University of East Anglia Faculty of Social Sciences

MSc Brand Leadership

Your life in branding starts here.

Welcome to the world's first postgraduate course in brand leadership.

This unique programme is the perfect springboard for a career in branding.

Over 90% of our graduates have great jobs as brand leaders.

36% are working in top London brand consultancies. Another 18% are in other brand consultancies around the world.

A further 27% are building careers in big branded businesses. And 9% are running their own businesses.

Working With Business

You'll be learning directly from the world-leading brand consultancy Wolff Olins, (the agency behind Orange, Tate, GE and Unilever).

You'll also have the opportunity to interact with inspiring businesses like Google, Innocent, Brora, Virgin and Oxfam and visit some of London’s best creative agencies, such as AMV.BBDO, BBH, FITCH and VCCP.

Who Should Apply?

This course is perfect for anyone who has studied Business, Management or Economics at an Undergraduate level or has experience working in business. Whatever your background, you must be ambitious, creative and fascinated by brands.

Chartered Institute of Marketing

This degree has been approved and accredited by the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) to provide direct entry onto the CIM's Professional Diploma in Marketing.

Entry Requirement

The experience you bring

This course is designed for people with some experience of the subject, either in their first degree, or in working life. We will help you build on your existing knowledge and prepare you for a successful career in branding.

For that reason, we ask you to be either:

• a new graduate who has studied business, management or economics, with at least 25% of your overall degree in one of these three subjects, or
• a graduate in any subject, with three or more years' experience in marketing or strategy work.

Either way, you must have a good degree: an upper second class honours degree (2:1) or its international equivalent.

If you are applying and you have not yet completed your degree, please send us an official copy of your most recent marks statement. When you send us your marks statement, please make sure that you include details of the marking system that your university uses.

Getting to know you

To help decide if the course is right for you, we ask you to submit a written statement with your application, setting out why you want to do this course, and why you are passionate about branding.

We will ask applicants who meet our requirements to take part in a telephone interview with our professional course director, Robert Jones. He will be looking for enthusiasm about, and some knowledge of, brands.