A Management degree builds a strong foundation in a wide variety of fields including business, finance, economics and marketing. It develops students’ understanding of business practices, structures, business theory, business strategy and research as well as global economies and financial markets. Doing a Management Degree also allows students to gain skills that enable them to work with financial and numerical data effectively.
Management degrees cover different managerial roles, such as Human Resource (HR) management, hospitality management, innovation management, operations management, etc. They can be specialized into one of the areas mentioned above or follow a more general approach that covers most of these areas.
The range of management degrees is huge and includes Business Management, Management, Marketing Management, etc. They are predominantly offered in the business departments/business schools/management schools of different universities.
One of the main benefits of this degree is that Management is a broad discipline, which keeps students’ career options open.
Management degrees could have a very practical focus, which is an opportunity for students to gain experience in the process of completing their degree before having started their professional careers. Management courses usually offer work placements and practical modules, which include business simulations and business creation in a simulated environment. Acquiring practical experience through these opportunities could make students stand out from the crowd in the job market once they graduate. Research-oriented Management degrees also exist for those who prefer the theoretical aspects of such a degree. Most courses, however, have established a good balance between theory and practice in order to meet the needs of all students.
Management degrees also prepare students to serve the managerial role across a wide range of areas, including HR management, hospitality management, innovation management, operations management, etc. Students can specialize in one particular area or focus on gaining knowledge across all of these areas thanks to the high availability of different management courses.
Additionally, there is a high demand for management professionals in the contemporary business world. Therefore, taking a management course is an opportunity for students to kick-start their careers and occupy a higher position in the organizational hierarchy.
Management courses usually begin by introducing students to different areas covered by the managerial role, such as organizational management, business environment, statistics, accounting and finance, business growth, etc. After the first year, institutions allow students to explore the management discipline into more depth by delivering specialized modules and offering optional modules, which enable students to choose subjects that interest them the most and are most relevant to their career aspirations.
Management degrees take 3 years to complete in the UK. However, their duration could extend to 4 years if students choose to spend a year in industry between their second and third year, which is a popular option among the student community. Setting placement opportunities apart, the duration of a Management degree depends on three main factors – country, mode of study (part-time or full-time) and degree level. Below are listed the approximate durations of Management degrees in the most popular countries for Higher Education in Europe:
Overall I’m very happy with this university. The program is extensive but not too difficult. The university also has a lot to offer with regard to sports and associations. The city is also fantastic, it is super safe and beautiful and has all the activities a student would want without it being too busy or as expensive as other Dutch cities.
View moreI definitely feel that my degree at this university is valuable and it comes with it’s perks. But i also feel that they could improve upon student life, as the college as such offers nothing other than education. some cultural or sports events would be good once in a while.
View moreThe university is AVERAGE to say the least:
– Many professors (especially locals) are unable to read and understand sentences that have more than 10 words (I swear guys, no way you can use complements in your writing!);
– Tests are a joke: no one cares whether you actually understood anything of what you supposedly studied, the only thing they care about is whether you learned by heart their little definition so that you can answer the little closed-questions test.
– EXCEPTIONALISM NOT WELCOME: The only thing they care about, is averageness. Don’t even try to do something a bit more original, nor to add something that you learned in another course, nor mentioning anything else but the damn catch-phrase the professor taught you. If your goal in life is to become an average person, doing average things and having average thoughts, then the RuG is really the place for you. If, however, you’d like to have an experience that is a bit more challenging from an intellectual standpoint, then you might want to consider other destinations. Oh, and if you are thinking “well, the RuG is in the top100 ranking” you might want to do a little extra research and figure out who decides who gets in the “top100” and how the points are calculated. Little hint: forget about rankings, they are just a pile of crap.
– Another amazing trick they found to steal money to former students (YES, EVEN AFTER BEING DONE WITH YOUR PROGRAM!) is the deregistration process: so imagine you finish your program, you do the little ceremony (about which, the actual diploma looks like it was designed by a kid using WordArt on Windows98..) and then you think you are done for good. Wrong. After 6 months, they will still be chasing you because they want your money, reminding you that you signed a (fraudolent) contract based on which if you graduate in January you still have to pay until August. I know you might not believe this, but it is actually true (happened to me and many other fellow students I know, with annexed threats). This happens because even after you graduated (and THEY gave you the diploma), it is YOU who have to tell them “hey, I’m done now!” otherwise it won’t count and they’ll pretend they “didn’t know”. Just remember this in case you decide to go there, otherwise you’ll end up like me paying almost 2000€ extra AFTER being done with my program.
To conclude, the city is nice and cozy for students, especially for internationals since they can find a lot of fellow international students to socialize with (dutch people are a bit cold, to use a euphemism..so you’ll probably end up with anyone but dutch people – but hey, feel free to waste your time trying to talk with some soul-less flesh with the empathic capacity of a rock if you wanna have a true dutch experience first-hand!).
Seriously dude, think about it.
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