Business, Enterprise and Management Postgraduate Degrees | Queen Margaret University (QMU), Edinburgh

Postgraduate study in business, enterprise and management

Gain hands-on experiential learning and competitive edge with QMU's postgraduate business degrees.

The QMU Business School's courses provide students with an optimum balance of theoretical and practical approaches. With strong industry links, our courses are developed in close consultation with industry leaders. Our focus on developing your entrepreneurism and employability will make you market ready when you graduate. 

Our courses are designed to suit those who might not necessarily have a background or experience in business and are suitable for new graduates as well as those who have been in the workplace for some time.

We are a member of the and a signatory member of Our courses are designed with close collaboration with professional bodies including and . This means our qualifications are recognised by these bodies and upon successful completion of our courses, you can fast track your professional qualification should you wish you achieve one.

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Postgraduate courses in business

MSc Accounting and Finance with CIMA MSc Accounting and Finance with CIMA with Professional Practice MSc Business Analytics MSc Business Analytics with Professional Practice MSc International Management and Leadership MSc International Management and Leadership with Professional Practice MSc International Marketing MSc International Marketing with Professional Practice

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MSc Accounting and Finance with CIMA

Developed in collaboration with: The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)

Developed in collaboration with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), this course offers you the opportunity to obtain a master’s degree, a prestigious professional qualification (CIMA Advanced Diploma in Management Accounting), and the maximum 11 exemptions from CIMA’s certificate, operational and management level examinations in only one year. Graduates will have expertise in the key areas of financial reporting, management accounting and corporate finance and a critical awareness of how these areas contribute to a company’s strategic management.

MSc Accounting and Finance with CIMA

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MSc International Management and Leadership

This course focuses on best practice in management and leadership while developing your international focus. It allows you to explore and critically appraise management and leadership.

MSc International Management and Leadership

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MSc International Marketing

Accredited by: Digital Marketing Institute (DMI)

This course responds to the growing importance of marketing and allied business functions. You will gain a strong understanding of the international marketing role and the key factors that influence the operating environment. It will attract those who already have a degree in business and wish to deepen their understanding of marketing and those who have a degree in another discipline and want to develop marketing and related skills. It is accredited by the Digital Marketing Institute (DMI). The DMI accreditation shows employers that your degree and learnt skills/knowledge are up to date with the latest findings in marketing and that you have received a high-quality multi-disciplined degree.

MSc International Marketing

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MSc Business Analytics

This course blends general management topics such as strategy, leadership and project management with data analytics subjects including soft systems methodology, statistics, coding, database management and data visualisation. It will equip you with the skills to structure, integrate, and analyse qualitative and quantitative data to formulate effective business solutions.

MSc Business Analytics

Business Courses at QMU

Find your perfect Business course at QMU

BA (Hons) Business Management (2026 Entry)

BA (Hons) Business Management with Analytics (2026 entry)

BA (Hons) Business Management with Digital Marketing (2026 entry)

BA (Hons) Business Management with Finance (2026 entry)

BA (Hons) Business Management with Human Resource Management (2026 entry)

BA (Hons) International Hospitality, Tourism and Events Management (2026 entry)

MSc Accounting and Finance with CIMA

MSc Accounting and Finance with CIMA with Professional Practice

MSc Business Analytics

MSc Business Analytics with Professional Practice

MSc International Management and Leadership

MSc International Management and Leadership with Professional Practice

MSc International Marketing

MSc International Marketing with Professional Practice

MBA

MBA Finance and Accounting

MBA Hospitality Management

MBA Marketing

Online MSc Healthcare Management

Why study a postgraduate business course at QMU?

Gain the competitive edge and skills that employers are looking for

What you can expect at Queen Margaret Business School:

A culture defined by strong personal relationships, informality and flexibility. We encourage our students to be truly ambitious, to experiment, innovate and take risks.
Courses that will give you the opportunity and space to develop. Expand your personal management and leadership skills.
Small class sizes. Class sizes that enhance your overall student experience.
Academic staff that are truly engaged in their subject. Learn from academics who are emersed in both research excellence and the dynamic world of business.
A student-centred approach to teaching and learning. There is the option to study individual modules for CPD purposes and to visit external organisations.
A learning and teaching experience that is student-centred and focused on you as an individual. At QMU your experience will be unlike that offered by most business schools.
Excellent Industry links with courses rooted in industry practice, hear from guest lectures, network with staff and industry experts. In the past these have included: Diageo, New Lanark Heritage Centre and Hotel, Nairns, Waldorf Astoria, Edinburgh and Glenkinchie Distillery just to name a few.
Course designed to enhance your career prospects. Opening up wide global opportunities.

Outside the Business School, you may also be interested in QMU's MSc Strategic Communication and Public Relations.

Postgraduate business degrees at QMU

Hands on experiential learning

Our approach to teaching and research in business related subjects is distinctive in three ways:

Our commitment to providing the optimum balance of theoretical and practical approaches, with strong industry links.
Our emphasis on the need for ethical, social and ecological responsibility in business.
Our entrepreneurial focus — students and recent graduates benefit from QMU’s Startup Studio and on-campus Business Gateway, plus the Bright Red Triangle package of entrepreneurial support and many go on to create their own businesses.

Our student-centred approach to teaching and learning

It is also possible to study some individual modules for CPD purposes. We facilitate visits to external organisations��and allow you to enjoy a true teamwork experience with your peers.

The learning and teaching experience at QMU is unlike that offered by most business schools��in that we want to ensure that your experience is not only student-centred, but is also��focused on you as an individual.

One example of this is an opportunity to undertake either a conventional dissertation or a hands-on project. The project route means that you will work with either a commercial business, or a community, voluntary or social enterprise to use and develop your skills and knowledge. Through the process and personal journey of taking a project from idea through execution and evaluation, you will build up practical experience and develop opportunities to enhance your employability.

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Research-informed teaching

Our approach to teaching and research in business related subjects is distinctive in three ways:

Our commitment to providing the optimum balance of theoretical and practical approaches, with strong industry links.
Our emphasis on the need for ethical, social and ecological responsibility in business.
Our entrepreneurial focus — students and recent graduates benefit from QMU’s Startup Studio and on-campus Business Gateway, plus the Bright Red Triangle package of entrepreneurial support and many go on to create their own businesses.

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Preparing you for successful careers

Our international hospitality, tourism and events management students have progressed to successful careers in a variety of organisations such as Disney World, VisitScotland and EventScotland. Many others are carving a career pathway with Sheraton, Gleneagles, Malmaison and Hotel du Vin, Hilton, RF Hotels, as well as many smaller privately owned companies in tourism, hospitality and events. Some students have started up their own hospitality, tourism or events business.

Our business management graduates are proving their worth to companies in the UK and internationally and have left QMU to embark on a wide range of successful careers in various sectors such as the financial sector in organisations such as Royal Bank of Scotland, Capita, Standard Life Investment and Lloyds Bank. Many of our graduates enter management training programmes in companies such as Diageo, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, John Lewis and Marks and Spencer. Others have set up their own businesses, entered teaching or taken their learning further as postgraduate students.��

Some students decide to undertake further academic study, perhaps at QMU on our MSc International Management and Leadership, MSc International Marketing, MSc Accounting and Finance with CIMA or our new MSc Business Analytics to enhance their business career or as a prelude to doctoral research.