Liverpool, United Kingdom
Liverpool John Moores University
Reach new heights in your career with a master’s qualification
LJMU delivers innovative, research-led, employability-focused programmes supported by world-class academics and state-of-the-art facilities. Our thriving postgraduate community encourages students to contribute to our ground-breaking work, developing the skills and knowledge required to take them to the top of their chosen career ladder.
- We are ranked amongst the top 500 higher education institutions in the world (The World University Ranking 2022) and 95% of our postgraduates are in work or further study 15 months after graduation (HESA 2020)
- Postgraduate students at LJMU benefit from the university’s strong industry connections, gaining practical experience while learning from academic staff who are world-leading experts in their fields
- Liverpool is a vibrant city renowned for its rich creative history, sporting excellence, impressive architecture, and most of all—its friendly locals. Students from across the UK and internationally make up an important part of our community, adding to this lively and diverse city
What we offer
With over 100 postgraduate taught courses on offer and a wealth of great research opportunities in all faculties, you’re sure to find exactly what you’re looking for at LJMU.
There are details of all taught courses, together with an overview of research options, on our website. You’ll find information about entry requirements in addition to a full outline of the programme and what you will study.
With world-leading research across every part of the university (REF 2021) and our emphasis on collaborative research and knowledge exchange, we aim to produce quality research to find solutions to the problems of the 21st century. Explore the research areas and the current research opportunities available at LJMU.
You can also discover more about life as a postgraduate by taking a look at our postgraduate pages on our website.
Whatever the situation, LJMU offers a first-class learning experience. Whether face-to-face or online teaching, our staff provide all the resources and support you need to succeed in your subject of interest.
We offer a range of taught programmes (PGCE, PGDE, MA, MBA, MSc, MRes) in:
- Arts, Professional and Social Studies
- Business and Law
- Education
- Engineering and Technology
- Health
- Science
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Our International Study Centre provides international students with a direct route onto a range of LJMU postgraduate qualifications following the completion of our pre-master’s programmes.
Student support
Our expert staff work hard to ensure every one of our students gets the assistance they need to succeed, both before they arrive at LJMU and during their studies at the University. Postgraduates at LJMU can benefit from:
- Personal tutors and supervisors
- Personal development planning
- Designated accommodation
- Free study skills courses
- Free counselling
- Disability support
- Funding advice
Our libraries house extensive print collections, professional journals and an impressive electronic catalogue, providing all the resources needed to complete our programmes and keep up-to-date with the latest developments.
Visit us
Learn all about our postgraduate opportunities here at LJMU. Whether you’d like to continue your academic journey or you just want to explore your options, visit us online or on campus to explore our exciting range of postgraduate qualifications, supporting you to reach new heights in your career.
What next?
- To search the range of postgraduate courses available at LJMU, go to our course search page
- To see how master’s study has transformed the lives of some of our current students, take a look at our postgraduate life web pages
- To speak to the LJMU course enquiries team, call: 0151 231 5090
Business & Management (5) Creative Arts & Design (9) Law (22) Medicine (26) Psychology (31) Biological Sciences (4) Architecture, Building & Planning (3) Computer Science (8) Engineering (12) Environmental Sciences (13) Social Work (32) Nursing & Health (27) Communication & Media Studies (7) Languages, Literature & Culture (21) Geography (17) Sociology (33) Finance (14) Anthropology (2) Forensic & Archaeological Sciences (16) Physics (29) Chemistry (6) Mathematics (25) Politics & Government (30) History & Archaeology (19) Education (11) Economics (10)
Department / School information and available programmes:
School of Humanities and Social Science
The School of Humanities and Social Science are leading educators within five subject areas – English and Cultural History, Media, History, Culture and Communication and Criminology and Sociology (Social Work and Social Policy).
Current research and scholarship are defining features of all five of these subject areas. This commitment has enabled staff in the School to produce an impressive array of world-leading research. Our School’s distinguished reputation is also strengthened by the relationships we have established with key stakeholders outside the University, both locally and internationally.
