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Turn Leadership Insight into Real-World Impact
In today’s complex professional landscape, emotional intelligence is the key to standing out and making a lasting impact. The MSc in Applied Emotional Intelligence equips you with the personal insight, practical skills, and emotional mastery to confidently navigate challenges, build powerful relationships, and accelerate your career.
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2 Years Part-Time
100% Online
Fit to your schedule
Zero Exams
Globally Recognised
International Cohort
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Satisfaction Guarantee
We’re so confident you’ll appreciate our modern, family-centered approach to higher education that we offer a no-questions-asked, 30-day refund policy. If you don’t feel it’s the right fit within your first month, let us know, and we’ll return your full tuition. No strings attached.
Key Benefits
Unlock Your Full Emotional Intelligence Potential
Master Emotional Influence
Learn advanced strategies to understand and positively shape emotional dynamics, boosting your ability to inspire, motivate, and lead effectively.
Build Unshakeable Resilience
Gain practical techniques to maintain clarity, composure, and confidence in high-pressure situations, enhancing both personal wellbeing and professional performance.
Elevate Your Communication
Develop expert skills in verbal and non-verbal emotional intelligence, enabling you to communicate with authenticity, empathy, and influence.
Deepen Your Social Insight
Learn how to decode group dynamics and subtle emotional cues, equipping you to manage teams, facilitate collaboration, and navigate complex relationships effortlessly.
Accelerate Career Progression
Leverage your newfound expertise in applied emotional intelligence to open doors to senior leadership positions, promotions, and greater earning potential.
Achieve Lasting Organisational Impact
Apply scientifically-backed EI frameworks to create positive cultural shifts, improve team productivity, and foster innovation across your organisation.
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Your Leadership Will Never Be the Same Again
Uniquely interdisciplinary, this MSc blends cutting-edge insights from psychology, sociology, neuroscience, and linguistics to give you a deep and holistic understanding of emotional intelligence. By integrating these diverse perspectives, you’ll gain richer insights into human behaviour, communication, and emotional dynamics, enabling you to respond to complex challenges with clarity and confidence.
This multidisciplinary approach not only enhances your decision-making and interpersonal effectiveness but also equips you with versatile, evidence-based skills highly valued in today’s rapidly evolving professional landscape.
A Unique Fusion of Academic & Industry Expertise
Benefit from EmotionIntell’s practical mastery in emotional intelligence and behavioural analysis, combined with the academic prestige and Gold-rated teaching at Manchester Metropolitan University. EmotionIntell handles all training, workshops, and 24/7 student support, while MMU ensures your MSc meets rigorous academic standards.
- Earn a respected university-awarded MSc.
- Learn through hands-on, industry-led coaching.
- Connect in a collaborative, supportive learning environment.
This dynamic partnership ensures your learning is both practically relevant and academically robust, tailored for senior professionals seeking real-world impact.
Created With Your Career in Mind
This programme is expertly designed for experienced professionals who recognise the transformative power of emotional intelligence in driving both personal and career success. If you’re ready to deepen your emotional insight, enhance your interpersonal skills, and significantly elevate your impact, this MSc is built for you.
Senior Leaders and Executives
Gain advanced emotional intelligence strategies to lead with greater empathy, authenticity, and influence, creating more engaged, productive, and resilient teams.
Entrepreneurs and Business Owners
Equip yourself with powerful EI skills to navigate challenges confidently, strengthen key relationships, and grow your business through emotionally intelligent decision-making.
HR, Coaching, and Talent Development Professionals
Enhance your ability to understand emotional dynamics, deliver impactful coaching, facilitate powerful team dynamics, and lead culture change initiatives effectively.
Trusted by Leaders From World-Class Organisations
Hear from Our Graduates
While the MSc in Applied Emotional Intelligence is a brand-new addition to our portfolio, our proven approach to delivering high-quality postgraduate programmes has consistently transformed careers and personal growth. Here’s what graduates from our other Master’s Degrees say about their experience studying with EmotionIntell.
