The management consulting services industry is expected to grow at an average rate of ten percent year-on-year, reaching a size of approximately 1.3 trillion U.S. dollars by 2026 (Statista 2022).

This exciting course will give you a transformative educational experience that combines design thinking, entrepreneurial leadership and real-world client briefs from start-up charities to Fortune 500 corporations to develop your innovative and entrepreneurial mindset.

You will learn in a creative environment and undertake live projects across the whole year, working with our academics and researchers alongside real-world clients in the designated design studio that replicates an agency environment.

Key facts

Available as an MA or MSc, depending on the research methods used in your thesis

Northumbria University is ranked top 20 in the UK for Art and Design (Complete University Guide 2024)

Develop creative confidence and expertise in business insight to successfully lead organisations and communities to survive and prosper

Enhance your employability & expand your professional network by working directly with potential employers and have between 5-7 client projects to add to your CV

Be supported and coached by the Innovator in Residence at the design studio which replicates an agency environment

Graduates from this course have gone on to secure senior roles in large organisations, started their own businesses and charities, or gone on to PhD level study and academic careers