School of Law
The School of Law delivers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes within Law and Criminal Justice to its 1200 plus students. In addition to our programmes, we are also known for our pro bono activities, our innovative research and our excellent links with the legal community.
Liverpool School of Art and Design
In 1825 we opened our doors, becoming the first school of art and design in England outside of London. Since making that first bold move, we’ve continued to push boundaries. Today, our community of artists, designers, illustrators and architects deliver cutting-edge programmes, produce high-impact research and work alongside some of the world’s most iconic cultural leaders.
Liverpool Screen School
Liverpool Screen School delivers excellent programmes within media, journalism, the performing arts and writing.
To ensure we unleash every student’s creative potential, we not only provide a supportive environment, but we also cement quality theoretical teaching with relevant, practical experience; experience that ensures our students can succeed professionally in their chosen fields. Our programmes are further enhanced by our research output and our global links with organisations across the world.
Liverpool Centre for Advanced Policing Studies
Established in 2015, the Liverpool Centre for Advanced Policing Studies develops knowledge in policing, crime prevention and allied security professions.
Programme List:
- Architecture MArch
- Art in Science MA
- Cities, Culture and Creativity MA
- Criminal Justice MA
- Criminal Psychology and Criminal Justice MSc
- Criminology and Social Policy MA
- Doctor of Education EdD
- Documentary MA
- Education and Social Justice MA
- Education Practice MA
- Educational Leadership
- English Literature MA
- Evidence Informed Practice MA, PGDip, PGCert
- Exhibition Studies MA
- Fashion Innovation and Realisation MA
- Film MA
- Fine Art MA
- Graphic Design and Illustration MA
- Immersive Media MA
- International Relations MA
- Journalism MA
- Mass Communications MA
- Modern History MA
- Policing and Criminal Investigation MSc
- Policing Studies MPhil
- Primary with QTS
- Primary with QTS (salaried)
- Primary with QTS (School-led)
- Screenwriting MA
- Secondary with QTS
- Secondary with QTS (salaried)
- Secondary with QTS (school-led)
- Sports Journalism MA
- Teaching Learners with a Visual Impairment MA
- Teaching Learners with a Visual Impairment PgDip
- Urban Design MA
- Writing MA
Liverpool Business School has served the regional business community for over 40 years, developing excellent links with business and commerce. We aim to address some of the 21st century’s most complex and challenging issues in all sectors of the economy, nationally and internationally, with an emphasis on developing the region’s burgeoning creative and digital sectors.
Excellent facilities
The £38 million Redmonds Building, located in Liverpool’s growing Knowledge Quarter, is home to: Liverpool Business School and the School of Law. As well as high quality lecture theatres and seminar rooms, the School has social spaces, a ground floor cafe, conference facilities and a dedicated postgraduate and research area. Liverpool Business School also has a dedicated Management Development Suite, based in a listed building in the historic Georgian Quarter of Liverpool and a short walk from the Redmonds Building. The building has recently undergone a £1.2 million investment to provide a professional learning space.
Invaluable professional body accreditation
Keen to develop the ‘business leaders of tomorrow’, Liverpool Business School offers taught postgraduate courses and research programmes. Many programmes provide direct progression from undergraduate study, while others focus on the growing needs of the professional and international business markets, such as our MSc Management degrees, MBA, MSc in Digital Marketing and MSc Entrepreneurship programmes. The MA Human Resource Management and MSc International Human Resource Management are fully approved by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
The School provides responsive business education, preparing graduates for a wide range of business and management careers. Our supportive and approachable staff focus on practical knowledge and its application. We concentrate on the employability of people entering the private, public and voluntary sectors, boosting the productivity of work forces and generating innovation and growth.
