Management Studies University of Essex

Overview

This Management Studies programme offered by University of Essex attracts students from a variety of backgrounds and nationalities, with wide ranging social science research interests. You can tailor your studies to a profession or sector of your choice and may choose to explore issues such as:

• marketing and brand management

• strategic management, including mergers and acquisitions

• the role of networks in the modern economy

• organisational power relations and leadership

• logistics and supply chains

You study at Essex Business School, the largest department at the University of Essex, at the Southend Campus. We are a business school with an international outlook. 

The doctoral students join us from all over the world and we are committed to the UN Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME). With us, you join the next generation of social scientists influencing business theory, policy and practice. 

You become part of a lively, international research community, challenging conventional wisdom to make organisations better places to do business.

Your future

The PhD programmes are designed to foster the business leaders and researchers of the future. The graduates use creativity, innovation and The awareness to meet the many challenges facing the international business world.

The doctoral graduates have secured roles in academia at some of the best international universities, as well as organisations in the public and private sectors. Recent examples include careers with Leeds University Business School, Cambridge Education, EY (Ernst and Young) and public sector roles around the world.

The University Student Development Careers Services are on hand to provide careers advice and help you make the most of your Essex experience. You will also have access to CV workshops, one-to-one advice and career resources.