You should hold at least a 2.2 Bachelors degree with honours.
Our MSc in Marketing provides you with an in-depth knowledge of marketing from both an academic and practical perspective. The programme helps you develop the necessary problem-solving and decision-making skills to address contemporary marketing challenges successfully.
The MSc supports you in progressing your career, whether that is working in the marketing industry or applying marketing principles to your own business.
You’ll engage with businesses of all types and sizes and learn more about marketing in the commercial world. You’ll also explore a diverse the range of marketing practices, respond to commercial design briefs and engage directly with businesses. This allows you to investigate marketing communication, marketing research, international strategic marketing, digital-marketing and brand management issues as well as learning to understand customers and their needs.
We work closely with local businesses through the on-site Growth Hub, offering you plenty of opportunities to engage with businesses of all types and sizes. You can also participate in real-life consultancy projects to support a wide range of organisations with their marketing development through our student consultancy service: ‘Three Sixty’.
Based in our new, purpose-built Business School at our Oxstalls Campus, Gloucester, we have a dedicated Consumer Behaviour Lab that you can use to carry out consumer, advertising and online data research. This space enables you to develop your practical learning, and skills, and understand diverse consumer behaviours and purchase decisions. Research performed in the lab can form part of your dissertation, be used in assignments, or help with your professional development.
The vocational focus of this course means it’s perfect if you’re looking to move into marketing or if you want to build upon existing marketing expertise.
Assessments involve you developing academic arguments as well as marketing writing, advertising design and marketing campaign development skills.
The course culminates in a dissertation or a marketing case project, enabling you to specialise in an area of marketing that you find particularly fascinating, and which you may wish to pursue in your marketing career.
If you have a relevant postgraduate diploma or professional award (such as the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) Professional Postgraduate Diploma), then you may be able to join this programme at an advanced level.
You should hold at least a 2.2 Bachelors degree with honours.
We will consider a comparable professional or postgraduate qualification
Relevant work experience will also be taken into consideration
EU and international students need IELTS 6.0 overall (no less than 5.5 in writing and in any other band) or equivalent.
Here's an example of the types of modules you'll study (the contents and structure of the course are reviewed occasionally, but it is unlikely that there will be significant change).
Module information is not available for this programme.
Students usually support themselves through the postgraduate loan, private savings, family support or sponsorship from an employer. For advice and guidance on your funding options, contact the Money Advice team at moneyadvice@glos.ac.uk or call 01242 714535.
UoG graduates receive up to 20% off postgraduate tuition fees. Terms apply.
Start date | Location | Course code | Total Fee (UK) | Total Fee (international) |
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Jan 2024 | Oxstalls, Gloucester | — | £9,900 | £15,900 |
Sep 2024 | Oxstalls, Gloucester | — | TBC | TBC |
Jan 2025 | Oxstalls, Gloucester | — | TBC | TBC |
Sep 2025 | Oxstalls, Gloucester | — | TBC | TBC |
Jan 2026 | Oxstalls, Gloucester | — | TBC | TBC |
International students can benefit from a range of scholarships and bursaries across many undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. |
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Graduates from this course can go on to work in:
Our staff all have practical marketing expertise and with their knowledge, you’ll advance your critical understanding of marketing, its application and relationship with other key business operations and consumers.
As part of your course you can gain valuable experience on an optional placement year.