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Graduate (Research)
Application code:N2Z2
Department of Management

MRes/PhD in Management - Marketing

What motivates consumer behaviour? How do you manage product innovation? What's the right pricing strategy? This research degree explores these topics and more.

Overview

Introduction

Engage in the latest marketing debates and become a highly skilled researcher on this wide-ranging programme.

The curriculum covers the conceptual foundations of marketing and delves into topics such as consumer decision-making, product innovation, pricing strategy, advertising, and distribution channels.

You’ll begin on the master of research degree and move on to the PhD (subject to satisfactory progress). You’ll have the opportunity to complete a substantial piece of work that makes an original contribution to the field of marketing.

Our Marketing group’s research is internationally renowned, drawing on our diverse backgrounds in economics, psychology, marketing, management, and physics.

We’re proud of our faculty team and students, whose work has won many marketing awards, including the Marketing Science Institute’s Young Scholar Award and the Google-WPP Marketing Research Award. So, as a student, you’ll be joining a lively research community at the forefront of the marketing field.

We're also ranked second in the UK by percentage of overall four and three stars in the most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021).

Entry requirements

Upper second class honours (2:1) degree in any discipline, or the equivalent.

For the GRE/GMAT requirements for this programme see below under "Additional tests".

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Overseas

Competition for places at LSE is strong. So, even if you meet the minimum entry requirements, this does not guarantee you an offer of a place.

However, please don’t feel deterred from applying – we want to hear from all suitably qualified students. Think carefully about how you can put together the strongest possible application to help you stand out from other students.

Programme content

The Marketing faculty group’s research is internationally recognised for its potential to impact practice in the field (eg, Marketing Science Institute’s Young Scholar Award, Google-WPP Marketing Research Award, AMA-SIG Awards, AMA-SRT Forum Award, and Society for Judgment and Decision Making Awards).

Faculty have diverse academic backgrounds (physics, economics, psychology, marketing, and management), interdisciplinary research interests, and a variety of methodological approaches (econometrics, lab experiments, field experiments, and surveys).

Accordingly, the research strategy of the faculty is to focus on pursuing fundamental research questions that have a bearing on critical marketing issues like consumer decision making, managing new products and innovations, pricing strategy, advertising, and channels of distribution.

You'll work closely with the Marketing faculty as part of a vibrant doctoral student community. The programme includes a comprehensive methodological training with the opportunity to specialise in a designated field

Year 1

In the first year of your MRes you'll take the first of two seminar courses (MG512 and MG520), covering Consumer Behaviour and Quantitative Modelling, and the full range of research methods offered by the Department of Methodology, the Department of Economics or Department of Statistics depending on your interests and research focus. Students can also take external courses at University of London institutions, for example, the London Business School.

Alongside, you'll attend the A Social Sciences Perspective of Academic Research in Management seminar. This seminar is run within the Department of Management for all research students and will develop your understanding of the diversity of specialisms within the department and develop your critical analysis skills. You'll be invited to attend Marketing Faculty Group Seminars and have regular meetings with your Programme Director.

From the first year you'll also engage in two short research projects, called Research Practicums, with different members of Faculty. The rotation of practicum assignments will include one-to-one training and collaboration that provides you better understanding of the research process, such as literature reviews, applied research methods, coding and data analysis and evaluating findings and implications. It'll also give the opportunity to interact and get to know different members of the faculty group.

Why study with us

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Meet the department

Our mission

Welcome to the Department of Management. Our mission is to inspire superior management practices by fostering a comprehensive understanding of individuals, teams, organisations, and markets, along with the psychological, social, political, and technological contexts that influence them.

By studying with us, you'll gain access to a world-leading centre for education and research, uniquely positioned within a world-class social science institution at the heart of a truly global city.

The environment

Join a vibrant intellectual community comprising world-renowned faculty, astute students, dedicated and responsive professional services staff, and high achieving alumni. Through pioneering research and high-level teaching, you'll receive comprehensive, intensive, and rigorous methodological training to help you become an expert in your specialist fields.

The rich and culturally diverse learning environment at LSE’s Department of Management, will not only enrich your experience through developing a broad perspective and understanding, but also unlock an invaluable network of global peers.

Create a better world

We go beyond the boundaries of a traditional business school by integrating diverse disciplines such as economics, marketing, data, and analytics. Our comprehensive approach ensures that students gain a profound and multifaceted understanding of the business world, equipping them with the skills and knowledge to excel in a dynamic global environment.

Join us in our vision to create a better world, where a profound understanding of management drives positive change in both business and society.

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Who's who

Your application

We welcome applications for research programmes that complement the academic interests of our staff at LSE. For this reason, we recommend that you take a look at our staff research interests before applying.

We individually evaluate each application and carefully review all the details you provide in your application form. We consider the following as part of your application.

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Fees and funding

The table of fees shows the latest tuition fees for all programmes.

You're charged a fee for your programme. Your tuition fee covers registration and examination fees payable to the School, lectures, classes and individual supervision, lectures given at other colleges under intercollegiate arrangements and, under current arrangements, membership of the Students' Union. It doesn't cover living costs or travel or fieldwork.

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£4,905

Home student fee (2025/26)

The fee is likely to rise over the full duration of the programme. The School charges home research students in line with fee levels recommended by the Research Councils.

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The department aims to give all qualified doctoral students the opportunity to teach. Developing teaching skills and experience is an important component of the students' career development and prepare you for future academic roles. To make this experience as valuable as possible we draw on the support from the LSE's Teaching and Learning Centre.

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