Why study at St Andrews?

Over 600 years St Andrews has established a reputation as one of Europe's leading and most distinctive centres for teaching and research. The School of Management brings together the traditional with contemporary teaching methods addressing current issues of concern to business and organisations more widely.

The traditions and reputation of St Andrews, one of Europe's most ancient and prestigious universities, ensure that the business education you receive here is of the highest quality. Our core group of international academics specialise in research into all aspects of business and management practice. We work in collaboration with leading international companies and offer challenging applied postgraduate Masters Degrees, which are recognised the world over.

Our programmes are designed to equip you with the intellectual rigour to challenge accepted norms and to question and debate existing protocols. Presentation skills, group working and self-reliance provide vocational relevance and preparation for life beyond graduation. The learning process is set in the context of a research-intensive environment with a population of students and staff from many nations.

As well as being a world-renowned university, St Andrews is a vibrant place full of students, academic staff and visitors from all over the world.

Accreditation
Chartered Management Institute accredited: leading to Member Status
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development: Accreditation is currently being progressed with the Institute.

Course aims

The programme provides graduates with a relevant background in business, management or social science and evidence of a level of understanding of the subject area with a solid foundation in contemporary management methods and all the relevant skills. The combination of core modules combined with carefully chosen option or elective modules will enable your development as a future HR manager. The MLitt Human Resource Management will provide the knowledge and inspire the confidence to take up a professional role within this key area of activity across a wide variety of organisations.

This programme will help you to develop a range of analytical, critical, communication, team-working and leadership skills. It will also help to develop your ability to undertake research and project work leading to the completion of a Masters dissertation.