**Overview**

The Edinburgh Business School aims to provide forward-thinking, practical, focused MSc degrees that are outward looking and focused on the global business world. As part of our programme, you will study specialist subjects from across the business sphere including; international business context, competitive strategy, research philosophy and practice, and business economics.

Our courses provide insight into relevant social, political, legal, and macroeconomic conditions affecting international business and will develop your skills in decision-making, people management, leadership and team working.

You will learn how to critically evaluate and implement theories,...

We have a reputation for research excellence in the fields of Health Economics, International Trade, Labour Economics, Welfare Economics and Macroeconomics. Projects currently being developed by our staff include: Globalisation, Demographic Change and Health; Growth, Employment and Competitiveness in a Knowledge Society; Outsourcing, Foreign Direct Investment and Labour Markets; Globalisation, Environmental Sustainability, Poverty and Well-Being; Variations in Health and Health Care; Socio-economic health inequalities; and Devolution and Inequality.

The MSc in Maritime Logistics and Business is in collaboration with Piri Reis University (PRU) in Istanbul Turkey, a specialist maritime university. Delivered by the Edinburgh Business School, this MSc offers students a unique insight into the increasingly growing and profitable maritime logistics market. Providing students with first-hand knowledge and understanding of the internationally growing maritime Industry.

Due to the ever expanding employability market within the industry this degree will focus on not only the theoretical but the practical and professional skills required for future employment. During semester 1 the students will be based in Edinburgh Business...

MSc Fashion and Lifestyle Marketing programme is designed for students who want specialist knowledge in brand development, buying, merchandising, digital and social media marketing communications, staging the retail experience, design and trend decision making and understanding the connected consumer. Drawing upon the latest research in the field, students will become specialists in design management and trend analysis, branding, experiential retail marketing, consumer behaviour and marketing communications, all within the context of fashion and lifestyle.

This distinctive MBA programme is designed for enterprising and socially-minded individuals with aspirations to become a professional manager with an instinct for creating sustainable business in a socially responsible manner. This practical and applied programme provides insight into the everyday challenges confronting managers within a range of business and third sector organisations across the globe. We emphasise the role, contribution and integration of the key business functions to enhance your ability to design and deliver effective organisation-wide strategies.

The University of Dundee’s School of Dentistry, a WHO Collaborating Centre for Public Health Issues on Congenital Anomalies and Technology Transfer, has an established reputation in the quality of its dental research and the delivery of research degrees.

At present, over half of our research postgraduate students are from overseas countries such as the Middle East, Egypt, Trinidad and Brazil and the major attraction is our expertise in a number of fields including dental public health / health services, cariology and craniofacial anomalies. Students have come with a range of funding including research councils, scholarships and sponsorship...

This course has been designed to meet the needs of healthcare professionals and nurses working anywhere in the world and our flexible and interactive distance learning programme will enable you to study whenever or wherever you want.

With the pandemic of COVID-19 announced in March 2020, it has become more apparent than ever that we need to develop skills around outbreak investigation and management. This is one of many topics covered in our online course and you will be able to develop and enhance your skills in this alongside other practice areas such as:

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The School of Health Sciences (SHS) strives to transform lives through applied health research, within a vibrant research community within our school and the wider university.

Our research activity is led by the Mother and Infant Research Unit, our People, Health and Communities programme, and the Scottish Improvement Science Collaborating Centre (SISCC) which is hosted by the School. Research projects within these thematic and expanding programmes are welcomed with particular reference to population health, rehabilitation, older people, maternal and child health, health improvement and improvement science, mental health, and digital living.

Methodological expertise includes...

MSc Finance and Management at Heriot-Watt University gives you the platform to develop highly employable, specialist expertise across the modern practices of financial management and business management.

This highly respected masters degree programme has been developed in response to industry demands for dynamic graduates who can combine expertise in financial management with the ability to implement effective business management strategies across organisations of any size.

Taught with a genuine industry focus by professionals and leading researchers from the fields of financial management and business management, this programme will open up many new career opportunities....

With a focus on the ever-changing global financial markets, this MSc in Accounting and Finance aims to equip graduates with highly employable expertise and a thorough understanding of current issues in global financial markets – both academically and professionally.

On this MSc you will take six main courses on the subject of international accounting and be offered a choice of one specialist per semester. These courses will give you an international perspective on accounting and help you understand things like national differences, harmonisation and the challenges and problems facing multinational companies.

You will have...