The Curriculum
Emotional Intelligence: Models & Strategic Application
This cornerstone unit is a deep dive into the heart of the MSc. You will critically explore the key models of emotional intelligence (from Goleman to Bar On, Salovey, Caruso and Mayer) and, crucially, learn to translate them into tangible leadership strategies. You’ll move beyond definitions to gain hands-on experience applying these frameworks to real-world challenges, from leading change to building deeply engaged teams. Here, you learn not only to manage your own emotions but to positively influence the emotional landscape of your entire organisation.
Reading the Room: Non-Verbal Communication for Leaders
Great leaders don’t just listen to what is said; they understand what is felt. This unit is about developing your ‘macro’ social awareness; the ability to sense the emotional climate and power dynamics of a group. You will learn to gauge the collective mood in a team meeting, sense a shift in energy during a presentation, or identify the unspoken undercurrents in a boardroom. Mastering this skill will enable you to facilitate more effectively, build consensus, pre-empt group-level resistance, and guide the collective conversation with greater confidence and strategic insight.
Leading with Acuity: Understanding What Isn't Said
This unit zooms in from the group to the individual. It’s a ‘micro’ skill focused on high-stakes, one-on-one interactions where absolute clarity is crucial. You will learn to spot the fleeting micro-expressions and other subtle emotional cues that can betray a person’s true feelings, often unconsciously. The goal isn’t to catch people out, but to build profound trust by noticing what isn’t being said. This skill is vital for spotting a team member’s hesitation in a crucial coaching moment, assessing a partner’s true position in a negotiation, or simply knowing when you need to ask a more thoughtful question to get to the heart of the matter.
Emotionally Intelligent Dialogue: Coaching, Feedback & Conflict
Transform your most crucial conversations from challenging duties into opportunities for growth. This unit reframes the “interview” as a powerful leadership tool, giving you frameworks for effective coaching, motivational performance reviews, and constructive conflict resolution. You will learn psychological principles to foster open dialogue, build profound trust, and guide your team members toward their own solutions. This unit provides the skills to navigate any conversation with confidence, empathy, and strategic purpose.
Mindful Leadership & Executive Presence
Discover why mindfulness isn’t just a wellness tool, but a critical leadership asset. This unit empowers you to cultivate the executive presence needed to lead with clarity, calm, and compassion, even under intense pressure. You’ll learn practical techniques to challenge cognitive bias and make your strategic decisions more objective. By mastering mindfulness, you will enhance your core emotional intelligence, enabling you to regulate your own emotional state and create the conditions for psychological safety and open dialogue within your team.
The Physiology of Workplace Performance & Wellbeing
Go beyond theory to explore the fascinating link between our minds and bodies in a professional setting. This unit delves into how stress, engagement, and motivation manifest physically. You will learn to recognise the physiological signs of pressure and burnout in yourself and your team, enabling you to build a more resilient and genuinely high-performing culture. We will evaluate cutting-edge biofeedback methods used not to detect lies, but to foster authentic engagement and create an environment where people can truly thrive.
The Language of Leadership: Inspiring & Influencing Through Words
Discover how your language shapes your reality as a leader. This unit explores how the words you choose, your tone, and your style directly impact your organisation’s culture, motivation, and levels of trust. You will learn to analyse language for its emotional and influential power, crafting messages that truly inspire action and align teams. This isn’t just about public speaking; it’s about understanding the subtle power of language in every email, meeting, and conversation you have.
The Emotional Intelligence Masterclass
Acting as the capstone for your first year, the Masterclass is an intensive, live virtual workshop where you will integrate everything you have learned. This isn’t a lecture; it’s a high-impact training ground. Through a series of challenging drills, immersive role-play scenarios, and practical exercises, you will put your skills to the test in real-time. The Masterclass is designed to bridge the crucial gap between knowing and doing, moving your skills from conscious thought to intuitive action. You will leave this session not just with notes, but with the proven confidence and ability to apply your emotional intelligence under pressure, delivering immediate impact at work and in life.
