Marketing

University of Bath
Postgraduate MSc Full-time 1 Year Accounting and financeEconomics

About this course

Deepen your understanding of core marketing theory and learn to apply it in a practical setting. You’ll learn business skills that are important to employers.

This course is for graduates with business, management or marketing experience looking for a career in marketing.

We designed this course with input from marketing industry leaders from a range of organisations. This means you’ll develop the skills employers are looking for. Our industry links and the real-world focus of this course will help you develop the practical knowledge and skills you'll need in a marketing career.

To prepare you for a marketing career, you will learn about the three core elements of modern marketing:

  • marketing to consumers and other important stakeholders

  • market research and analytics

  • marketing and its role in society

    Key benefits

  • Combine the latest marketing research with industry practice to go beyond the theory

  • Deepen your understanding of contemporary marketing. Our faculty are experts in marketing to consumers, organisations, and society

  • Develop skills and knowledge to help you create innovative strategies and solutions desired by employers

  • Put what you learn into practice through individual and group projects, including the option to work on a real marketing problem for your summer project

    We give you the edge We combine the latest research with many opportunities to apply it. This will help you stand out from the crowd. You'll develop key professional skills and work with our partner organisations on optional projects from day one.

    Our graduates have a great employment record. Most go on to careers in a range of areas, start their own business or begin a PhD.

    Building for the future Our School of Management building opened in June 2022. The latest technology gives you a flexible and modern learning environment. The design focuses on working together, with an open layout to enable effective teamwork.

    Our building encourages engagement with other students and academics. A dedicated Employment Hub provides a space for you to meet and network with our industry partners.

    Learning and teaching You’ll learn from staff with backgrounds and expertise in relevant areas of management. This course has been designed to ensure the available units complement each other to meet its overall aims.

  • Career Prospects

    Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

    1132 Marketing, sales and advertising directors
    1150 Managers and directors in retail and wholesale
    2431 Management consultants and business analysts
    2432 Marketing and commercial managers
    2434 Business and related research professionals
    2435 Professional/Chartered company secretaries

    Course Details

    Qualification
    MSc
    Study Mode
    Full-time
    Duration
    1 Year
    Start Date
    2025
    Academic Year
    2025
    Campus / Location
    Bath
    Scheme
    Postgraduate
    Subjects
    Accounting and finance, Economics