Management and Sustainability

With a growing recognition of sustainability as a core business practice, there’s no better time to study a management degree with sustainability at its heart.

Open to graduates and professionals with a degree in any subject. This course will help you to develop the relevant skills and competences linked to sustainability practices and processes that help organisations design and implement strategies for sustainable development.

You’ll gain a thorough introduction to management practices by exploring organisational strategy, which will give you key insights into various areas of business, management and leadership, and logistics and supply chain practices for sustainable operations. You’ll explore more specialist topics such as the circular economy and social, ethics and environmental enterprise where you’ll build your sustainability skills and competences. During the course you’ll also undertake a sustainability research project working with a real client on an assigned sustainability-related brief.

By joining our course, you’ll become a part of a welcoming and inclusive community of staff and students in our Department of Strategy, Enterprise and Sustainability. Our teaching staff are experts in their fields, conducting innovative research that informs their teaching, providing a stimulating and up-to-date learning experience.

You’ll also have an opportunity to engage with our award-winning Staff and Student Sustainability Group that runs an annual Summer Sustainability Festival. Extracurricular actives and the Rise programme also provide you with plenty of opportunities for your personal and professional development.

Apply now to start your journey towards becoming a future sustainable leader in your field.

Features and Benefits

• UK top 3 sustainable university – Manchester Met has been named one of the UK’s leading sustainable universities in the People and Planet University League 2023/24, having maintained a top-three ranking since 2013. Find out more
• Skills-focused – this course teaches you the skills you’ll need to obtain a management role in any sector, even if you haven’t got a business or management background.
• Shaped by industry – our courses are regularly reviewed in collaboration with our industry advisors to make sure you learn relevant skills that employers actually need.
• Delivered with industry – we invite industry experts to come to your lectures and organise live projects for you to work on so that you can learn directly from them what it takes to succeed.
• A city of opportunities – with global organisations, and innovative start-ups, Manchester offers a wealth of opportunities. Use our connections with employers to enhance your studies and professional networks.
• Triple accredited – our Business School holds the globally recognised trio of accreditations from EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA, placing us among the best business schools in the world.