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MSc Strategic Marketing with Global Business Development(Experiential Learning)

Why choose Herts?

  • Industry Connections: you’ll benefit from our industry connections with local organisations, including Ocado, Tesco, and Amazon. Many local business organisations are amongst the biggest in the country and contribute to our programmes as guest lecturers and attend careers fairs for our students
  • Industry-Focused Content: you can look forward to working on real projects and cases. These will familiarise you with the working environment, boos your confidence within your field, teach you teamwork while improving your leadership qualities and enhancing soft skills such as communication, logical and analytical thinking
  • Employment Prospects: our marketing graduates possess the top skills looked for by employers and as a result, many go on to work as brand and marketing specialists in a range of sectors including charities, government and large international/multinational organisations.
  • Entry requirements and key information

    The entry requirements for the programme are an honours degree (at least 2:2 or above) in any discipline, a degree equivalent professional qualification or appropriate work experience combined with a relevant qualification. 

    All students from non-majority English speaking countries require proof of English language proficiency. The following qualifications and grades will be considered: 

    • GCSE English language grade A-C 

    • IELTS 6.5 

    Please contact the International Office for details. 

    Institution code

    		 H36

    School of study

    		 Hertfordshire Business School

    Course length
  • Full Time, 2 Years
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    Location
  • University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield
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  • Employability

    Careers

    Keen to get ahead in the dynamic marketing industry? This course will boost your career prospects, equipping you with the expertise and skills for a range of multi-sector positions and disciplines.

    Typical career paths include:

    • account management
    • advertising management
    • bid management
    • business analysis
    • business development
    • internal communications
    • marketing
    • market research
    • public relations
    • product management
    • proposal management and writing.  

    Work placement

    A Placement year is available through the following: 

    1. Two year full-time MSc Strategic Marketing with Brand Leadership with Placement Year 

    2. Two year MSc Strategic Marketing with Brand Leadership (Experiential Learning).

    Students can go out on a work placement year approved by the Careers and Employment Team within the University of Hertfordshire.  

Professional Accreditations

You will benefit from our strong links with the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM). The Business School is a CIM Strategic Partner and hosts the regional CIM Club that our students can attend and network. The partnership makes our Herts graduates particularly attractive to employers.

CIM qualifications can be gained alongside student memberships.

About the course

MSc Strategic Marketing with Global Business Development (Experiential Learning) is designed to develop master’s level knowledge and skills within the marketing discipline and to enhance employability within this field.   

The Programme offers 3 award routes that you can choose to study: 

The two-year full-time MSc Strategic Marketing with Global Business Development welcomes you for a September entry only. 

The course offers you the opportunity to explore Global Business Development in several areas. It deepens your marketing knowledge and understanding by laying a foundation through modules covering competitive advantage, integrated marketing communications, strategic customer engagement, and contemporary marketing.  You also cover entrepreneurial marketing as we recognise that marketing in small organisations is different to that in large organisations.   

You will have the opportunity to focus on proposal and bid management, explore effective marketing management and global business development. You will also explore entrepreneurial marketing. There will also be the opportunity to conduct either an independent major research project within your area of interest or an applied marketing project. 

You will also build a strong network of marketing contacts. Some will become your close friends, and a few may even become your future colleagues. 

Who is the course for? 

This MSc Strategic Marketing with Global Business Development (Experiential Learning) has been designed for:  

  • graduates who have an undergraduate degree in marketing and want to specialize further while focused on global business development 
  • graduates who have an undergraduate degree in another discipline but want to specialize in marketing while focused on global business development 
  • marketing professionals who want to specialize even further within the discipline of global business development.

Why choose this course?

Our Postgraduate studies are sector leading amongst over 100 Higher Education Institutions in the UK as evidenced by our extraordinary achievement:

  • 2nd for marketing in the Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES, Advance HE, 2023)
  • 1st for Skills Development, 2nd for Support, Resources, Community and Assessment (Advance HE, 2023)

This course provides a world-recognised master’s degree, together with relevant practical experience, giving you a unique combination of sought-after skills that are transferrable to a wide range of sectors.  

The one-year full-time programme is a great opportunity for students wanting to pursue traditional postgraduate study in the UK. The two-year full-time programme is a great opportunity for those who want to dive even deeper into the world of marketing by experiencing practice within the field. All pathways provide the opportunity to:

  • study a range of marketing and global business subjects from a holistic perspective in a marketing context
  • develop a unique combination of skills that are transferrable to a professional workplace and sought after by employers worldwide 
  • engage in a wider university curriculum within our diverse community, and enhance your employability to graduate with more than just a degree
  • personalise your study through research options that include a dissertation or applied marketing project that applies to global business development 
  • network with the larger community of students and faculty to gain more experience and connections within the community.  
  • Level 7
    ModuleCreditsCompulsory/optional
    Preparation for the Workplace0 CreditsCompulsory
    Delivering Competitive Advantage15 CreditsCompulsory
    Integrated Marketing Communications15 CreditsCompulsory
    Strategic Customer Management15 CreditsCompulsory
    Contemporary Marketing15 CreditsCompulsory
    Entrepreneurial Marketing15 CreditsCompulsory
    Proposal and Bid Management15 CreditsCompulsory
    Effective Marketing Management15 CreditsCompulsory
    Global Business Development15 CreditsCompulsory
    Experiential Learning Opportunity30 CreditsCompulsory
    Experiential Learning Portfolio30 CreditsCompulsory
    Marketing Dissertation60 CreditsOptional
    Applied Marketing Project60 CreditsOptional

    • Key staff

    Associate Professor of Enterprise Dr Christopher Brown

    Find out more about Associate Professor of Enterprise Dr Christopher Brown

    Programme Leader Dr Diane Morrad

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    Subject Group Leader Hajni Handler

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    Further course information

    Course fact sheets
    MSc Strategic Marketing with Global Business Development (Experiential Learning) Download
    MSc Strategic Marketing with Global Business Development (Experiential Learning) Download
    Programme specifications
    MSc Strategic Marketing with Global Business Development (Experiential Learning) Download
    MSc Strategic Marketing with Global Business Development (Experiential Learning) Download
    Additional information

    Sandwich placement or study abroad year

    n/a

    Applications open to international and EU students

    		 Yes

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