Leadership Degree Courses in the UK - Bachelors & Masters

Program University Student satis­faction Unem­ployed Drop­out Tuition (UK) Tuition (Inter­national) UCAS Tariff City
Sport Business Management (High Performance Leadership) BA (Hons) University of Gloucestershire 81% 2% 19% £9250 £15000 £15450 125 Cheltenham On campus Full-time
Business Management and Leadership BA (Hons) University of Greenwich 77% 10% 22% £9250 £16150 £17000 113 London On campus Full-time
Sport Management and Leadership (with Foundation Year) BSc (Hons) The University of Northampton - 10% 19% £6750 - 87 Northampton On campus Full-time
Sport Management & Leadership BSc (Hons) The University of Northampton - 10% 19% £9250 - 87 Northampton On campus Full-time
Fire and Leadership Studies BSc (Hons) University of Central Lancashire 45% 0% 15% £9250 - 131 Preston On campus Full-time
Fire and Leadership Studies (Foundation Entry) BSc (Hons) University of Central Lancashire 45% 0% 15% £9250 - 131 Preston On campus Full-time
Outdoor Adventure Leadership BA (Hons) University of Central Lancashire 79% - 25% £9250 - 125 Preston On campus Full-time
Leadership for Global Challenges BSc (Hons) Swansea University - 0% 6% - - 129 Swansea On campus Full-time
Leadership for Global Challenges with a Year in Industry BSc (Hons) Swansea University - 0% 6% - - 129 Swansea On campus Full-time
Outdoor Adventure Leadership (Foundation Entry) BA (Hons) University of Central Lancashire 79% - 25% £9250 - 125 Preston On campus Full-time
Leadership for Global Challenges with a Year Abroad BSc (Hons) Swansea University - 0% 6% - - 129 Swansea On campus Full-time
Strategy, Change and Leadership PgCert University of Bristol - - - £10000 £13000 - Bristol On campus Full-time
Education (Learning, Leadership and Policy) EdD University of Bristol - - - £4665 £20100 - Bristol On campus Full-time
Management with Leadership MSc University of Huddersfield - - - £8900 £18700 - Huddersfield On campus Full-time
Business, Enterprise and Leadership (Top-Up) BA (Hons) Truro and Penwith College - - - £4625 £4668 - Truro On campus Part-time
Leadership, Communication and Humanitarian Challenges MSc University of Huddersfield - - - £8900 £18700 - Huddersfield On campus Full-time
Educational Leadership and Management MSc University of Portsmouth - - - £5200 £9400 - Portsmouth On campus Part-time
Education (Leadership and Management) MA University of Huddersfield - - - £6900 £17600 - Huddersfield On campus Full-time
Educational Leadership and Management PgDip University of Portsmouth - - - £6930 £12530 - Portsmouth On campus Full-time
Leadership in Health & Social Care (International) MSc University of Bradford - - - £7744 £19494 - Bradford On campus Full-time
Management Consultancy and Organisational Change MSc Birkbeck, University of London - - - £6075 £9915 - London On campus Part-time
Policing (Operational and Strategic Leadership) MSc (PG) University of Wales - - - £7800 £15000 - Cardiff On campus Part-time
Brand Leadership MSc University of East Anglia - - - £17700 £23850 - Norwich On campus Full-time
Building Information Modelling and Digital Transformation (BIM-DT) MSc University of Liverpool - - - £10150 £21350 - Liverpool On campus Full-time
Educational Leadership and Management PgCert University of Portsmouth - - - £3470 £6270 - Portsmouth On campus Full-time
Engineering Leadership and Management MSc Swansea University - - - £12200 £12800 £21200 £22250 - Swansea On campus Full-time
Leadership MBA Bath Spa University - - - £9930 £16860 £17645 - Bath On campus Full-time
Sustainable Business Leadership MSc University of Huddersfield - - - £8900 £18700 - Huddersfield On campus Full-time
Strategic Communication, Leadership and Sustainability MSc University of Huddersfield - - - £8900 £18700 - Huddersfield On campus Full-time
Organisational Change Management MSc University of Essex - - - £14300 £22400 - Colchester On campus Full-time
Leadership and Management in Health PgCert Kingston University - - - £3820 £5897 - Kingston upon Thames On campus Part-time
Education (Leadership and Policy) MSc University of Bristol - - - £11030 £25200 - Bristol On campus Full-time
Leadership and Management (Top-up) MSc University of Portsmouth - - - £4000 £6270 - Portsmouth On campus Part-time
