Business Management
Along with theoretical business knowledge, our Business Management degree routes will give you the practical experience you need to make your professional mark from day one.
Let’s talk business. When you study for a degree in Business Management at QMU you will gain a deep understanding of the nature and core functions of businesses. How do successful companies manage their resources? What is the best way to make an organisation environmentally sustainable? What marks out a successful business?
Business Management with Analytics
How do businesses generate meaningful reports for other stakeholders and make decisions? What are the different tools we can use to analyse information? Our BA (Hons) in Business Management with Analytics will help you to develop a specialised understanding of analytical methods and utilise software packages to support key business decisions alongside core business management skills.
Business Management with Digital Marketing
What makes customers buy from a business? How can self-promotion make a company more profitable? Our BA (Hons) in Business Management with Digital Marketing will help you develop a specialised understanding of marketing theory and practice.
Business Management with Finance
At the heart of every successful business is an accomplished finance team. Our BA (Hons) Business Management with Finance is a specialist finance pathway that will give you the contemporary theory and practice you need to carve a career in business finance and management.
Business Management with Human Resource Management
People are an organisation’s most important asset. Are you interested in a career which facilitates and maximises the contribution of people? Our BA (Hons) in Business Management with Human Resource Management will provide you with the expertise to align organisational goals with people, values and culture.
Dietetics
This four-year undergraduate Master of Dietetics (MDiet)/BSc (Hons) Dietetics course will equip you with the expertise and practical skills that you need to work as a registered dietitian in the health and social care sector. You will thrive in our supportive environment, and benefit from placements each year along with practical experience in our specialist clinical facilities on campus.
Digital Marketing and Public Relations
Digital marketing and public relations (PR) are fascinating, fast-moving fields that offer many rewarding career opportunities. Our professionally-recognised BA (Hons) in Digital Marketing and Public Relations course provides the strategic insight, practical skills and industry experience to kick-start your career in the fast-paced and rapidly growing industries.
Education Studies
This innovative, modern BA (Hons) in Education course will prepare you to enter a range of education-related professional careers. You might pursue opportunities in community learning and development, outdoor learning, museums, education administration, curriculum development, educational technology, international aid settings, policy work, and more. The course can lead to many postgraduate opportunities in areas such as: teaching, community learning or master’s level study in social science.
Film and Media
Our eclectic and inspiring BA (Hons) in Film and Media course will give you the expertise to succeed in a variety of careers. You will learn practical filmmaking skills and have your critical thinking faculties sharpened to a fine point, through innovative teaching and learning approaches which foster resilient and collaborative working.
International Hospitality, Tourism and Events Management
This BA in (Hons) International Hospitality, Tourism and Events Management course will provide you with the business management skills and practical expertise that the best employers in international hospitality, tourism and events are looking for.
The experiential nature of this course will equip you with excellent management skills and the practical expertise needed to succeed in these vibrant industries, which will put you at the forefront of graduates, and open doors to a wealth of career opportunities.
Media and Communications (Year 3 entry only)
This BA (Hons) in Media and Communications course will allow you to study media theory while gaining the creative, practical and collaborative skills you will need to establish a career in tomorrow’s global, digitally networked world.
With a wide choice of module options, the course will prepare you for a diverse range of careers including content production, news media, advertising, media production and marketing communications.
The course includes an option to study a semester abroad (subject to availability), and there is a great emphasis on work-based learning opportunities, helping you to hit the ground running when you join the workplace.
Master of Nursing (MNurse)
This four-year undergraduate master’s course will prepare you with the knowledge, skills and leadership qualities for a successful and rewarding career in nursing. On completion you will be eligible to apply for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) as a registered nurse.
Nursing
This comprehensive four-year undergraduate Master of Nutrition (MNutrition)/BSc (Hons) Nutrition provides a robust combination of the theoretical understanding and practical skills essential for cultivating a rewarding career as a nutritionist.
Nutrition
This comprehensive four-year undergraduate Master of Nutrition (MNutrition)/BSc (Hons) Nutrition provides a robust combination of the theoretical understanding and practical skills essential for cultivating a rewarding career as a nutritionist.
Thrive in our supportive learning environment, with great facilities, complemented by a placement giving you experience in a real-world environment. Upon graduation you will be eligible to apply for registration with the Association for Nutrition (AfN) as an associate nutritionist.
Performance (Year 3 entry only)
Focusing on practice, this two-year BA (Hons) in Performance course offers you the knowledge and skills to make innovative, relevant and engaging new work for contemporary audiences and communities. It is an ‘articulation route’ for students who have already achieved an HND in Acting and Performance.
Podiatry
This four-year undergraduate Master of Podiatry (MPod)/BSc (Hons) Podiatry course will equip you with the expertise and practical skills that you need to work as a registered podiatrist in the private or public health and social care sector. You will thrive in our supportive environment, and benefit from placements each year along with practical experience in our specialist clinical facilities on campus.
