Programmes
All our courses have explicit aims: to encourage critical thinking and a strong multidisciplinary approach to Management.
Undergraduate: MA and BSc
Our four-year Honours degree programme allows students to pursue a Master of Arts (MA) or Bachelor of Science (BSc) qualification in Management either as a single degree or a joint degree with other Arts/Science subjects. Modules taken in the first and second years of study provide a broad basis for subsequent specialisation and the flexible degree structure facilitates choice.
Undergraduate: Exchanges, Year Abroad, Semester Abroad
The Third Year (Junior Honours) of a University of St Andrews Management degree may be spent abroad as part of the University's exchange programmes.
The School of Management welcomes Junior Year Abroad and Semester Abroad students.
Masters: Taught Postgraduate
Masters programmes are available in a wide range of subject areas to students who have completed their first degree and wish to develop their undergraduate field of study or pursue new challenges. Courses combine face to face teaching, personal research, regular classwork and a final dissertation.
Research Degrees
The School of Management at the University of St Andrews is one of the UK's leading business and management schools, with a consistently high ranking in the Guardian's subject listings. (See News for updates.) We are proud of our distinctive identity as a smaller school focused on research and teaching of the highest quality. The School is research intensive and underpinned by a strong grounding in the social sciences. At postgraduate level, students can benefit from internationally-recognised research expertise, while still enjoying the benefits of a small and friendly institution.
The degrees of Master of Research (MRes) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) are available within the School.
The MRes is a one year taught course, usually taken as preparation for PhD research. Students study research methods and subject-specific electives during the first two semesters and undertake a dissertation of 15,000 words. The MRes is recognized by the ESRC's Scottish Graduate School as part of a 1+3 doctoral programme.
The PhD is studied over three to four years. Students produce a thesis comprising no more than 80,000 words, excluding the bibliography and appendices. In the subject area of finance, students prepare PhDs by publication, with a thesis comprising a thesis comprising four discrete papers published in scholarly peer reviewed journals, augmented by introductory and concluding chapters.