Human Resource Management is a vital part of every business, and impacts everyone from junior members of staff to CEOs. With a CIPD accredited HR degree from the University of Stirling, you’ll gain far-reaching expertise in organisational success and unlock a wealth of professional opportunities.

The course will prepare you to make an impact on key areas of business such as recruitment methods, staff development, performance management and career progression. You’ll also be equipped to enhance an organisation’s adaptability by broadening the skills of its workforce and understanding its broader social and economic environments.

When you study HR at Stirling, everything you’ll learn is rooted in research and contemporary developments in the business world. The course reflects the rapid changes in employment practices, markets, technology and law – ensuring you graduate with the front-line knowledge you need to succeed. 95% of our Human Resource Management students are in employment or further study within six months of graduating (Unistats 2017), and we’ll give you all the practical and academic tools you need to follow in their footsteps.

Our students have awarded us a 100% student satisfaction ranking in both 2019 and 2020 - making us 1st in the UK for Human Resource Management out of a total of 38 institutions (National Student Survey).

When you complete your studies you’ll be well qualified for specialist careers in both Human Resource Management and general management. Focusing on understanding employment in the widest sense, this course also enables graduates to take up roles in trade unions, employment-related charities, government departments, non-governmental organisations and employment research bodies. As you study, we seek to prepare you for the job market with our range of specialist career services.

Find out more about how we prepare you for the world of work.

• Graduate with a combined degree to tailored to your career ambitions.
• 95% of our Human Resource Management graduates are in employment or further study within six months of graduating. (Unistats 2017)
• Human Resource Management graduates from Stirling have gone on to work at the BBC, ASOS, IBM and other leading companies worldwide.

Human Resource Management graduates from Stirling are playing their part in shaping businesses around the globe. Recent Stirling graduates have started their careers in some of the following roles:

• HR Administrator, Capita HR Solutions
• Recruitment Consultant, Recruitair Ltd
• Resource Assistant, Hyde Group Engineering
• Researcher, Experis Manpower Group

Other graduates have forged careers in the following positions:

• HR Business Partner, BBC
• Expertise Management Leader, IBM
• Performance Improvement, PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Leadership Development, National Australia Group