Programme List:
- Business Administration Scale Up (Senior Leaders Apprenticeship) PGDip
- Digital Marketing Advanced Practice MSc
- Digital Marketing MSc
- Doctorate in Business Administration DBA
- Foundations in Law PG Cert
- International Business and Management Advanced Practice MSc
- International Business and Management MSc
- International Business, Corporate and Finance Law LLM
- Investment and Finance Advanced Practice MSc
- Investment and Finance MSc
- Leadership and Management Practice MSc
- Leadership and Management Practice PG Dip
- Legal Practice Course LLM/PgDip
- Management (with Advanced Practice) MSc
- Management and Digital Business (with Advanced Practice) MSc
- Management and Digital Business MSc
- Management MSc
- Master of Business Administration Business Scale Up MBA
- Master of Business Administration MBA
- Master of Laws LLM
- Senior Leader Apprenticeship - Healthcare Leadership
- Senior People Professional - Senior Human Resource (HR) Professional Duties
- Senior People Professional - Senior Learning and Development (L&D) Professional Duties
- Senior People Professional - Senior Organisation Development (OD) Professional Duties
- Strategic People Management and Practice MA
The Faculty of Engineering and Technology offers professionally-accredited and industry-relevant postgraduate taught programmes and exciting research opportunities, founded on ongoing research rated as world leading and internationally excellent.
The Astrophysics Research Institute (ARI) at LJMU is one of the world’s leading authorities in astronomy and astrophysics. Its work encompasses a comprehensive programme of observational and theoretical research, telescope operation and instrument development, academic learning and outreach activities.
In 2004, LJMU designed and built the Liverpool Telescope, one of the world’s largest and most sophisticated ground-based robotic telescopes. Since then, the ARI has played an instrumental role in the development of a global network of robotic telescopes that have helped to revolutionise the study of astronomy.
The Department of Built Environment at LJMU is one of the UK’s leading research departments for built environment and sustainability research.
The Department delivers an exciting range of professionally-accredited postgraduate programmes. Courses are designed to develop innovative and creative professionals equipped to react to the challenges of the modern global built environment.
Our portfolio of programmes includes courses for both experienced practitioners who want to enhance or refocus their skills, as well as graduates who want to enter a new area within this fascinating profession.
Whatever your ambitions for the future, LJMU’s Department of Civil Engineering offers you Masters programmes that will enhance your career prospects, both in the UK and internationally, enabling you to provide ‘real world’ solutions to the challenges of sustainable global development.
The Department is recognised as one of the UK’s leading research departments for built environment and sustainability research.
We have excellent relationships with local, national and international employers. These links support teaching, provide placement and work-shadowing opportunities and enable our students to gain industry knowledge through site visits and guest speaker sessions. When combined with our world-leading research, these links with professional bodies and employers help to ensure that our postgraduate degrees are industry focused, globally relevant and at the forefront of knowledge development in this field.
In an increasingly technological world, there are great challenges and opportunities for professionals with advanced qualifications in computing. LJMU’s Department of Computer Science can help to prepare you for the career of your choice thanks to our wide range of Masters programmes.
Our courses aim to provide you with a fuller, systematic understanding of current and developing computer systems and technologies. You can also be confident that you will be taught and supervised by subject specialists in a vibrant and supportive environment. Classroom and lab-based activities, including lectures, seminars, tutorials and practical work, offer a varied and diverse range of postgraduate experiences. You will also be encouraged to attend seminars and locally held conferences, participating fully in the research culture of our Department.
LJMU’s Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering is one of the UK’s leading engineering departments, with wide-ranging links to industry in the UK and around the world.
The Department offers you access to high quality teaching environments and dedicated research laboratories plus a range of state-of-the-art facilities. These include several probe stations, semiconductor parameter analyzers, three-phase and multiphase (five-phase, six-phase and nine-phase), multiphase two-level and three-level voltage source inverters and a three-phase to nine-phase direct matrix converter. In essence, LJMU has the expertise and facilities to help you succeed in this dynamic sector.
LJMU’s Department of Maritime and Mechanical Engineering can trace its roots back to the foundation of the Liverpool Mechanics’ Institute in 1825, and the first Nautical College for the merchant marine in England in 1892. Today, the Department is one of the UK’s leading centres for maritime and engineering education.
