Business and Management

Business and Management is a wide and varied field focused on how organisations operate and innovate to meet global commerce demands and challenges. Core areas include Data Science, Business Administration, Behavioural Science, Human Resource Management, Marketing, International Business, Sport Business, Sustainable Business and Social Enterprise.

At the University of Stirling Management School our internationally recognised academics deliver an industry-focused curriculum. We have a diverse range of business and management courses with many of them being accredited by leading industry bodies, so you can gain both the knowledge and practical skills you need to become a successful business professional.

Business and Management courses

Courses labelled are available for online study only.

Undergraduate courses
CourseStart date
BA (Hons) Business StudiesJanuary 2025, September 2025, January 2026
BA (Hons) European Languages and Society with International ManagementSeptember 2025
BA (Hons) Human Resource ManagementJanuary 2025, September 2025, January 2026
BA (Hons) Sport Business ManagementSeptember 2025
BSc (Hons) Business ComputingSeptember 2025
BSc (Hons) ManagementJanuary 2025, September 2025, January 2026
Postgraduate courses
CourseStart date
Master of Business Administration (MBA)January 2025, September 2025, January 2026
MRes Business and ManagementSeptember 2025
MSc Behavioural ScienceSeptember 2025
MSc Business AnalyticsJanuary 2025, September 2025, January 2026
MSc Business and ManagementJanuary 2025, September 2025, January 2026
MSc Data Science for BusinessJanuary 2025, September 2025, January 2026
MSc Human Resource ManagementSeptember 2025
MSc International BusinessJanuary 2025, September 2025, January 2026
CPD and short courses
CourseStart date
Climate Change and Sustainable BusinessJune 2025
Project Management

The University of Stirling Management School offer executive education programmes to organisations and businesses to help you make an impact with your industry.

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Accounting and Finance

Economics

Marketing and Public Relations (PR)

Scholarships

We offer a variety of scholarship and funding options to help you finance your studies at the University of Stirling.

Undergraduate scholarships

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Postgraduate scholarships

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Why study Business and Management at the University of Stirling?

We are AACSB accredited

The University of Stirling is accredited by AACSB International in recognition of our excellence in business education. This puts the University of Stirling Management School among the top 6% of business schools globally.

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Graduate careers in Business and Management

Our Management School helps you to maximise your career after graduation. Everything you do while studying here is designed to help you build the personal skills that will make you stand out to future employers. Business and Management graduates from the University of Stirling are working in many countries around the world for companies and public sector organisations such as:

  • Ernst and Young
  • PwC
  • Deloitte
  • NHS
  • Merrill Lynch
  • Scottish Water
  • AEGON
  • Tesco
  • European Union

Sectors that Business and Management graduates can take up roles in include:

  • Data science
  • Research and development
  • Retail and merchandising
  • Digital technologies
  • Banking
  • Financial services
  • Communications
  • Government
  • Charities
  • Recruitment
  • Events management

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The University of Stirling Management School is accredited by the Small Business Charter (SBC) for our work to support small businesses, local economies and student enterprise.

Partnerships and industry

Demonstrating the University of Stirling Management School’s strong international focus is our membership of the following organisations:

  • The European Foundation for Management Development
  • The Chartered Association of Business Schools
  • AACSB Business Education Alliance

We have an international reputation for producing top class research and teaching, with two global partnership hubs:

Business and Management research

Research in the University of Stirling Management School covers all aspects of contemporary Business and Management. We’re leaders in retail research, including town centre regeneration and community retail enterprises. Our wellbeing and ageing research, as well as our privacy and surveillance research has helped in shaping government policies. The main areas are:

Postgraduate research opportunities

As a globally-connected and research-led school, we have a thriving multidisciplinary research community and offer a wide range of research degrees. See our PhD and MPhil opportunities in Management, Work and Organisation and our PhD and MPhil opportunities in Marketing and Retail.