Sustainable Business, Environment and Society MSc The University of York - - - £9990 £22250 - York On campus Full-time
Strategic Communication and Leadership MSc University of Huddersfield - - - £8900 £18700 - Huddersfield On campus Full-time
Education Leadership and Management MSc (PG) University of East Anglia - - - £9975 - - Norwich On campus Part-time
Leadership and Management FD Leeds City College - - - £7950 - - Leeds On campus Full-time
Educational Leadership (Teach First) MA Bath Spa University - - - £4298 £2905 - - Bath On campus Part-time
Outdoor Adventure Education and Leadership (Top-up) BA (Hons) Middlesbrough College - - - £8500 - - Middlesbrough On campus Full-time
Sustainable Leadership / 20Twenty Leadership Programme PgCert Cardiff Metropolitan University - - - £1950 - - Cardiff On campus Full-time
Leadership and Management in Social Care PgCert Kingston University - - - £2840 - - Kingston upon Thames On campus Part-time
Clinical Leadership MSc Kingston University - - - £4555 - - Kingston upon Thames On campus Part-time
Sustainable Business Leadership (Professional Practice) MSc University of Huddersfield - - - - £18700 - Huddersfield On campus Full-time
Community Leadership (Top-Up) BA (Hons) University of Central Lancashire - - - £9250 - - Preston On campus Full-time
Management with Leadership (Professional Practice) MSc University of Huddersfield - - - - £18700 - Huddersfield On campus Full-time
Leadership and Management (Top Up) BA (Hons) Leeds City College - - - £3975 - - Leeds On campus Part-time
Police Leadership, Strategy and Organisation MSc University of Derby - - - £950 - - Derby On campus Part-time
Early Years: Education and Leadership in Practice (Top-Up) BA (Hons) Kingston University - - - £9250 - - Kingston upon Thames On campus Full-time
Strategic Communication, Leadership and Sustainability (Professional Practice) MSc University of Huddersfield - - - - £18700 - Huddersfield On campus Full-time
Leadership, Communication and Humanitarian Challenges (Professional Practice) MSc University of Huddersfield - - - - £18700 - Huddersfield On campus Full-time
Outdoor Adventure Education and Leadership FD Middlesbrough College - - - £6300 - - Middlesbrough On campus Full-time
Strategic Communication and Leadership (Professional Practice) MSc University of Huddersfield - - - - £18700 - Huddersfield On campus Full-time
Education (Leadership and Management) MA Bath Spa University - - - £4298 - - Bath On campus Part-time
Education (Leadership) MA University of Bedfordshire - - - - - - Luton On campus Part-time
Organisational Leadership PgDip University of Oxford - - - - - - Oxford On campus Part-time
Health and Social Care Leadership MSc Sheffield Hallam University - - - - - - Sheffield On campus Part-time
Management, Strategy and Leadership MSc MSc University of Dundee - - - - - - Dundee On campus Full-time
Community Health Practice MSc University of Central Lancashire - - - - - - Preston On campus Part-time
Education Leadership and Management (Interdisciplinary Studies) MA Liverpool Hope University - - - - - - Liverpool On campus Part-time
Global Healthcare Leadership MSc University of Oxford - - - - - - Oxford On campus Part-time
Digital Transformation MSc Birmingham City University - - - - - - Birmingham On campus Part-time
Sport Business and Leadership MSc Loughborough University of Technology - - - - - - Loughborough On campus Part-time
Leadership MA University of Reading - - - - - - Reading On campus Part-time
Leadership and Management (Health Care) PgCert Lancaster University - - - - - - Lancaster On campus Part-time
Education (Leadership) MA University of Birmingham - - - - - - Birmingham On campus Full-time
Education Leadership and Management MA University of Exeter - - - - - - Exeter On campus Full-time
Environmental Leadership and Management MSc MSc The University of Nottingham - - - - - - Nottingham On campus Full-time
Advanced Leadership for Professional Practice (Social Work) MSc The University of Manchester - - - - - - Manchester On campus Full-time
Medical Leadership MSc University of Central Lancashire - - - - - - Preston On campus Part-time
Business Communication for International Leadership MA University of Portsmouth - - - - - - Portsmouth On campus Full-time
Policing Leadership MSc Nottingham Trent University - - - - - - Nottingham On campus Full-time
