Overview

To qualify for membership you need to attend a series of skills workshops, with presentations by guest speakers, and complete a range of activities enabling you to develop practical HR skills.

You join CIPD as a student member and when you have passed all course units (including the dissertation) and the CIPD components, your CIPD membership will be automatically updated to Associate Member. Once you have applied your knowledge in the workplace, you can apply for Chartered membership.

Career opportunities

Graduates from the Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations programme from The University of Manchester have gone on to a wide variety of careers and further study, mostly, but not exclusively, in related fields.

Recent recruiters

Air Astana, Amazon, Balfour Beatty, Ernst & Young, Lloyds TSB, Mckinsey and Company, MPA Consulting, Morrisons, Nestlé, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Reed Global, Shoppers Stop Ltd, Sony, TATA Consultancy Services and Tesco plc.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Multinationals and Comparative Employment Systems

Employment Law

HRM: Strategy and Practice

HRM: Context and Organisation

Employment Practice and Equality

Industrial Relations

International Human Resource Management

Comparative Industrial Relations

International Labour Law and Regulation

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-29 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

100

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PTE Academic

76

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IELTS

7

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Manchester, United Kingdom
Manchester, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Industrial & Systems Engineering Human Resource Management View 97 other Masters in Industrial & Systems Engineering in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

100

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PTE Academic

76

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IELTS

7

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Other requirements

General requirements

We require a First or Upper Second class honours degree (2:1, with 60% average) from a UK university or the overseas equivalent, in any discipline.
When assessing your academic record, we take into account your grade average, position in class, references and the standing of the institution where you studied your qualification. We particularly welcome applications from institutions of high ranking and repute
valid English language qualification
first and second year transcript (scanned copies are accepted at the time of application)
statement of purpose (this is included as part of your application form, you do not need to email your statement of purpose directly to the Admissions Team)

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

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Non-residents

30750 GBP / year

≈ 30750 GBP / year
Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

17750 GBP / year

≈ 17750 GBP / year

Living costs

Manchester

United Kingdom

645 - 1197 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Key information

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Credits

Delivered

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Academic requirements

English requirements

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General requirements

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Living costs

Manchester

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