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Human Resource Management at University of Bath - UCAS

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2025 - 2026
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Course summary

Specialise in HR and learn about managing people in organisations. You’ll gain knowledge of contemporary employment issues in a changing world of work. Develop your managerial, leadership and interpersonal skills. You’ll graduate prepared for a range of careers in human resource management. You will learn:

  • how to effectively manage human resources in a variety of organisational contexts
  • practical techniques for effective people management, supported by the latest theory
  • how to use HR-related data and people-focused strategies to attract and retain a healthy workforce
  • the significance and complexities of managing HR in a global context
Key benefits
  • Make the course your own. Our range of optional units will let you specialise or explore more general topics in management and HR
  • Meet and engage with our network of industry leaders
  • Apply the theory to a business issue in our optional alternative to a traditional dissertation. You'll get practical experience working on a real problem.
We give you the edge We combine the latest research with many opportunities to apply it. This will help you stand out from the crowd. You'll develop key professional skills and work with our partner organisations on optional projects from day one. Our graduates have a great employment record. Most go on to careers in a range of areas, start their own business or begin a PhD. Building for the future Our new School of Management building opened in June 2022. The latest technology gives you a flexible and modern learning environment. The design focuses on working together, with an open layout to enable effective teamwork. Our building encourages engagement with other students and academics. A dedicated Employment Hub provides a space for you to meet and network with our industry partners. Learning and teaching You will learn from staff with backgrounds and expertise in relevant areas of human resource management. This course has been designed holistically ensuring the available units complement each other to meet its overall aims.

Assessment method

  • Coursework
  • Written examination
Your overall workload consists of class contact hours, independent learning and assessment activities. You will be expected to work on your own and as part of a group. Class contact hours, which can be made up of lectures, seminars, and tutorials, vary throughout your course but are typically 10–16 hours a week during the taught semesters. Additional briefing sessions will be provided to help you prepare for the summer project and as part of the co-curricular offering of live projects (see more below). You will receive direct guidance from an allocated member of academic staff for your summer project activity.

Entry requirements

2:1 or above (or international equivalent) undergraduate degree. Your degree can be in any discipline but must include an appropriate level of business, management, organisation or psychology content. If you are a UK student and completed your undergraduate degree abroad, your qualification must be equivalent to a 2:1 or above. We may make an offer based on a lower grade if you can provide evidence of your suitability for the degree.

English language requirements

View English language requirements

https://www.bath.ac.uk/corporate-information/postgraduate-english-language-requirements-for-international-students/

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

Tuition fees can be found on our web pages and are liable to increase annually. UK and Islands fees are regulated by the UK government and are subject to parliamentary approval. For all other fees, you should budget for an increase of up to 5% for every further year of study. For information on tuition fees visit our web pages: http://www.bath.ac.uk/topics/tuition-fees/
Human Resource Management at University of Bath - UCAS