MBA Strategic Leadership (Senior Leader Apprenticeship) MBA University of Portsmouth - - - - - - Portsmouth On campus Part-time
Organisational Change and Development MSc The University of Manchester - - - - - - Manchester On campus Part-time
Advanced Leadership for Professional Practice (Nursing) MSc The University of Manchester - - - - - - Manchester On campus Full-time
Educational Leadership MA University of Birmingham - - - - - - Birmingham On campus Part-time
Leadership in Learning (Teach First) MA Sheffield Hallam University - - - - - - Sheffield On campus Part-time
MBA Business Administration (Cooperative Leadership and Social Entrepreneurship): Executive MBA Programme MBA Sheffield Hallam University - - - - - - Sheffield On campus Part-time
Educational Leadership and Management MA The University of Warwick - - - - - - Coventry On campus Part-time
Leadership and Management MSc University of South Wales - - - - - - Pontypridd On campus Part-time
Leadership and Management PgCert Lancaster University - - - - - - Lancaster On campus Part-time
Professional Practice in Organisational and Regional Change Leadership PgCert Sheffield Hallam University - - - - - - Sheffield On campus Part-time
Business Management and Leadership BSc (Hons) University of Leeds - - - - - - Leeds On campus Part-time
Educational Leadership MA University of Chester - - - - - - Chester On campus Full-time
Educational Leadership MSc Queen's University of Belfast - - - - - - Belfast On campus Part-time
Leadership for Sustainable Development MSc Queen's University of Belfast - - - - - - Belfast On campus Full-time
Youth Work Leadership and Practice MA Nottingham Trent University - - - - - - Nottingham On campus Full-time
Educational Leadership MA Manchester Metropolitan University - - - - - - Manchester On campus Part-time
Educational Leadership and Management MA MA The University of Nottingham - - - - - - Nottingham On campus Full-time
Leadership for Sustainable Rural Development MSc Queen's University of Belfast - - - - - - Belfast On campus Full-time
Leadership in Sport MA University of South Wales - - - - - - Pontypridd On campus Full-time
Cooperative Leadership and Social Entrepreneurship PgCert Sheffield Hallam University - - - - - - Sheffield On campus Part-time
Leadership and Management (Education) MA University of South Wales - - - - - - Pontypridd On campus Part-time
Leadership and Learning MEd The University of Edinburgh - - - - - - Edinburgh On campus Part-time
Healthcare Leadership and Management PgCert University of Exeter - - - - - - Exeter On campus Part-time
Educational Leadership MA Manchester Metropolitan University - - - - - - Manchester On campus Full-time
Place Management and Leadership PgCert Manchester Metropolitan University - - - - - - Manchester On campus Part-time
Educational Leadership MA The University of Manchester - - - - - - Manchester On campus Full-time
Medical Leadership PgCert Lancaster University - - - - - - Lancaster On campus Part-time
MBA Collaborative Leadership MBA Canterbury Christ Church University - - - - - - Canterbury On campus Part-time
Leadership MA (PG) University of Wales - - - - - - Cardiff On campus Part-time
Education (Educational Leadership) MA Teesside University - - - - - - Middlesbrough On campus Part-time
Business Leadership and Management (Degree Apprenticeship) BA (Hons) University of Portsmouth - - - - - - Portsmouth On campus Part-time
Leadership Practice PgDip Lancaster University - - - - - - Lancaster On campus Part-time
Higher Education Administration, Management and Leadership PgCert Nottingham Trent University - - - - - - Nottingham On campus Part-time
Risk and Safety Leadership (Degree Apprenticeship) MSc University of Portsmouth - - - - - - Portsmouth On campus Part-time
Advanced Leadership for Professional Practice (Allied Health Profession) MSc The University of Manchester - - - - - - Manchester On campus Part-time
Educational Leadership and Management (Degree Apprenticeship) MSc University of Portsmouth - - - - - - Portsmouth On campus Part-time
Leadership in Healthcare MSc (PG) University of Surrey - - - - - - Guildford On campus Part-time
Global Leadership MSc Manchester Metropolitan University - - - - - - Manchester On campus Full-time
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Student Reviews

