International Business Management via Study Centres MSc

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Study in your own country. Develop a mastery of international business contexts and start a global career in management. Graduate as an in-demand candidate with international appeal.

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Overview

Do you want to progress your career in international business and management?

This course will strengthen your critical understanding of international business, trade and strategy.

You will explore international trade, strategy, strategic foresight, leadership skills, business analytics, marketing management and cross cultural management. You will also be guided in your final piece of work; a dissertation on an international business management topic of your choosing.

Please contact the Study Centre for the duration and mode of this course.

Why us?

The Sunderland Business School is a member of ‘The Association of Business Schools’

This course is delivered at the University of Sunderland campus in Hong Kong

Course structure

A range of teaching and learning methods including lectures, seminars and group work will be used to encourage you to develop intellectual and cognitive skills. You will learn via interactive sessions, research and directed private study.

Case study-based learning is employed throughout the course and is intended to enable you to develop the ability to identify the issues in need of research, apply subject specific knowledge to a realistic and/or practical context, make critical judgments and present and make reasoned choices between alternative solutions.

The case studies may take the form of real cases or issues in debate at any given moment in time or may be hypothetical problems which are reflective of realistic problems.

Compared to an undergraduate course, you will find that this Masters course requires a higher level of independent reading and research.

Modules on this course include:

Core modules

Markets and Marketing in a Digital World (30 credits)
Global Strategy and Foresight (30 credits)
Contemporary International Human Resource Management (30 credits)
MSc IBM Dissertation (60 credits)

Optional modules (choose one)

Managing Sustainability and Operational Excellence (30 credits)
Finance and Project Management (30 credits)

Some modules have prerequisites. Read more about what this means in our Help and Advice article.

Facilities

This course is taught at the University of Sunderland in Hong Kong. For more information, please use the left hand menu.

Entry requirements

Our typical offer is:

Qualification	Minimum grade
a Canadian bachelor's degree	GPA 2.40
a USA bachelor's degree	GPA 2.5

If you already hold a postgraduate qualification, please see our Applying for additional postgraduate degrees Help and Advice article.

If you don't meet our standard entry requirements, you can take one of the foundation pathways at our partners ONCAMPUS Sunderland. Find out more information and whether your course is eligible on our ONCAMPUS page.

If your qualification is not listed above, please contact the Student Administration team at studentadmin@sunderland.ac.uk for further advice.

Please contact the study centre for more information on their specific requirements and equivalent qualifications from outside the UK.

Is your qualification not displaying here? For international qualifications, search our full list of international entry requirements for this course.

Fees and finance

Please contact the study centre for information on fees for this course.

This information was correct at the time of publication.

Career ready

When you graduate from this course you will have excellent business skills and you’ll be ready to step into a leadership or management role in a wide variety of industries. Multinational corporations need managers and business leaders who have an international outlook and can work across the global economy. MSc International Business Management is an excellent choice for those that desire to work in international business.

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Contact

Contact the Student Helpline for further information about studying at the University of Sunderland:

0191 515 3000

student.helpline@sunderland.ac.uk

Page last updated: 06 May 2021

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