Overview

The  Human Resource Management MSc course offered at the University of Southampton is an excellent graduate opportunity to learn about human resource and advance or change your current career.  

This is an analytical and evidence-based master’s degree in human resource management. Your course lecturers will focus on operational and strategic issues, and will bring their own research and experience to their teaching. We’ll encourage you to develop your analytical and practical people management skills. 

This master’s in HR management teaches concepts and techniques proven to work in the HR management field. You’ll compare different approaches and analyse the impact they have on people management. The course explores different practices across Europe, Japan, China and USA, preparing you for an international career. 

Some modules expand your critical and analytical skills and others will be practical (such as role play) or self-reflective. We’ll help you develop important skills so you can pursue a career in HR management. 

As part of this master’s degree, you’ll explore: 

• the relationship between HR development and an organisation’s strategic objectives 
• key aspects of employee relations  
• current approaches in HR management with an analytical approach 
• organisation development 
• practical skills  

You’ll be a part of a supportive peer group, known as an action learning set. These groups are set up at the start of the course and will help you to collaborate on group assignments. You’ll learn from your peers’ experiences, so you can reflect on your own performance.   

During your degree you can become a student CIPD member (there is a fee to join). When you graduate, you’ll automatically become a CIPD Associate Member. This will provide you access to specialist resources and a community of HR practitioners. 

Career Opportunities

This degree will allow you to develop and evidence subject-specific and targeted employability skills. This includes the required skill set for a range of future careers, further study, or starting your own business.

The skills you can expect to focus on and gain from this course include:

• Research

• Critical thinking

• Commercial awareness

• Self-management

• Confidence

• Leadership

Accreditation

• This degree is accredited by The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).