Overall student satisfaction
56 /100
35466 total respondents

Primarily based on data from undergraduate degree students.

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Source: National Student Survey NSS 2023. The Overall student satisfaction data point is from 2022 (latest available year). The Office for Students made the unfortunate decision to discontinue collecting overall student satisfaction data points per course.
The NSS is commissioned by the Office for Students

Salary

Primarily based on salary data of undergraduate students

Salary of all UK Graduates of Leadership

  15 months after graduation 3 years after graduation 5 years after graduation
Median salary £29138 £27297 £31519
25-75 percentile range £24848 - £35191 £20174 - £35659 £22788 - £43702
Source: Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) by UK Department for Education Dec 20, 2022
All Leadership courses in the UK

Salary of all UK Graduates of all subjects

  15 months after graduation 3 years after graduation 5 years after graduation
Median salary £26328 £27618 £34661
25-75 percentile range £22977 - £31229 £21869 - £34403 £25934 - £45579
Source: HESA - Graduate Outcomes Survey Oct 10, 2023

Jobs & Career Perspectives

Career perspectives for Leadership

15 months after graduation, graduates of this subject were asked about their current circumstances of employment, what they do, and whether their activities and perspectives are directly related to their studies.

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Source: HESA - Graduate Outcomes Survey Oct 10, 2023

Current jobs

Among graduates of Leadership who indicated that they are working, the percentage below represents the number who “agree” or “strongly agree” with the statements about their job.

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Source: HESA - Graduate Outcomes Survey Oct 10, 2023

Typical employers for graduates of Leadership

  • Public Sector
  • Private Sector
  • Voluntary Sector

Specialisations within Leadership

  • Global Leadership
  • Digital Transformation
  • Management
  • Strategic Business
  • Administration
  • International Management
  • Public Administration
  • Digital Marketing

Jobs of graduates of Leadership (15 months after graduation)

Example below based on all graduates of Leadership at Anglia Ruskin University

25% Welfare and housing associate professionals
20% Administrative occupations
10% Leisure, travel and related personal service occupations
5% Customer service occupations
5% Managers, directors and senior officials
5% Skilled trades occupations
5% Health associate professionals
5% Elementary occupations
0% Business and public service associate professionals
0% Business and public service associate professionals
Source: Unistats by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Oct 10, 2023

Grading & Study Time

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Grading Distribution

Students of Leadership in the UK received the following grades.

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Source: Unistats by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) 2016

Entry Requirements / Admissions

UCAS Tariff of Accepted Students for Leadership

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Source: Unistats by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Oct 10, 2023
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FAQ

Leadership is the study of skills required to assume a future leadership position, may include Psychology, Writing, Negotiation, Finance, ethical decision making, logic, organizational behaviour, Human Resource Management, personal skills; managing individuals and teams.

The median salary of graduates of Leadership was £29138 15 months after graduation, £27297 3 years after graduation and £31519 5 years after graduation.

  • The following degrees are offered for Leadership studies:
  • Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - BA (Hons)
  • Bachelor of Science (Honours) - BSc (Hons)
  • Postgraduate Certificate - PgCert
  • Master of Science - MSc
  • Postgraduate Diploma - PgDip
  • Doctor of Education - EdD
  • Master of Arts - MA
  • Master of Science (Postgraduate) - MSc (PG)
  • Master of Business Administration - MBA
  • Foundation Degree - FD
  • Master of Education - MEd
  • Master of Arts (Postgraduate) - MA (PG)