All of our postgraduate courses are taught by academics active in industry-oriented research and scholarship. The city of Liverpool has one of the largest clusters of maritime businesses outside of London and a thriving engineering and advanced manufacturing base. Our teaching and research is supported by long-term partnerships with employers in the city plus with universities and companies around the world.
Programme List:
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning MSc
- Astrophysics MSc
- Audio and Video Forensics MSc
- Audio Forensics and Restoration MSc
- Civil Engineering MSc
- Commercial Building Surveying MSc
- Computing and Information Systems MSc
- Construction Project Management MSc
- Cyber Security MSc
- Data Science MSc
- Electrical Power and Control Engineering MSc
- Embedded Systems and IC Design MSc
- International Transport, Trade and Logistics MSc
- Marine and Offshore Engineering MSc
- Maritime Energy Efficiency MSc
- Maritime Operations Management MSc
- Port Management MSc
- Project Management MSc
- Quantity Surveying and Commercial Management MSc
- Real Estate MSc
- Renewable Energy MSc
- Sensors, Data and Management MSc
- Virtual and Augmented Reality MSc
- Water, Energy and the Environment MSc
- Wireless Communications MSc
The Faculty of Education, Health and Community was formed in 2013 from the merger of LJMU’s Faculty of Education, Community and Leisure and the Faculty of Health and Applied Social Sciences. Operating over two sites – the IM Marsh campus in Aigburth and Tithebarn Street in Liverpool city centre – the Faculty offers a range of professionally-relevant CPD programmes, postgraduate taught degrees and research opportunities. Students in both locations have access to state-of-the-art facilities, onsite Libraries, IT Zones and dedicated postgraduate study areas plus cafes and social spaces.
The Faculty is working at the vanguard of developments in the field of education and health and has forged extensive networks with primary and secondary schools plus other education providers as well NHS Trusts, health organisations and other key bodies across the North West, the UK and internationally. Such links combined with ongoing research and consultancy help ensure that all taught postgraduate degrees and CPD programmes are professionally-relevant and up-to-date.
The Faculty is organised into four key areas: Sport, Dance, Nutrition, Health and Leisure.
The School of Teacher Education and Professional Learning has a well established reputation for delivering innovative approaches to initial teacher education. All members of the academic team have been successful teachers and maintain strong links with schools and professional bodies. Staff have a wide range of expertise in varying subject areas and regularly contribute to development of national education policy. The School has over 100 years’ experience delivering initial teacher education (PGCE/PGDE programmes) in partnership with primary, secondary and other education providers across the North West of England and beyond. This expertise is reflected in the outstanding feedback received from students every year, with 92% rating the School’s teacher training as good or very good. All initial teacher education programmes are accredited by the National College of Teaching and Leadership and students who successfully complete the PGDE programmes graduate with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
The School of Nursing and Allied Health works with a wide range of health and social care organisations to design, deliver and evaluate professionally-relevant courses, from CPD courses through to taught masters programmes and research opportunities. Strong links with the NHS, local authorities, voluntary agencies and the private sector plus ongoing research and consultancy ensure that all programmes are designed to meet workforce needs and deliver up-to-date teaching and vital insights into contemporary professional practice.
The School’s new £1.6million clinical practice suites give students access to hospital-standard facilities, including virtual patients and a state-of-the-art birthing simulator, right on campus. The Suites show a patient’s journey from a home environment through to rehabilitation and cover a range of areas with the latest clinical equipment for simulations and clinical skills development in child nursing, adult and mental health nursing, paramedic practice, social work and midwifery. Such facilities help prepare students for the rigours and realism of actual practice, giving them the confidence to deal with real service users in the NHS, private and voluntary settings.
