MSc Management and Strategy

Curriculum overview
We are ranked #2 in the world for social science and management, and the MSc Management and Strategy programme is founded in LSE’s tradition for academic excellence.

 

The programme is designed around four compulsory core courses, and you can also customise your programme according to your own interests and career goals with a wide choice of optional elective courses in managerial economics, accounting, finance, and a range of other topics from leading academic departments across LSE. 

 

You will complete the programme with a 6,000 word dissertation project during the summer, which will enable you to specialise with in-depth knowledge in your specific area of interest

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Compulsory core courses (2.5 units)

(* denotes a half unit)

 

Incentives and Governance in Organisations*
Explains how information and incentives influence decisions in organisations, and, on this basis, draws conclusions about the way companies should be organised and governed.

 

Design and Management of Organisations*
Investigates organisation and management decision making on the basis of general heuristics and biases exhibited by individuals and groups. This is used to analyse how organisations can manage individual and group decision making, and how this gives rise to informal structures in organisations, e.g. corporate culture.

 

The Analysis of Strategy (A)*
Introduces the abstract study of strategy on the basis of game theory and business economics, and applies these concepts to questions of business strategy, e.g. questions of vertical integration, value creation and  a firm’s resources and capabilities.

 

The Analysis of Strategy (B)*
Develops a framework, on the basis of game theory and economics, to think systematically about the various dimensions of how firms compete in industries. This includes questions of market definition, pricing, advertising and research and development.

 

Dissertation: MSc Management and Strategy*
Gives students the opportunity to work on a project of their choice and apply the concepts from the programme in addressing a research question and the analysis of empirical evidence.

 

Optional elective courses (1.5 units)

(* denotes a half unit)

 

You will customise your programme according to your own interests with two 0.5 unit courses from the M&S elective course list below plus one other 0.5 unit course.  This can be chosen from the list below or, with the approval of the Programme Director, from the full list of LSE graduate level courses. 

 

Two 0.5 unit courses from the following list:

• Valuation and Security Analysis*
• Accounting in the Global Economy*
• Management Accounting, Decisions and Control*
• Financial Accounting, Reporting and Disclosure*
• Financial Markets* (FM473L)
• Financial Markets* (FM473M) 
• Managerial Finance* (FM474L)
• Managerial Finance* (FM474M)
• Auctions and Game Theory*
• Firms & Markets in Emerging Economies
• Negotiation Analysis*
• Strategy for the Information Economy*
• International Marketing: A Strategic Approach*
• The World Trading System*
• Brand Strategy*
• Topics in Management Research*

One 0.5 unit course from the above list or, with the approval of the Programme Director, from the full list of LSE graduate level courses. 

Entry requirements for MSc Management and Strategy

 

• upper second class honours degree (2:1) or equivalent in social science, engineering or science discipline. See international entry requirements
• GMAT or GRE is required from all applicants. However an exemption will be made for current LSE students, and alumni, studying (or who have studied) Economics, Management or Mathematics. Find out more about GRE/GMAT
• no work experience is required, however the programme is well-suited to applicants with up to two years' experience, and applicants with more extensive experience are also welcomed
• you may also have to provide evidence of your English proficiency, although you do not need to provide this at the time of your application to LSE. 

Every graduate student is charged a fee for their programme.

The fee covers registration and examination fees payable to the School, lectures, classes and individual supervision, lectures given at other colleges under intercollegiate arrangements and, under current arrangements, membership of the Students' Union. It does not cover living costs or travel or fieldwork.

 

Tuition fees 2022/23 for MSc Management and Strategy
Home students: £31,584
Overseas students: £32,208

Career development with the MSc Management & Strategy
The programme will develop your intellectual and practical skills as a talented managerial economist, with the ability to thrive and innovate with challenges in today’s complex and fast-moving business world. Your practical and professional management skills will be developed and polished during the programme, including communication and presentation skills, team working, and cultural intelligence gained from close collaboration with classmates from around the world. You will graduate with a well-rounded portfolio of practical and intellectual managerial skills to set you apart in the job market. 

 

LSE Careers
LSE Careers will provide tailored individual support with your professional development and job search throughout the programme. They offer one-to-one Career Consultant sessions, access to employers with career fairs, seminars and workshops, a vast database of employment opportunities via the LSE Career Hub, and help with job hunting, CVs/resumes and interviews. Find out more about the support available to students through LSE Careers.

 

Graduate destinations
LSE is ranked #5 in the world for its reputation with employers, and Management and Strategy graduates are highly sought-after by employers for their unique combination of intellectual and practical skills in management and economic analysis, along with highly developed critical decision making and problem-solving abilities.

 

Management and Strategy graduates have taken roles across a wide variety of sectors, in companies across the globe. Two common career paths are management consulting or finance, with graduates taking up roles with companies such as PwC, Deloitte, McKinsey, Accenture, Goldman Sachs, HSBC and Credit Suisse. However opportunities are broad, and M&S graduates have also gone on to excel in careers with employers in a range of other industries, from Facebook to the World Bank.

 

Here are some examples of the companies and organisations which our alumni now work for: 

• Accenture
• Bain & Company
• Barclays
• Bloomberg
• Boston Consulting Group
• Booz & company
• BP
• Citi Group
• Credit Suisse
• Deutsche Bank
• Deloitte
• Elipse
• EY
• Facebook
• Gallup
• Goldman Sachs
• HSBC
• JP Morgan
• McKinsey
• Nestlé
• Oliver Wyman
• PwC
• Shell
• UBS
• World Bank