Marketing & Brand Management MSc

Master

In Surrey

£ 10,750 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Surrey

  • Duration

    2 Years

The course comprises seven modules:

Strategic Brand Management – you will critically evaluate often controversial branding theory. Sharpen your analytical and presentation skills as you draw information from a strong mix of lectures, workshops, expert guest speakers and case studies.
Branding Design – in this module you will brief design teams to develop assets that bring the brand to life. Assess designs to ensure they deliver on your brief. Maximise the brand in this extremely interactive and practical module.
Buyer Behaviour – this module is designed by influential consumer behaviour writer and academic Robert East. On this strongly theoretical module you learn about buyers' decision making, purchasing and consumption patterns.
Integrated Marketing Communications – you will build a broad understanding of all areas of the integrated communications mix (including advertising, public relations, sales promotion, sponsorship) and examine new developments in digital media to create effective communications plans.
Global Marketing Management – you will broaden your understanding of marketing management principles in business (B2B), consumer (B2C) and non-profit sectors, with a global context. This module draws on the multicultural mix of students to bring a truly global flavour to workshops and case study seminars.
Market Research and Data Analysis – in this module you will design and interpret market research with confidence based on solid understanding of analytical techniques and supporting software. This module is taught using a mix of lectures and computer laboratory sessions, and the data analysis component is delivered using an intensive teaching method, which helps you to learn efficiently.
Research Proposal and Dissertation – in this module you will identify your research topic, conduct independent research and present your findings in a dissertation and management report.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Surrey
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Kingston Upon Thames, KT2 7LB

Start date

On request

About this course

Ability to assess and develop brands from business and design perspectives.
The opportunity to achieve a CIM Diploma in Professional Marketing, as a result of exemptions awarded by the CIM for this masters.
Career and employability focus through integrated tasks and workshops.
Highly interactive lecture sessions will develop your critical thinking by putting the emphasis on discussion and debate and the exchange of ideas between lecturers and students.
You will put theory into practice through applied in-class exercises as well as exciting assessments that enable you to devise strategic brand management and integrated communications plans via live company briefs.
Guest lectures by specialist practitioners and industry experts will give you unique insight into the challenges faced by companies in today's competitive landscape.
Special industry events organised by our Alumni department provide excellent opportunities for networking.
Kingston Business School has joined an elite group of global institutions to be awarded the prestigious international accreditation by the AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business). A hallmark of excellence in business education, the accreditation has been earned by just 5 per cent of the world's business schools.

Recent alumni from our range of marketing postgraduate courses have taken numerous professional roles, including:

campaign manager at Conde Naste Publications;
business manager for North America at RHN;
CEO at British Venezuelan Chamber of Commerce;
consultant at Marketability;
director at Matrix Data;
European consumer insight manager at Unilever Bestfoods;
media planner at Mindshare Media Agency;
relationship marketing manager at Eurostar;
senior marketing manager at the AA;
strategic design consultant at Royal & Sun Alliance;
UK advertising manager at HSBC; and
vice president at City Group.

A good bachelor's degree, or equivalent, in any discipline.

Kingston Business School has joined forces with Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) to give our students the opportunity to gain a CIM professional qualification through the CIM Graduate Gateway scheme.

CIM accreditation

CIM qualifications are highly sought after by employers. The combination of a master's degree and a CIM professional qualification will strengthen your CV and mark you out as a master of your subject who can also demonstrate professional acuity and relevance.

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Subjects

  • Market
  • Data analysis
  • Design
  • Marketing
  • Marketing Communications
  • Marketing Management
  • Brand Management
  • Buyer Behaviour
  • Market Research
  • Branding
  • Communications

Course programme

Course structure

The Marketing and Brand Management MSc comprises seven modules worth 180 credits. Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list.

Example core modules
  • Strategic Brand Management
  • Branding Design
  • Buyer Behaviour (core for Marketing pathway)
  • Marketing Communications
  • Global Marketing Management
  • Market Research and Data Analysis
  • Research Proposal and Dissertation

Additional information

Overseas Fee (not EU) 2019/20 -:  MSc full time £15,600

Marketing & Brand Management MSc

£ 10,750 VAT inc.