MSc Management and Strategy

This MSc Management and Strategy allows 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.

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

The programme is designed around four compulsory core courses totalling two and half units, and 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.

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.

Department of Management

Who's who

Jörn Rothe

Programme Director and Director of Studies, Managerial Economics and Strategy

Kristóf Madarász

Associate Professor in Managerial Economics and Strategy

Diane Reyniers

Professor of Managerial Economics and Strategy

Yona Rubinstein

Professor of Managerial Economics and Strategy

Catherine Thomas

Associate Professor of Managerial Economics and Strategy

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. You should note that 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. It's therefore in your interests to apply 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 take into account 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

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.

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. However we also welcome professionals with some work experience to bring a variety of experience to the classroom, and a number of students will have around 2 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

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

Our Careers Alumni and Employer Relations (CAER) team support you in preparation for whichever path you choose to follow beyond LSE. Complementing your academic programme, we engage you with our 24,000 strong alumni community and connect you with CEMS corporate and social partners such as Gartner, Accenture, Merlin Entertainments, Grow Movement and European Space Agency.

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

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.