MSc International Business and Management

• You must hold at least a 2:2 degree or equivalent professional experience or learning in a related field.
• However, please note that we’ll consider all candidates on their individual merits.
• If you’re looking to progress through the experiential learning route, you’ll need to provide a more detailed personal statement than usual along with a CV highlighting your relevant work experience.
• We may ask you to attend an online, 45-minute interview to discuss your background and interest in the course.
• You can also explore using our accreditation of prior learning (APL) to claim credits that you can put towards your degree, based on the experience you currently hold.
• If you don’t speak English as a first language you’ll need to hold a minimum IELTS score of 6.5 or an accepted equivalent.

Module overview

Global People Management (20 credits)
During this module, you can expect to analyse, explore, and assess the challenges and complexities of people management operating in an international context. By acquiring a critical awareness of comparative practices that consider the entire employee life cycle, you’ll develop an approach to global implementation that is ethically responsible and sustainable, while being sensitive to the cultural and institutional factors that influence people management as a practice.

International Business and Finance (20 credits)
This module serves as your introduction to International Business and Finance and will help you gain a critical approach to understanding the main financial issues faced by business managers. You’ll build your knowledge of the international finance system; the interpretation of financial reports to guide decision making; the role of financial intermediaries; and much more.

Sustainable (Business and) Management (40 credits)
Your coursework here will support the development of your theoretical, conceptual, and empirical skills, which in turn will help you understand and critically evaluate ethical and sustainable business practices. You’ll study the impact these have on businesses – as well as society – in a dynamic, global marketplace, and enhance your awareness of the interconnectedness of international markets.

Strategic Futures (40 credits)
On this module you can look forward to gaining a robust understanding of the strategic management process and its importance to organisations. You’ll see how models and frameworks of strategic management can identify and respond to global trends, and how you can position these in the context of strategic thinking and change within organisations.

Research Project (60 credits)
With this final module, you’ll have the chance to put your learning from the course into a self-directed academic or practice-oriented research project. You’ll be challenged with identifying, analysing, and addressing an issue or topic in the Business and Management discipline – this can even be based on an ongoing trend or occurrence in your own line of work.

Fees: £8,300 (paid in two instalments)