The Public Health Institute has a long-standing reputation for delivering internationally-recognised applied research and professionally-relevant postgraduate programmes. The Institute offers an innovative, evidenced-based portfolio of taught masters programmes as well as exciting research opportunities. The Institute has a multi-disciplinary approach to public health and works with international organisations, such as the World Health Organization and national bodies, for example the National Institute of Health Research, Department of Health, Home Office and National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE). Locally, the Institute collaborates closely with health services as well as local authorities, judicial bodies, environmental services and community groups.
The School of Education, Leisure and Sport Studies excels in a wide range of areas including tourism, events management, food, sport, dance, outdoor education and professional development. Research supervision is available in the following areas: Sport, Dance, Nutrition, Health and Leisure.
Programme List:
- Adult Nursing with Registered Nurse Status MSc
- Advanced Clinical Practice MSc
- Brain and Behaviour MSc
- Child Nursing with Registered Nurse Status MSc
- Counselling and Psychotherapy Practice MA
- Forensic and Investigative Psychology MSc
- Health and Wellbeing | Part-time MRes
- Health Psychology MSc
- Improving Access to Psychological Therapies for Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners PG Cert
- International Public Health MSc
- Mental Health MA
- Mental Health Nursing with Registered Nurse Status MSc
- Positive Psychology and Wellbeing MSc
- Professional Doctorate in Health Psychology
- Public Health Addictions MSc
- Public Health MSc
- Social Work MA
- Specialist Community Practitioner (District Nursing) PgDip
- Specialist Community Public Health Nursing PgDip
- Specialist Practitioner: Community Children's Nursing PgDip
The Faculty of Science, located in Liverpool city centre, offers a range of taught masters programmes and research opportunities that will enable you to develop specialist skills, knowledge and expertise in a range of disciplines.
The School of Sport and Exercise Sciences has a long-standing tradition in the field of Sport Science and initiated the first undergraduate honours degree course in Sports Science in 1975. 97% of the School’s research activity is rated world-leading or internationally excellent, making us the top ranked institution in the UK for Research Quality in Sport and Exercise Sciences **. The School is named the ninth best department in the world and the sixth best in Europe in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2017 and 2018 for the sports sciences subject area. 99% of graduates from the School secure employment or are in further study six months after graduation^.
The School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences has been delivering pharmacy education since 1849, making it one of the oldest and well established pharmacy schools in the world. The School offers a superb student-centred environment for postgraduate study and produces pioneering research in pharmacy and biomolecular sciences. Recent research developments include predictive toxicology and natural products discovery. 97% of graduates from the School secure employment or are in further study six months after graduation^.
The diverse, interdisciplinary School of Natural Sciences and Psychology has an international reputation for impactful research and teaching quality and collaborates with academics in every continent across the world. We offer postgraduates excellent state-of-the-art laboratories and research facilities, including a purpose-built osteology laboratory and associated imaging equipment and software, which holds collections of human skeletal remains for study and research. 92% of graduates from the School secure employment or are in further study six months after graduation^.
* Research Excellence Framework (2014)
** Research Quality Index data provided by Research Professional and available via Research Fortnight.
^ LJMU Graduate Destinations Report 2016
Programme List:
- Biomedical Sciences MSc
- Climate Change and Sustainability
- Clinical Embryology MSc
- Clinical Exercise Physiology MSc
- Clinical Pharmacy for Primary Care and Community Pharmacy MSc
- Clinical Pharmacy for Secondary and Tertiary Care MSc
- Cosmetic Science MSc
- Drug Discovery, Development and Delivery MSc
- Exercise Physiology MSc
- Forensic Anthropology MSc
- Forensic Bioscience MSc
- Industrial Biotechnology MSc
- Natural Products Discovery MSc
- Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences
- Professional Doctorate in Applied Sport and Exercise Science
- Professional Doctorate in Sport and Exercise Psychology
- Sport and Clinical Biomechanics MSc
- Sport Coaching MSc
- Sport Nutrition MSc
- Sport Psychology MSc
- Strength and Conditioning MSc
- Wildlife Conservation MSc