Applied Research for Organisational Impact
Become a leader who doesn’t just rely on gut feeling, but who makes data-driven, people-centric decisions. This unit demystifies the research process, equipping you to be a practitioner-researcher inside your own organisation. You will learn how to design a study to measure the ROI of a new wellbeing initiative, diagnose the root cause of team disengagement, or evaluate the impact of a culture change programme. This is a practical, hands-on unit designed to give you the confidence to solve your organisation’s most pressing challenges.
Individual Differences & Personality
Ever wondered why a particular leadership style inspires one person yet demotivates another? Or why a star performer on one team struggles to fit into a new one? This unit delves into the fascinating world of individual differences, moving far beyond simple stereotypes to give you a practical toolkit for understanding what makes people tick. You will explore robust models of personality and cognitive style, not as academic exercises, but as powerful frameworks for building truly complementary teams, tailoring your motivation strategies, and resolving conflict more effectively. The result is a more precise and empathetic leadership style, enabling you to unlock the unique potential within every member of your team.
Decoding the Culture: The Psychology of Group Behaviour
The most powerful forces in any organisation are often the ones you can’t see. This unit demystifies the “unwritten rules” and invisible dynamics that shape your team’s culture and performance. We explore the powerful interplay between individual psychology and group behaviour, examining real-world phenomena like groupthink, social influence, and organisational politics. You will learn to diagnose why some teams collaborate effortlessly while others are plagued by friction. This module equips you to move beyond managing individuals and instead architect a healthier, more resilient, and high-performing culture from the ground up.
Advanced Project (Dissertation)
This capstone module of the MSc in Applied Emotional Intelligence empowers
students to translate emotional intelligence theory into impactful, real-world solutions.
You will undertake an applied research project focused on using core EI
competencies, such as self-awareness, empathy, and relationship management, to
address a complex challenge within a chosen professional or social context.
The focus is on practical application and tangible outcomes. For instance, your project
could involve:
● Developing a new framework to enhance psychological safety in teams.
● Designing a leadership programme to cultivate more empathic and effective
management.
● Creating an evidence-based intervention to improve workplace wellbeing.
● Formulating a set of strategic recommendations to resolve conflict and
improve interpersonal dynamics.
This project demands a synthesis of rigorous academic theory with hands-on
application, culminating in a dissertation that not only demonstrates scholarly depth
but also offers actionable value for professional audiences, suitable for publication in
an applied journal.
Tutors and Team
Dr Cliff Lansley
As a pioneer in emotional and behavioural intelligence, Dr Lansley brings over 30 years of experience shaping people-focused interventions across government, military, academia, and industry. He earned his PhD developing the groundbreaking EmotionIntell model and e‑Factor® assessment tool, establishing a robust framework for measuring emotional intelligence, treating EI as a form of intelligence, parallel to IQ.
Cliff is the creator of the Six Channel Analysis System (SCAnS), an advanced lie-detection methodology that places him at the forefront of truth and deception research. A Council member of the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organisations (CREIO), he also founded EmotionIntell in 2008—partnering with Dr Paul Ekman to bring EI training to 27 countries.
At EmotionIntell, Cliff continues to lead applied research and teaching. He guides students through experiential learning and virtual coaching, specialising in behavioural science, neuroscience, and linguistics. His ongoing work includes refining the EmotionIntell model and exploring how emotional intelligence drives high-stakes decision-making and organisational wellbeing
Aaron Garner
As Co‑Founder of EmotionIntell, Aaron brings deep expertise in emotional intelligence, behavioural analysis, and credibility assessment. His Master’s degree in Emotions, Credibility & Deception and co-development of the beahvioural analysis tool – Six Channel Analysis System (SCAnS), position him among a handful of global experts skilled in real-time behavioural analysis in high-stakes environments
Aaron leads and supervises both EmotionIntell’s flagship MSc programmes, including the MSc in Applied Emotional Intelligence, and the MSc in Communication, Behaviour & Credibility Analysis. Both in partnership with Manchester Metropolitan University.
