MSc Human Resource Management and Employment Relations at University of Manchester

This new and improved HR course will shape the next generation of HR professionals, practitioners and line managers. Become a highly skilled and knowledgeable specialist who can strategically and practically contribute to people management leadership, organisational decision-making and performance within the UK and internationally.

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities  |  Department: Alliance Manchester Business School  |  Duration: 12 months  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: 2027 entry  |  Location: Manchester, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

During the course you will be taking 180 credits. The eight taught modules during semester one and two total 120 credits and consist of both compulsory and optional taught units which can be viewed in the list below. Compulsory units include Research Methods in Human Resource Management and Employment Relations, Multinationals and Comparative Employment Systems, HRM: Strategy and Practice, Industrial Relations.

Career pathways

This programme will equip graduates for careers in HR and employment relations and broader people management leadership roles (e.g., line management in various organisational departments), across the private, public and third sector (e.g. Students will be able to take positions in people-focused teams such as Equality, Diversity and Inclusion roles, people development, recruitment and culture development.

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