Overview

The Educational Leadership and Management course from the University of Birmingham will give you the tools to put your learning into practice in the real world. With a thorough grounding in key education theories, policies, and practices, they'll prepare you to lead change in the classroom, in schools and in other educational settings, produce world-leading research, and create evidence-based policies.

Career opportunities:

The MA Educational Leadership and Management proramme will equip you for an exciting range of careers in education leadership and institutional management. You will be in an ideal position to transform the future improvement and overall performance of your school, having learnt to use research and evidence to develop new, and in some cases challenge, educational practices. With a strong focus on connecting research to practice, this course also enables ambitious researchers to pursue further study on a PhD programme.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Assessing and Improving School Performance
Research Methods in Education
Education Policy, Governance and Regulation
Leadership and Management in Education
Education, Policy & Society

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-27 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-07-03 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2027-08-28 00:00:00 , National

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

OR

88

OR

4.5

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PTE Academic

67

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Management Studies Educational Leadership View 913 other Masters in Management Studies in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

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88

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4.5

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PTE Academic

67

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IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

To gain a place at Birmingham you will need to meet the general entry requirements, as well as those specific to your course.
If you have a conditional offer for Birmingham where English is a requirement, you can take a Presessional English course as an alternative to retaking IELTS or a similar qualification. We offer on-campus courses all year round starting from September including additional online courses in the summer term.

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

27090 GBP / year

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Citizens or residents

11250 GBP / year

≈ 11250 GBP / year

Living costs

Birmingham

United Kingdom

765 - 1134 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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