Kent Business School

Here at the University of Kent, we understand your passion to progress. Whether gaining advanced skills or joining a global academic research community drives you, our networks and facilities will help you achieve your ambition.

And at the Kent Business School, ambition never stops. Our passion for education fills diverse, ethically minded and employable students with the determination to make a positive difference. At our core, we’re driven by a responsibility to create a world that is both socially and environmentally sustainable. What we do now builds on the progress and entrepreneurship of past students, researchers, and partnerships. With our focus on transformative education informed by impactful research, we’re solving the challenges facing our communities today and better enabling future generations to meet those yet to come.

January start courses (2025)

Our January start courses are ideal if you want to take a career break and enhance your skills. This is also an ideal option for international students as it allows more time to meet visa requirements. Full and part time postgraduate courses available. View our January start subject areas.

Kent rises to top 40 in The Times Good University Guide 2025

We are delighted to report that the University has achieved a ranking of 40th out of 131 institutions nationally in The Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025. Kent is also one of the biggest risers in the Guide, with a leap of 12 places from the previous year. Read more.

Why choose Kent Business School?

• Leader in the field: Kent Business School is a ‘Triple Crown’ accredited business school placing us in the top 1% of business schools globally to be accredited by AMBA, EQUIS and AASCB
• Industry expertise at your fingertips: You’ll learn from our expert teaching staff, many of which appear in the top 2% of researchers worldwide
• Kickstart your career: You can increase your career prospects through an Industrial Placement or In-Company Student Consultancy Project, or even transform your idea into a business through the Business Start-Up Journey with ASPIRE
• Supporting student success: You’ll gain access to our holistic student support and wellbeing service, as well as our dedicated employability support from enrolment up to 3 years after graduation at historic Rochester or Canterbury Cathedral, depending on your choice of campus
• Set your own pace: Our MSc courses get you fully qualified in just 12 months, enabling you to make rapid progress in your career to realise your ambitions. You have a choice of a more traditional campus in Canterbury, with our Medway campus being great for commuters.
• Made at KBS: You’ll become part of our globally connected Kent Business School alumni community of more than 23,000 graduates across 87 countries

If you are looking for a course that focuses on real-life challenges while providing you with the tools to be professionally competitive and also helps you to become employable in the UK or other parts of the world, do not hesitate to apply to the University of Kent.

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Postgraduate courses

Our postgraduate courses, taught across our Canterbury and Medway campuses, are informed by our research and taught by experts with international reputations for the quality of their work. Our flagship AMBA-accredited MBA attracts students from around the world who are looking to build the knowledge and skills to define your career goals and create a personalised career action plan.

Other taught Master’s courses explore a range of relevant and sought-after topics to develop graduates as responsible leaders and entrepreneurs of tomorrow who make a difference in the world. We also offer conversion courses, specifically designed for non-business graduates who want to change direction and enhance their career prospects.

Careers and support

Gain so much more than an academic qualification when you graduate from Kent Business School - we enhance your student experience and accelerate your career prospects.

Enhance your employability skills further by:

• Taking part in our specialist Postgraduate Employability Edge programme
• Undertake an industrial placement or opt for an In-Company Scheme to work on a real business case study.
• Launch your own venture via our extra-curricular Business Start-Up Journey supported by our ASPIRE team.

Course starts to suit you

Three of our MSc courses are available for both January and September starts, in healthcare management, project management and international business management, offering you flexibility to develop your career, your way.

September entry courses:

• MSc Business Analytics
• MSc Digital Marketing and Analytics
• MSc Finance
• MSc Finance (Dual Award)
• MSc Finance and Management
• MSc Finance, Investment and Risk
• MSc FinTech
• MSc Healthcare Management
• MSc Human Resource Management
• MSc International Business Management
• MSc Logistics and Supply Chain Management
• MSc Marketing
• MSc Strategic Project Management
• The MBA,
• Finance PhD
• Business Analytics PhD
• Management PhD
• Marketing PhD
• Accounting PhD
• Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management PhD
• Operational Research PhD

Scholarships and funding

Kent Business School is delighted to offer a range of funding opportunities including bursaries and scholarships:

• Early Bird Discount - 10% off tuition fees - the early bird deadline for self-funded students applying for January 2025 entry is 10 November 2024, with deposit paid by 1 December 2024.
• Course Director’s Scholarship – available to self-funded students with a first-class degree (or equivalent) – awards up to £2,500
• KBS Hardship Bursary – 20 capped awards available with a value of £1,500 and £3,000.

Visit our Postgraduate Funding page for more information.

Amazing campus locations

Canterbury campus

The Sibson Building at Canterbury provides you with the ideal environment for you to achieve your full potential and gain the most from your studies. This RIBA award-winning state-of-the-art building offers spacious teaching facilities including executive seminar and lecture rooms, a Bloomberg lab, a dedicated MBA suite and access to excellent IT facilities and learning resources.

Medway campus

Kent Business School at Medway benefits from a range of first-class facilities including digital classrooms, seminar rooms, a group learning room, a computer suite, quiet and general study areas, social spaces and a special reference collection of core textbooks. Dedicated on-site learning, personal and IT support is also continuously available at the Drill Hall Library on campus, the longest in Europe.

Both campuses offer excellent transport links, close to continental Europe and with easy access to London.

Graduate visa

Did you know? - International students who have studied a bachelor’s or Master’s course in the UK will be eligible for a two-year Graduate visa? Take advantage and continue to enhance your employability in the UK after your studies. Find out more.

Postgraduate Open Events

Come and visit us at one of our Open Days, or at a Campus Tour. Find out more