Marketing MSc

We have a limited number of places for both our September and January entry points during the 2023/24 application cycle, following the 31^st March advisory application deadline. We will continue to assess any applications received after this deadline, subject to vacancies being available on the course.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive there may be a short delay in the time it takes to make a decision on your application. However, please be assured that we fully assess and review all applications we receive in a fair, transparent and consistent way in line with our Admissions Policy. If you need any more details on our application process please refer to this webpage.

Good marketing is pivotal for business success. From delivering customer value to devising creative digital communications, marketing is a key area in the contemporary business world and offers many exciting and rewarding professional opportunities.

The Marketing MSc offers valuable and career enhancing pathways to study contemporary marketing principles and theories that are grounded in academic research and real world practice.   The course is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), and it is possible to gain sought after CIM qualifications in professional marketing and become a member while studying at Brunel Business School. You can obtain the CIM Certificate or Diploma in Professional Marketing at an approved training centre, and you have certain exemptions from the courses.

You will develop vocational and creative skills, systematic and critical thinking, and expertise that will enable you to generate, implement, and evaluate marketing and branding activities that will deliver value to employers and customers. Cutting edge academic and applied knowledge and experience can be obtained from all our modules whose teaching is grounded in the global practice of marketing in the twenty-first century.

The Marketing MSc consists of compulsory modules that give you a broad understanding of marketing in organisations of all sizes. Optional modules allow you to take a closer look at related areas of interest like CSR, social media, diversity in the workplace and branding.

This course can be studied 1 year full-time, 16 months full-time with placement or 2 years full-time with placement, starting in September. Or this course can be studied 15 months full-time, 19 months full-time with placement or 27 months full-time with placement, starting in January.

The course offers an excellent preparation for a career in marketing or associated fields, and in a myriad of organisations which require marketing services. 

We were one of the first business schools to offer postgraduate placements and you can now put your learning into practice through our six to twelve week or year-long work placement option. Find out more on our work placements page.

Our programmes are built with the specific aim of helping you enter the workplace fully equipped and confident of your abilities. As a masters graduate you’ll be equipped to enter a number of job roles, including: Business analyst; Business development manager; Marketing manager; Media buyer/planner; Management consultant; Project manager; Sales executive; Web content manager.

A 2.1 (or above) UK Honours degree or an equivalent internationally recognised qualification in or a related or non-related subject. Work experience is not required.

Applicants with a 2.2 or international equivalent will be considered on an individual basis according to the merits of each application. Please be aware that we will consider applicants who more closely meet our 2.1 degree level entry requirements in the first instance.

• IELTS: 6.5 (min 6 in all areas)
• Pearson: 59 (59 in all subscores)
• BrunELT: 63% (min 58% in all areas)
• TOEFL: 90 (min 20 in all) 

Modules are usually assessed by individual assessment or by examination in May.

Coursework and examinations give you a chance to demonstrate critical and constructive thinking and reasoning. Your dissertation is a 12,000 word document that will show your ability to conceive, design and execute a major project, which confidently substantiates your chosen line of enquiry.