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Universities Ireland Waterford Institute of Technology Courses Master of Business (Management Stream)

Master of Business (Management Stream)

Waterford Institute of Technology

Waterford, Ireland

Tuition Fee € 11,500
Country Rank-
Duration12 Months
Score IELTS: 6.5 TOEFL: 91

Program Overview

The SETU Waterford Master of Business (Management Stream) programme is aimed at individuals who wish pursue a career in general management. It has been developed with a strong focus on applied learning showing students how they can make the connections between theory and practice. The programme is offered for both full-time and part-time students especially for executives who aspire to first-line management positions. The course provides students with an analytical understanding of general management techniques and the scope to apply this knowledge creatively to real-work situations.

As part of the programme, students will:

Engage in a business simulation management exercise where they have the opportunity to work in teams and make strategic decisions about their business.
Participate in a Dragons Den event and compete with your colleagues to attract funding for your new business idea.
Travel on an International study tour programme to Brussels where you will have the opportunity to take lectures at the Irish Institute in Leuven and participate in a case exercise with other postgraduate students
Analyse a real-life company as part of your Entrepreneurship and innovation ‘live’ company case study exercise. Every year students engage in a case exercise involving real-life companies which are drawn from the ArcLabs Innovation Centre as well as other start-up companies from across the south east of Ireland.

Course Content

Semester 1	Semester 2	Semester 3
Business Simulation 1	Business Simulations 2	Dissertation
Contemporary Issues in Business	International Study Trip	or
Research Methods	Applied Consultancy	Applied Business Project
Innovation Management and Design	Leadership Development	or
Knowledge Management	Managing Change	Research Paper Series 1: Applied Research Methods Paper
Management Skills Development	Managing Corporate Creativity	Research Paper Series 2: International Business and Politics Paper
		Research Paper Series 3: Governance and Ethics Paper

Note: In semester 3 students will complete a dissertation or applied business project or the 3 research papers.

Entry Requirement
- A H1 or 2.1 overall award in a strong specialist Business Management undergraduate degree or a General Business undergraduate degree with a Management specialism.
- Students from a non-business degree (example – BA or BSc), but have taken Management modules during their studies and have achieved a minimum grade of 60% in those subjects.
- In some instances graduates who have achieved a 2nd class honours grade 2 in the degrees listed above and who can demonstrate a high level of performance in the Management related subjects may be considered for interview and short listing.
- Applicants whose first language is not English must submit evidence of competency in English
English Language Requirements

IELTS (International English Language Testing System)
- 6.5 IELTS
- (min of 6 IELTS in each component)
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
- iBT 91 (min score of 18 in each component)
  
  CBT 232 (min score of 18 in each component)
Fees & Scholarships
International Students Fees:
- €11,500
Career Prospect
Graduates from the programme are employed in roles such as:
- operations management
- team leadership
- continuous improvement
- supply chain management
- logistics
In companies such as:
- Eirgen Pharma
- NearForm
- HSBC Global Banking
- Nypro Healthcare
- Sanofi
- Taxback International
- TELUS International
- Wells Fargo
- Facebook
- Lake Region Medical
- TSSG
- Glanbia.

Cost Of Studying At Waterford Institute of Technology

Interest rates as low as 8.9% ^*

250K+

Students Assisted

800Cr+

Loan Amount Disbursed

5000+

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