MSc Management and Strategy

This MSc Management and Strategy enables you to critically analyse management themes through an economic lens.

Alongside your diverse, global cohort, you will build a fundamental understanding of:

• incentives and governance
• organisational design
• decision-making
• strategy in competition and markets.

Blending critical analysis with practice, this programme has been designed to equip you with the knowledge and confidence to apply the latest managerial and economic theories to real-world examples. LSE is ranked fifth in the world for social sciences and management (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026), so you’ll be studying in a globally renowned learning environment with world-class academics.

You’ll also 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 traditional approaches to studying management and strategy, this programme aims to equip you with a critical understanding of the wider socio-economic environment in which businesses operate.

By the time you graduate:

• you’ll have had opportunities to develop well-rounded knowledge and skills to tackle real-life economic challenges in your future career
• you’ll have been supported to become a skilled analytical thinker and decision-maker.

Our graduates have broad career opportunities – while some pursue careers in management consulting or finance, others have gone on to excel in areas such as marketing and accounting.

Read more about the MSc Management and Strategy in our student blog, The Student Lens.

GRE/GMAT requirement

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, Economic History, Management, Finance or Mathematics. Applicants who have been awarded or are currently studying the BSc in Economic History (without Economics) and BSc in Accounting and Finance will have to provide GMAT or GRE scores.

Find out more about GRE/GMAT

Courses, dissertation and trips

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.

During the Autumn Term, you'll have the opportunity to go ice skating at Somerset House, and in the Winter Term, there will be a trip to Bath in Somerset and an in-person alumni networking event.

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 of 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, won't 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.

Department of Management

Who's who

Dr Jörn Rothe

Programme Director and Director of Studies, Managerial Economics and Strategy

Department of Management

Professor Yona Rubinstein

Professor of Managerial Economics and Strategy

Department of Management

Dr Catherine Thomas

Associate Professor of Managerial Economics and Strategy

Department of Management

Dr Veronica Rappoport

Course leader

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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:

• Book a one-to-one session (prospective students)
• Book a one-to-one session (offer holders)

Contact us

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

If you have any queries which aren’t answered on the website, contact the Department of Management Programme and Admissions team at dom.msc.admissions@lse.ac.uk. Please note that we’re only able to assist with enquiries relating to the Department of Management.

Each year we attract a diverse range of students from a wide variety of backgrounds and international locations, forming a close-knit academic community.

The programme is designed for pre-career or early-career graduates, and the majority of our applicants will have just completed their undergraduate bachelor’s degree. We also welcome professionals with some work experience to bring a variety of experience to the classroom, and several students will have around two years’ experience.

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

Applications for this programme are considered on a rolling basis. This means that applications will close once the programme is full.

There is no fixed deadline. However, if you’d like to be considered for any funding opportunities, you must submit your application (and all supporting documents) by the funding deadline. See the fees and funding section below for more details.

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.

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.

Half-unit courses can be assessed by two hour unseen examinations, coursework assignments, class participation or group/individual project work.

You can view indicative details of hours and assessment for all courses listed in the course guides.

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

MSc Management and Strategy graduates are often highly sought-after by employers for their combination of intellectual and practical skills in management and economic analysis, along with highly developed critical decision making and problem-solving abilities.

Our graduates have taken roles across a wide variety of sectors, in companies across the globe.

Top five sectors graduates have gone onto work in* include:

• financial and professional services
• consultancy
• accounting and auditing
• FMCG, manufacturing and retail
• information, digital technology and data.

Examples of organisations that graduates work in* include:

• Boston Consulting Group
• Amazon
• PwC
• Deloitte
• KPMG
• Johnson & Johnson.

We're also proud of what the impact of studying on the MSc Management and Strategy brings to our graduates' careers, with the median salary 15 months after graduating being £38,000*.

* Data collected by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) and supplied to LSE as part of the 2018/19 - 2021/22 Graduate Outcomes Surveys.

Find out more about the graduate destinations for this programme and the HESA Graduate Outcomes survey.

Our Careers Alumni and Employer Relations (CAER) team support you in preparation for whichever path you choose to follow beyond LSE.

We work alongside you each step of the way; from researching different sectors and opportunities available, to identifying internships for your optional work placement pathway, jobs or further study, and then navigating the application and interview process.

You can take advantage of one-to-one careers appointments (that continue when you're a graduate), complemented by a wide range of events and engagements throughout the duration of your programme, including:

• industry-focused alumni panels
• alumni and employer networking evenings
• employer skills seminars
• business projects
• office visits
• mock assessment centres/interviews
• careers skills boot camps.

All Department of Management students have access to the services of our team in addition to the support of the central LSE Careers team, who support the wider university.