Course summary
Develop your knowledge and skills with our Marketing Communications Management MSc. This is a conversion course designed for students with limited marketing experience. However, if you have some marketing background you can develop your knowledge and skills particularly in the following areas:
- brand communication strategies
- the use of branded and content management
- and the more traditional methods such as advertising and public relations.
- advertising
- public relations
- social media marketing
- influencer marketing
- branded content
- content marketing
- media planning.
Assessment method
You will study a series of compulsory modules, including a module which will help you develop your professional and academic skills. You then choose either a dissertation or client project. If you start in September, you can choose the sandwich mode, which gives you the opportunity to apply for one year's paid supervised work experience in a marketing role.
Professional bodies
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
- Chartered Institute of Marketing
- Institute of Direct and Digital Marketing
How to apply
International applicants
If English is not your first language you will need to satisfy the university's English language requirements - IELTS minimum 6.0 (with a minimum of 6.0 in reading and writing and 5.5 in listening and speaking). If you have completed your undergraduate degree in the UK (at least one full year of study) you will automatically meet our English language requirements. Please also see the University's standard English language requirements.
Entry requirements
Specific entry requirements This programme is designed to attract students from a wide range of backgrounds, disciplines and nationalities. Applicants are welcome from any academic discipline. Admission is normally open to those with: a minimum of a second-class honours degree or equivalent overseas degree from a recognised institution or equivalent professional or other qualification. Those who do not meet any of the above criteria may be eligible for entry, provided they have compensatory work experience. This should include, in particular, further professional training and accreditation and the demonstration of appropriate career development. Entry will also be subject to two satisfactory references (one of these must be an academic reference). Please also see the University's general entry requirements. English language requirements If English is not your first language you will need to satisfy the university's English language requirements: IELTS minimum 6.0 (with a minimum of 6.0 in reading and writing and 5.5 in listening and speaking) if you have completed your undergraduate degree in the UK (at least one full year of study) you will automatically
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| England | £5400 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £5400 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £5400 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £5400 | Year 1 |
| Channel Islands | £5400 | Year 1 |
Additional fee information
Please note tuition fees may increase in subsequent years both for new and continuing students.
Provider information
Oxford Brookes University
Gipsy Lane
Headington
Oxford
OX3 0BP