Psychology
Our BSc (Hons) in Psychology will equip you with the transferable skills and analytical abilities that top employers are actively looking.
Embark on a transformative journey with our BSc (Hons) Psychology, designed to furnish you with sought-after transferable skills and analytical ability. Ever wondered about the intricacies of human thought, emotion, and behaviour? Join us to explore the answers to these questions, unlocking a pathway to diverse and fulfilling career opportunities in the dynamic field of psychology.
Our student-centred approach, together with a foundation in engaging real-world research, ensures a rich learning experience studying psychology at QMU. Explore contemporary issues and practical research and alongside our dedicated staff, gaining applied insights that go beyond textbooks.
Psychology and Sociology
Are you fascinated by human nature, by who we are, how we interact and why we behave the way we do? Are you curious about the forces shaping society around us and how we can change it for the better? If so, you will enjoy our BSc (Hons) in Psychology and Sociology. Our joint degree provides an intellectually challenging and stimulating environment for exploring questions around the individual and society, while also offering opportunities for experiential and work-based learning.
Radiography (Therapeutic)
Therapeutic radiographers specialise in the planning, administration and aftercare of radiotherapy treatment for patients, most of whom have cancer and tumours. This four year undergraduate master's/BSc (Hons) degree course will give you the theoretical understanding and practical skills you will need to build a rewarding career as a therapeutic radiographer. Practice placements are an integrated part of the course and allow you to put your theoretical knowledge into practice.
Associate Degree - Psychology and Sociology (Newbattle College)
Are you fascinated by human nature, by who we are and how we interact? Do you want to understand what impacts the shape of society around us and how it could be changed for the better? If so, you will enjoy our BSc (Hons) in Psychology and Sociology: it provides a challenging and stimulating environment for exploring these questions around the individual and society.
You can study this course as an associate student, completing the first year at Newbattle Abbey College.
PGDE Secondary (Business Education)
Are you a graduate in a degree related to accounting, economics or business management? Are you looking for a new inspiring, challenging, socially empowering and rewarding career? Have you thought about teaching? Consider our new one-year PGDE Secondary (Business Education) course that will prepare you to teach business education in Scottish secondary schools and beyond.
PGDE Secondary (Home Economics)
Are you looking for a change of career? Why not consider becoming a Home Economics teacher in a secondary school? Our one-year PGDE in Home Economics course will prepare you to teach home economics in Scottish secondary schools and beyond, providing you with an internationally recognised secondary teaching qualification.
PGDE Secondary (Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies)
Are you a graduate in a degree related to religious studies, philosophy, theology, divinity, sociology of religion, anthropology of religion or psychology of religion? Are you looking for an inspiring, challenging and socially empowering career? Our new one-year PGDE Secondary (Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies) course will prepare you to teach religious, moral and philosophical studies in Scottish secondary schools and beyond, providing you with an internationally recognised secondary teaching qualification.
Public Relations and Marketing Communications (Year 3 entry only)
Our professionally-recognised Public Relations and Marketing Communications degree provides the strategic insight, practical skills and industry experience to kick-start your career in the fast-paced and growing industries of digital PR and marketing.
There is high demand for graduates with the knowledge and skills that you will gain from this course. You will work with live clients, gaining hands-on experience of developing innovative and creative communication solutions and use a range of specialist software that mirrors what is used in practice.
Public Sociology (No year 1 entry)
If you have an enquiring, questioning mind and you want to understand more about human societies, social problems, interactions and experiences, you will thrive on this BSc (Hons) Public Sociology course.
Intellectually stimulating and personally empowering, this course will invite you to embrace new ideas and schools of thought. It encourages rigorous critical thinking on complex and challenging social issues, opening the door to a wide range of careers.
It is Scotland’s first public sociology course and we continue to be pioneering in the way we think. Our students have chosen fascinating and original topics to research for their dissertations, from women’s body image on social media to a community campaign on gentrification.
Sociology
Sociology focuses on understanding how people’s lives and interactions are shaped by factors like class, gender, ethnicity, race, disability and age in national and global contexts. Sociologists interpret and explain how social processes and institutions inform and impact people’s everyday lives.
Our BSc (Hons) in Sociology is ideal preparation for a wide range of careers in which you can contribute to improving people’s lives.
Theatre and Film
If you love theatre and film, you can study them both in depth on the only course of its kind in Scotland. The innovative BA (Hons) in Theatre and Film combines theory and practice to prepare you for a flourishing career in the creative industries.
Film and theatre are thriving industries, creatively and commercially.
This course will give you the confidence and skills you need to enter careers in theatre, film, teaching, and professions demanding communication and creativity. You will be able to forge your own career path, taking full advantage of a course that is flexible to fit your needs.
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