He trains a diverse range of professionals, from Military/Special Forces and European intelligence services to VCs, negotiators, senior managers, and airport security teams across Europe and the Middle East.
Beyond adults, Aaron is passionate about nurturing emotional intelligence in children, developing programmes and workshops that help young people build awareness, empathy, and communication skills from an early age.
His engaging delivery style, practical strategies, and global experience make him an inspiring guide for MSc students learning to apply emotional intelligence and behavioural insight in their leadership roles.
Prof. Dawn Archer
A leading expert in understanding how humans use language in context, Dawn Archer ensures her research directly supports practical, real-world applications, especially in organisations and legal or high-stakes environments. With over 25 years of experience, her work spans across forensic linguistics, pragmatic analysis, and corpus linguistics, focusing on patterns in human communication across cultures, scenarios, and time.
She is internationally known for her extensive research into courtroom discourse (1640‑present), analysing how language practices and power dynamics emerge and shift over centuries. Her work informs how professionals interpret nuance, context, and intent—skills essential in emotionally intelligent leadership and communication.
Dawn also consults for frontline professionals, including airport officers and police negotiators, applying her pragmatics insights to improve communication, reduce misunderstandings, and foster trust.
In the MSc in Applied Emotional Intelligence, Dawn guides students to decode the deeper structures of conversation, teaching you to recognise subtle linguistic cues, cultural nuances, and communication patterns that influence trust, credibility, and psychological safety.
How to Apply – A 4-Step Simple Process
We’ve designed this process for busy professionals: easy, efficient, and non-committal.
Submit your details and top interests in under a minute:
- Name, contact info, and country
- Your role/experience level
- Specific interests or questions
- And that’s it—no lengthy forms or commitments.
Right away, receive personalised materials:
- Programme overview and module breakdown
- Real-world learning outcomes
- Success stories and industry relevance
- Upcoming induction/enrolment dates
One of our advisors will contact you to:
- Answer your specific questions
- Discuss alignment with your career goals
- Walk you through the next steps—only if you choose to proceed.
There’s no obligation, just clarity.
If you’re ready, we’ll guide you through the full application. If not, keep all materials and advice to revisit anytime.
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Intakes
- Intake: 6th September 2022 to 6th September 2024
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Launch Event:
3 day virtual workshop, 6th September 2022 to 8th September 2022
3 day virtual workshop, 6th September 2022 to 8th September 2022
- Module Release: Monthly following virtual workshop
- Live Support Sessions: Scheduled monthly (recordings available)
- Graduation: September 2024
Tuition Fees
We understand that investing in a Master’s degree is a significant decision. That’s why we offer flexible payment options tailored to your financial situation.
🎓 APRIL INTAKE SPECIAL: 30% OFF TUITION FEES 🎓
Each MSc in Applied Emotional Intelligence cohort is capped at just 15 places – ensuring a highly personalised, supportive, and interactive learning experience. Once the cohort is full, enrolment closes, regardless of demand.
Explore Our Flexible Learning Options
Start your journey with us and choose the exit point that best suits your professional and educational goals. Our programme offers straightforward progression options and clear fee structures. Below is an overview of how you can advance through the levels, with details on the costs associated with each stage.
Gain a solid grounding in the science of emotional intelligence. You’ll master core competencies including behaviour analysis, facial expression and emotion recognition, investigative interviewing techniques, and the psychophysiology underpinning human responses. The PGCert is ideal if you want a professionally recognised Level 7 qualification from Manchester Metropolitan University before deciding to go further. Ready to continue? Your credits transfer directly toward the Diploma or full Master’s.
