Department of Marketing

The Department is one of the largest centres of marketing education and research in the UK. The postgraduate student-base represents doctoral researchers and taught postgraduates in Marketing, Retail Management and Retailing. Programmes in Tourism areas start in 2007. Our current MSc Programmes in Marketing and Retail Management are recognised under the ESRC’s ‘1+3’ Postgraduate Studentship award scheme.

The Department utilises a broad range of teaching and learning methods, from lecture and seminar-based teaching to distance learning and other innovative approaches.

In the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise the Business and Management submission covering the Department was rated grade 4 – the highest rating achieved in Scotland.

General funding sources