Our human resource management courses

Explore our two human resource management focused masters courses.

Human Resource Management with CIPD pathway MSc

Postgraduate taught
  • September 2025 start
  • 1 year Full-time
  • Accredited

Accredited by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), this course will allow you to develop an expert understanding of the role human resource management plays in contemporary modern organisations.

You will learn about human resource issues such as; recruitment and retention, pay and remuneration, management styles and practice, corporate social responsibility, and diversity, performance management and wellbeing, along with a range of other topics.

Human Resource Management MSc

Postgraduate taught
  • September 2025 start
  • 1 year Full-time
  • Accredited

This course will allow you to develop an expert understanding of the role human resource management plays in contemporary organisations. You will learn about human resource issues such as recruitment and retention, pay and remuneration, management styles and practice, corporate social responsibility and wellbeing, along with a range of other topics.

Student and alumni profiles

A headshot of Claudia Bullock.

Staying in Sheffield for your masters

Claudia Bullock Postgraduate student, Human Resource Management with CIPD pathway

Masters student Claudia Bullock shares some of her experiences and explains why she chose to stay in Sheffield after doing her undergraduate degree here. She also shares her advice for people about to start their masters degree.
A photo of Zarmeen Fatima.

My masters journey at Sheffield University Management School

Zarmeen Fatima Postgraduate student, Human Resource Management with CIPD pathway

Hear Zarmeen Fatima, an MSc Human Resource Management student, reflect on her time as a masters student.
Matt Neal standing outside the shop Harrods.

Learning to think critically and about the application of what we were learning has really helped in my career

Matt Neal Postgraduate alumnus, Human Resource Management with CIPD pathway MSc

Matt Neal, who is from the UK, graduated from his masters in 2020. He is now working at Harrods as an Employee Relations Specialist and has previously worked with the producers of Ben & Jerry's, Magnum, Solero and Vienetta.