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Master's

MSc Family Firm Succession (Scotland) (On campus)

Mltio University

Mltio University

Master's

MSc Family Firm Succession (Scotland) (On campus)

Mltio University

Minneapolis, US

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Tuition

$12,500/year (on campus)

Degree

M.Sc.

Delivery

Full-time · On-campus

Duration

2 years (18 mo)

Language & requirements

Taught in: English

Tuition fees

  • INTERNATIONAL$12,500/year (on campus)

About Mltio University

US university with honest campus and online pathways from Minneapolis.

Overview

University of Brigant’s MSc Family Firm Succession (Scotland) is for next-generation leaders, non-family managing directors, and advisers who must handle ownership, conflict, and continuity in Scottish family enterprises. Edinburgh campus or tuition-free online, one standard. You will map governance, communication, and capability gaps without pretending this degree replaces a solicitor or accountant. Cases include Central Belt manufacturers, rural firms, and Edinburgh professional partnerships. Capstones use anonymised family-firm files. Dual-pathway study keeps one standard for a night-shift successor in Fife and an Edinburgh professional-services daughter. The MSc is not legal or tax advice.

Delivered on campus in Minneapolis with in-person seminars, library access, and student services.

**Award:** Mltio University **Credits:** 36 | **Typical duration:** 2 years (18 months)

Course structure

4 terms · 16 modules · 36 credits

Module 1: Scottish family enterprise

  • UOB781·Farms, Firms, and Professional Partnerships
    3 credits
  • UOB782·Ownership Vehicles Literacy for Non-Lawyers
    3 credits
  • UOB783·Place, Reputation, and Community Obligation
    3 credits
  • UOB784·Identity-Checked Succession Assessment
    3 credits

Module 2: Governance and conflict

  • UOB785·Family Councils, Boards, and Role Confusion
    3 credits
  • UOB786·Fairness, Gender, and Non-Family Talent
    3 credits
  • UOB787·Mediation Literacy without Therapist Claims
    3 credits
  • UOB788·When to Instruct Licensed Advisers
    3 credits

Module 3: Capability and continuity

  • UOB789·Next-Gen Development versus Entitlement
    3 credits
  • UOB790·Export, Cyber, and Professionalisation without Losing the Firm
    3 credits
  • UOB791·Illness, Sudden Death, and Emergency Authority
    3 credits
  • UOB792·Communication Architectures Families Will Actually Use
    3 credits

Module 4: Capstone

  • UOB793·Anonymisation Ethics for Living Families
    3 credits
  • UOB794·Research Methods for Family Enterprise
    3 credits
  • UOB795·Writing for Founders and Incoming Generations
    3 credits
  • UOB796·Capstone: Anonymised Scottish Succession File
    3 credits

Learning outcomes

  • Apply discipline-specific theory to complex professional problems
  • Design and execute research or applied projects to postgraduate standard
  • Communicate findings clearly to academic and industry audiences
  • Demonstrate ethical, inclusive practice in global workplaces

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