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International Business Management

International Business Management MSc

If you want to build your knowledge and experience of international business and strategic management for your career as a future business manager, then this international management course is for you.

 
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Course overview

Study at Teesside University International Business School

See what it’s like to study at our modern, enterprising and dynamic business school

You focus on international aspects of business, gaining contemporary knowledge and insights into the global marketplace. This includes international business practices, leading in a cross-cultural environment and developing global operations.

Enhance your career in our internationally-connected, industry-facing business school. You explore the challenges facing global business including sustainability, technological disruption, and strategic change management. And gain the knowledge, skills and behaviours to develop entrepreneurial attitudes and drive innovation, ensuring business takes a leading role in providing solutions to societal challenges.

Study this course and you may be eligible for a £2,500 Sir Keith Skeoch postgraduate scholarship.

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Course details

Course structure

Core modules

Business Project

Develop a piece of work that brings together key elements of your learning. Demonstrate the knowledge you have acquired, an understanding of practice and its application in a professional context.

You choose the unique composition, content and context of your project, demonstrating reflective practice with a commitment to continual learning and development.

Contemporary Management in Operations and Finance

Examine contemporary issues associated with managing operations and finance in organisations. Explore how the everchanging nature of business puts pressure on these functions and address their impact on internal/external controls and reporting information.

Critical Business Enquiry

Gain a deep understanding of real-world organisational challenges and how to develop effective solutions. Become a proficient planner who can execute in-depth research in business and management. Through a blend of quantitative and qualitative data analysis techniques, you dissect data to propose standardised solutions to intricate industrial issues, and finish with a professional report presentation.

Reimagining Sustainable Management in Global Markets

Gain a comprehensive understanding of key concepts, strategies and practices to reimagine responsible management in the global market, allowing you to effectively manage organisations and proactively explore new ways of thinking creatively to navigate an evolving global landscape. Focus on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs), learning how and why they came about through key literature, research and economic policy.

Also explore and examine the link between economic policies and environmental sustainability, the effects of international trade and globalisation on environmental resources, the role of international environmental agreements, and the emergence of new business models centred on the principles of sustainability and social accountability.

The Responsible Leader

Undertake critical self-reflection to support your leadership development, learning how to navigate internal and external challenges. Gain a creative, developmental and compassionate approach to leadership to ensure organisational sustainability, innovation and agility. Explore responsibility, accountability and sustainability to develop a proactive, conscious and critical approach to your own leadership skills, competencies, behaviours and attributes.

 

Modules offered may vary.

 

How you learn

This programme produces graduates who possess a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of international management as well as a range of practical, professional and key transferable skills required for graduate employability and life-long learning.


  • Lectures will be the primary vehicle, within contact time, for delivering the relevant subject knowledge.

  • You engage in group work, class debate, directed reading, the analysis of case studies and research. There will be case study preparation and debriefs, group work, presentations and debriefs, and directed team work.

  • You have the opportunity for independent learning, digital literacy workshops, group exercises, preparation for assignments and the dissertation.

  • The dissertation requires the use of a range of cognitive and intellectual skills and you need to demonstrate the ability to produce a substantial piece of self-directed work.

How you are assessed

The programme assessment strategy has been designed to assess your subject specific knowledge, cognitive and intellectual skills and transferable skills applicable to the workplace. The strategy ensures that you are provided with formative assessment opportunities throughout the programme which support your summative assessments. The overall assessment load has been balanced to prevent, as far as possible, bunching of assessments.

The assessments will include assignments, business reports, case studies, presentations, research proposal and literature review, and the production of a dissertation. The assessments may include individual or group essays or reports.

The assessment criteria, where appropriate, will include assessment of presentation skills and report writing.

 

Entry requirements

The normal entry requirement is one of the following:

  • an honours degree (at least a 2:2)
  • a post-experience or professional qualification
  • equivalent qualifications (including international qualifications).

For EU and international students, an IELTS score (or equivalent) of 6.

For general information please see our overview of entry requirements

International applicants can find out what qualifications they need by visiting Your Country

 

Employability

Career opportunities

You graduate with the knowledge, experience and confidence to succeed in a management role on a global scale. You acquire a unique mix of skills to work in roles including global strategic management, leadership and management, strategic marketing management, managing people, operations, and finance, or you could even strike out in business on your own.

 

Information for international applicants

Qualifications

International applicants - find out what qualifications you need by selecting your country below.

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Useful information

Visit our international pages for useful information for non-UK students and applicants.

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Full-time

2024/25 entry

Fee for UK applicants
£6,710 a year

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Fee for international applicants
£17,000 a year

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  • Length: 1 year (September start) or 16 months (January start)
  • Start date: September or January
  • Semester dates

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Part-time

2024/25 entry

Fee for UK applicants
£750 for each 20 credits

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Choose Teesside

  • Student and graduate profiles

    Rehan Zaffar

    Rehan ZaffarMSc International Management

    The staff, resources and facilities are of a high quality, which makes learning easier and more fun.

    Meet Rehan

    Stephen Reeves

    Stephen ReevesMSc International Management

    Stephen is originally from South Africa. He has ambitions of playing cricket for England and running his own business.

    Meet Stephen

     
 
 

Get in touch

UK students

Email: tuibsadmissions@tees.ac.uk

Telephone: 01642 738801


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International students

Email: internationalenquiries@tees.ac.uk

Telephone: +44 (0) 1642 738900


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16

Oct

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23

Nov

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