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Graduate (Taught)
Application code:N1UG
Department of Management

MSc Management and Strategy

Delve into managerial economics and acquire the skills to tackle pressing global issues. Gain a management degree from a globally renowned university.
Discover the MSc Management and Strategy at LSE

Overview

Introduction

This MSc Management and Strategy enables you to critically analyse management themes through an economic lens. You’ll build a fundamental understanding of incentives and governance, organisational design, decision-making, and strategy in competition and markets.

The programme blends critical analysis with practice, allowing you to apply the latest managerial and economic theories to real-world examples. You’ll learn how to use economic analysis to formulate innovative solutions to real-life managerial issues such as pricing strategies, organisation design and resource allocation.

Unlike some traditional degrees, this programme equips you with a critical understanding of the wider socio-economic environment in which businesses operate. You’ll have well-rounded knowledge and skills to tackle real-life economic challenges in your future career.

By the time you graduate, you’ll be a skilled analytical thinker and decision-maker. Our graduates find fulfilling careers in prestigious firms, such as PwC, Deloitte, McKinsey, Goldman Sachs and HSBC.

LSE is ranked sixth in the world for social sciences and management. So, you’ll be studying in a globally renowned learning environment with world-class academics.

Read more about the LSE student experience on our student blog, The Student Lens.

Entry requirements

  • Upper second class honours degree (2:1) or equivalent in social science, engineering or science discipline. Please select your country from the dropdown list below to find out the entry requirements that apply to you.
  • Previous knowledge of economics is not needed. The programme is aimed at students with a quantitative background (such as a first degree in engineering, science, or social science) and some quantitative training in elementary calculus and basic statistics.
  • GMAT/GRE - read more under "Additional tests".
  • 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 don't need to provide this at the time of your application to LSE. See our English language requirements

Overseas

English language requirements

The English language requirement for this programme is Standard. Read more about our English language requirements.

Competition for places at LSE is strong. So, even if you meet the minimum entry requirements, this does not guarantee you an offer of a place.

However, please don’t feel deterred from applying – we want to hear from all suitably qualified students. Think carefully about how you can put together the strongest possible application to help you stand out from other students.

Programme content

Curriculum Overview

We're ranked sixth 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 five 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'll 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.

Programme Highlights

  • Alumni networking event in the Winter term
  • 6,000-word dissertation project researching a specific area of interest.

Programme trips

  • Ice skating at Somerset House - Autumn Term week 11
  • Bath City trip in the Winter Term.

Courses

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

You'll 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.

Why study with us

Discover more about our students and department.

Meet the department

Our mission

Welcome to the Department of Management. Our mission is to inspire superior management practices by fostering a comprehensive understanding of individuals, teams, organisations, and markets, along with the psychological, social, political, and technological contexts that influence them.

By studying with us, you'll gain access to a world-leading centre for education and research, uniquely positioned within a world-class social science institution at the heart of a truly global city.

The environment

Join a vibrant intellectual community comprising world-renowned faculty, astute students, dedicated and responsive professional services staff, and high achieving alumni. Through pioneering research and high-level teaching, you'll receive comprehensive, intensive, and rigorous methodological training to help you become an expert in your specialist fields.

The rich and culturally diverse learning environment at LSE’s Department of Management, will not only enrich your experience through developing a broad perspective and understanding, but also unlock an invaluable network of global peers.

Create a better world

We go beyond the boundaries of a traditional business school by integrating diverse disciplines such as economics, marketing, data, and analytics. Our comprehensive approach ensures that students gain a profound and multifaceted understanding of the business world, equipping them with the skills and knowledge to excel in a dynamic global environment.

Join us in our vision to create a better world, where a profound understanding of management drives positive change in both business and society.

Discover more about our programmes and research.

Who's who

Your application

Overview

Your application will be considered on its academic merits. An offer of a place may be conditional on attending additional courses and/or passing qualifying examinations at a suitable standard, in addition to your degree. There are always many more applications than places available at LSE and possession of the minimum entrance requirements does not guarantee that you'll be offered admission. We recommend applying as early as possible.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified prospective students. At LSE, we want to recruit students with the best academic merit, potential and motivation, irrespective of background.

We carefully consider each application and examine all the information included on your application form, such as your:

  • academic achievement (including predicted and achieved grades)
  • statement of academic purpose
  • two academic references
  • CV
  • GRE/GMAT

See further information on supporting documents and check if you're exempt from taking the GRE/GMAT.

You may need to provide evidence of your English language proficiency. See our English language requirements.

Speak to an admissions specialist

If you have any queries which are not answered on the website or would like to chat with an admissions specialist, we run one-to-one Zoom chats on a weekly basis for prospective students and offer holders:

Contact us

With questions related to your application or the admissions process, please check our admissions frequently asked questions page.

If you have any queries which are not answered on the website, please contact the Programme and Admissions Team at dom.msc.admissions@lse.ac.uk.

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Fees and funding

The table of fees shows the latest tuition fees for all programmes.

You're charged a fee for your programme. At LSE, your tuition 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 doesn't cover living costs or travel or fieldwork.

Home

£38,000

Home student fee (2025/26)

For this programme, all students pay the same tuition fees, regardless of their fee status.

Deposit

To secure a place on the programme offer holders will be required to pay a deposit of 10% of the tuition fee within six weeks of receiving their offer.

Learning and assessment

How you learn

Graduate destinations

Overview

Career development

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'll graduate with a well-rounded portfolio of practical and intellectual managerial skills to set you apart in the job market.

Graduate destinations

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

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