities of new business models, covering topics such as Managing in a digital world using information systems, and Digital Business.
You will also learn about management in an interconnected global community as well as core management concepts such as managing financial resources, operations management, human resource management, and marketing management to give you a solid grounding in a range of dynamic business principles.
Accredited by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) the only chartered professional body in the UK dedicated to promoting the highest standards in management and leadership excellence, the course is open to students from any discipline who would like to work in business or management. Upon successful completion of the relevant mapped modules within the MSc Management, you will qualify for CMI’s Level Seven Certificate in Strategic Management and Leadership.
Why Management (Digital Business) at Swansea?
- The program may be completed in a single year, or two years
- Open to applicants with no existing experience in business or management-related subjects
- All modules are taught by our world-class academics who have industrial and academic knowledge
- Based in the £22 million School of Management building on the Bay Campus
- Business & Management Studies is ranked 78th in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024
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Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
You may be eligible for funding to help support your study.
If you're a UK or EU student starting a master’s degree at Swansea University, you may be eligible to apply for Government funding to help towards the cost of your studies. To find out more, please visit our postgraduate loans page.
To find out about scholarships, bursaries, and other available funding opportunities please visit the University's scholarships and bursaries page.
Academi Hywel Teifi at Swansea University and the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol offer several generous scholarships and bursaries for students who wish to study through the medium of Welsh or bilingually. For further information about the opportunities available to you, visit the Academi Hywel Teifi Scholarships and Bursaries page.
The School of Management also offers a Developing Futures Scholarship for postgraduate (taught) students who have an offer to study at the School of Management. The scholarship is to the value of up to £3,000 for one academic year, which is automatically deducted from tuition fees.
The scholarship package encourages students to develop several professional skills whilst working with the School throughout the academic year.
Curriculum
MSc 1 Year Full-time - September
Year 1 (Level 7T)
Students choose 180 credits from the following:
Compulsory Modules
- Managing Financial Resources
- Human Resource Management
- Marketing Management
- Operations Management
- Digital Business
- Strategy
- Managing the digital firm: Information Systems Today
MSc 1 Year Full-time - January
Year 1 (Level 7T)
Compulsory Modules
- Digital Business
- Strategy
- Managing the digital firm: Information Systems today
- Business Project Foundations
- Business Project
- Managing Financial Resources
- Human Resource Management
- Marketing Management
- Operations Management
MSc 2 Year Part-time
Year 1 (Level 7T)
Students choose 60 credits from the following:
Compulsory Modules
- Managing Financial Resources
- Marketing Management
- Strategy
Year 2 (Level 7T)
Students choose 120 credits from the following:
Compulsory Modules
- Human Resource Management
- Operations Management
- Dissertation (Directed Independent Learning)
- Research Methods
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Management (Digital Business) Employment Opportunities
Your Management (Digital Business) program, with its CMI accreditation, will give you the opportunities to work across a wide range of sectors and thrive within this competitive market.
We have an excellent track record of placing our graduates with major multinational companies.
Your next step could lie in any of these roles:
- Digital Transformation Specialist
- Digital Business Analyst
- Management Consultant
Careers and Employability
Swansea Employability Academy (SEA) will support you at each stage of your career journey helping you build a bright future.
Our career support services include:
- Employability workshops, employers’ talks, bespoke events and careers fairs
- Individual advice and guidance from professionally qualified career advisers
- Help with finding jobs, internships, work placements, and volunteering opportunities
- Access to information resources on a wide range of career management topics
- Funding to support student internship opportunities and Student Society/Club events.
We also provide help and advice for Swansea University Alumni up to two years after you graduate.
The School of Management also has a dedicated in-house Employability team offering additional support.
During your time with us, you’ll have the chance to:
- Join our Employability Mentoring scheme and get mentored by an employer who can help you with the transition from student to working professional
- Get the opportunity to speak to our growing Alumni Community
- Work and network with employers from a range of national and multi-national companies through our seminars and events
- Boost your skills and meet employers during our Employability Module, which is run twice a year
- Take advantage of unlimited 1-2-1 support to develop your career experience
- Stay in touch for support for five years after you graduate
Program delivery
Your Management (Digital Business) Experience
In this digital era, there is a growing need for managers to be able to understand the criticality of technology within the fundamentals of the organization and appreciate the capabilities of emerging digital technologies within the organizational context in which they will be used.
From the moment you arrive at the School of Management, we will work with you to help build your skills and experience to enhance your career prospects.
Teaching at Swansea is informed by research, and our staff have hands-on experience in both theory and practice, meaning you can benefit from their academic expertise and real-world know-how.
You will have unlimited one-to-one bespoke career advice from our dedicated careers team. You can go on a work placement or internship through the Swansea Paid Internship Network (SPIN) or the Week of Work initiative.
All our students benefit from co-location with industry at the innovative Bay Campus. Our facilities boast dedicated teaching space and study areas, and extensive IT facilities equipped with the latest hardware and specialist software.
How You're Taught
We are proud to provide an outstanding educational experience, using the most effective learning and teaching approaches, carefully tailored to suit the specific needs of your course. Our courses consist of in-person, on-campus teaching, enabling full engagement with your lecturers and fellow students.
Practical skills sessions, seminars, and workshops predominantly take place in person, allowing for group work and presentations. However, our approach also includes the use of some online learning to support and enhance traditional face-to-face teaching.
Online learning may take place ‘live’ using software such as Zoom, allowing you to interact with the lecturer and peers and to ask questions. Lecture recordings also allow for more flexibility to revisit material, revise for assessments, and enhance learning outside of the classroom. Some modules have extra resources in our virtual learning environment (Canvas), such as videos, slides, and quizzes enabling further flexible study.