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Qualification
MSc - Master of Science
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Location
Edinburgh Campus
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
08-SEP-25
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Duration
1 Year
Course summary
Our MSc Human Resource Management provides you with the crucial insights, skills, and knowledge to develop sustainable and socially responsible HR practices for managing people. Youll gain a critical understanding of the core theories, principles and concepts that underpin contemporary organisation practice and explore socially responsible and sustainable models of human resource management (HRM). Youll gain a critical awareness of the current and emerging issues in research and knowledge creation and gain the skills to develop original, creative solutions in response to these problems. The MSc will provide you with the skills to apply your knowledge and understanding to professional practice and solve contemporary organisational problems.
Beyond subject knowledge and skills, youll gain key transferrable skills which will aid you throughout your professional career. Youll be able to make formal presentations about specialised topics to audiences with a variety of levels of expertise, effectively communicate using both written and verbal means to a range of audiences and undertake critical evaluations of a wide range of written, numerical and graphical data. This invaluable skillset will make you highly sought after upon graduation.
Youll have the opportunity to specialise and choose an optional course – from team craft, managing diversity in business, and psychology of leadership – to customise your learning and develop your specific interest. Your human resource management dissertation will allow you to further build on these subject interests, by presenting you the opportunity to carry out an original research project at the forefront of knowledge. The knowledge base, subject and transferable skills you will gain will prepare you for lifelong learning and personal development.
Youll focus on real-world problems and explore ways human resource management can help us address them. The career-focused masters degree provides you with the practical knowledge and skills necessary for the workplace. Youll explore a range of organisational contexts and practices which will set you up for a professional HR career.
The programme is accredited and approved by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, which enhances career opportunities, networking, and events. Reflecting HRM's strategic role, the programme focuses on how HRM professionals can create a positive work environment, make informed decisions, and learn skills to be influential in an HR role at both strategic and operational levels. Part time option available.
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£ 24,176per year
Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.
University information

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University League Table
42nd
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Campus address
Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City Of, EH14 4AS, Scotland
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Subject ranking
36th out of 122 5
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Entry standards
/ Max 221174 79%13th
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Graduate prospects
/ Max 10071.0 71%53rd
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Student satisfaction
/ Max 43.01 75%81st
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