Digital Marketing MSc

Overview

A clever digital ad campaign can influence millions of people. The right visual identity can transform brands and inspire loyalty. A social media post could start a revolution. On our MSc Digital Marketing at Oxford Brookes, we’ll show you how your ideas can drive profits for businesses and make a positive contribution to society at the same time.

You might be joining us after an undergraduate degree or maybe you’ve been working in a business and want to move across to digital marketing. Perhaps you’re launching your own company and know how valuable these specialist skills are. Whatever your reasons, we’ll give you a strong foundation to build on for an exciting career.

While the theory is important, we believe a practical experience is even more valuable. Throughout the course you’ll learn digital marketing by doing digital marketing. Experiment with analytics tools using real data from real organisations. Develop the online customer experience. Test the latest marketing apps. And learn in our specialist social media suite – it’s not just the sciences that get their own labs.

Careers

Your business skills and specialist digital marketing knowledge will be useful for an exciting career in a range of areas such as:

digital marketing
social media marketing
brand management
content development
market research
analytics
media management.

Our graduates are working at major organisations and agencies all over the world, with names like LEGO, Lidl, LinkedIn, and Leo Burnett. Roles include:

content manager or strategist
SEO specialist
email marketing specialist
social media executive
paid media manager
digital marketing officer.

This course includes an optional placement year. It’s a great opportunity to put your skills into practice, with lots of support from Oxford Brookes staff.

Many students join the course with a particular career goal in mind. Others know the importance of digital marketing and want a Master’s that will be useful in a range of roles. If you’re not quite ready to specialise, you might also be interested in our MSc Global Marketing course which includes many of the same modules as MSc Digital Marketing.

The programme is designed to attract students from a wide range of backgrounds, disciplines and nationalities. Applicants are welcome from any academic discipline. Admission is normally open to those with: a minimum of a second-class honours degree or equivalent overseas degree from a recognised institution or equivalent professional or other qualification. Those who do not meet any of the above criteria may be eligible for entry, provided they have compensatory work experience. This should include, in particular, further professional training and accreditation and the demonstration of appropriate career development. Entry will also be subject to two satisfactory references (one of these must be an academic reference).