Included Modules:
- Emotional Intelligence
- Behaviour Analysis
- Face and Emotion
- Investigative Interviewing
- Psychophysiology
£2,923
$3,975
€3,360
* fee indication - TBD on currency rates at the time of booking
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Take your expertise to the next level. Building on your certificate modules, you’ll explore linguistics, individual differences and personality, psychosocial factors, and research methodology – culminating in an Applied EI Masterclass that brings everything together. The PGDip delivers comprehensive, practical training without the dissertation commitment, and your credits carry forward whenever you’re ready to complete the full MSc.
Included Modules:
Everything in Postgraduate Certificate, Plus
- Linguistics Applied
- Emotional Intelligence Masterclass
- Research methods
- Individual Differences and Personality
- Psychosocial Aspects
£5,842
$7,945
€6,720
* fee indication - TBD on currency rates at the time of booking
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Includes all Modules:
The complete transformation. Your Advanced Research Project is a 15,000-word dissertation where you’ll design and conduct independent research on a topic you choose—supported by a dedicated link tutor every step of the way.
This isn’t research for research’s sake. We guide you to focus on something that delivers real value: solving a challenge in your current role, developing insights for your business, or building evidence that advances your career. Graduate with original research you can actually use, and a globally recognised Level 7 Master’s degree from Manchester Metropolitan University.
£8,764
$11,920
€10,080
* fee indication - TBD on currency rates at the time of booking
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Prefer to Speak to Someone First?
If you’d like to explore whether the MSc is the right fit for your goals, our team are happy to guide you through the details. A short conversation can help you understand your options, funding routes, and whether early reservation is the right next step.
Arrange a callWhat’s Included – All Plans Provide…
Regardless of your payment choice, you’ll receive:
- Full access to every module and the EmotionIntell Masterclass
- e‑Factor® emotional intelligence leadership assessment
- Coursework, feedback, and resources throughout the programme
- 24/7 technical and tutor support
- Engagement in our supportive online community
- Access to recorded sessions and live interactive workshops
- A 100% Money-Back Guarantee: attend the initial Masterclass; if it isn’t right for you, simply withdraw and receive a full refund (no questions asked)
Frequently Asked Questions
FAQs
Not necessarily. While a first-class degree is ideal, we place equal value on extensive professional experience. If you’ve worked in leadership, coaching, HR, or a related field, you’re welcome to apply—your expertise may substitute for formal qualifications.
Expect around 8–12 hours per week, combining reading, assignments, and live sessions. The programme is designed to fit seamlessly around full-time work and family commitments, with recordings available if you can’t attend live.
No travel required – the entire MSc is 100% online. However, the programme begins with a two-day live virtual Emotional Intelligence Masterclass, which is essential for connection and immersion. There is then a three-day live virtual event at the end of year 1. All subsequent coursework and workshops are delivered online, with live face-to-face masterclass sessions held monthly.
Yes! Alongside your MSc, you can earn a Professional Certificate in Emotional Intelligence for Leaders from ILM by scoring 120+ on the e-Factor® Leadership Assessment—included as part of the EI module.
Absolutely. Year 2 includes a dissertation focused on a real-world organisational challenge, enabling you to apply EI frameworks directly to a topic you care about. You’ll receive expert supervision and create a deliverable with tangible value.
Our 100% Money-Back Satisfaction Guarantee means you can attend the first two-day masterclass and induction risk-free. If it’s not the right fit, just let us know, and we’ll refund your investment in full, no questions asked.
Our emotionally intelligent toolkit is designed for immediate implementation, from enhancing personal resilience to improving team dynamics, communication, and decision-making. Many graduates report measurable outcomes such as increased team engagement, stronger influence in meetings, and clearer self-awareness.
Very flexible. All teaching is conducted asynchronously online, with optional live sessions available for those who can attend. You’ll access recordings, collaborate in online forums, and work at times that suit you, with full technical and tutor support throughout the journey.