St Mary's University Twickenham, London
MSc International Business Management
Twickenham, United Kingdom
MSc
DURATION
1 year
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2027
TUITION FEES
GBP 11,070 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* home students; 18,780 GBP - international students
Key Summary
About: St Mary's MSc International Business Management is for graduates with or without a first degree in business. The programme is dual accredited by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and on completion you're eligible for a CMI L7 qualification in Strategic Management and Leadership (subject to mapped modules and moderation). It offers an option to spend a semester in Southern France (UK and EU students only) and an optional industry placement.
Career Outcomes: Prepare for roles such as international manager, management consultant, strategy analyst, operations or business development manager, project manager, or to launch your own business and add value.
Take your management ambitions to global heights with our postgraduate course that's tailored to graduates with or without a first degree in business and includes a qualification from the Chartered Management Institute.
- The programme is dual accredited by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). Upon successful completion of the programme students will be eligible for a CMI L7 qualification in Strategic Management and Leadership (subject to passing the required CMI mapped modules* and CMI moderation).
- Option of spending the second semester in Southern France (available to UK and EU students only).
- Opportunity for you to undertake an industry placement.
- Flexibility in the programme allows you to consider specialising in academic research or management consultancy.
Why St Mary's?
The course aims to develop your practical commercial knowledge and ethical values, giving you an edge in international business and management. It is also enhanced by:
- A study abroad option that enables UK and EU students to spend a semester studying with our partnering business school, EMD Marseilles, France
- An optional industry placement where you can demonstrate your management skills and construct a compelling career profile for your CV
- Guest lectures, research seminars, workshops and fieldwork visits that capitalise on our strong industry links
- A dedicated team of research-active academics and visiting professors with a range of commercial and management expertise
- Fantastic networking opportunities with our internationally diverse community of students and academics
Course content
If you have a previous degree in business you will take five core modules and select three optional modules.
If your first degree is in a non-business subject you will study six core modules (including Fundamental Principles of Business) as well as two optional modules.
Modules
- Responsible and Ethical Leadership in Management and Finance
- International Finance and Accounting
- Applied Research Skills
- International Strategic Management
- Research/Consultancy Project
- Economics and International Finance - Optional
- International Business Law - Optional
- International Marketing - Optional
- Personal and Professional Development (Industry Placement) - Optional
- Intercultural Management - Optional
- Managing for Sustainability in a Globalised Environment - Optional
- Islamic Finance - Optional
- Digital Business - Optional
- Geopolitics - Optional
- International Human Resource Management - Optional
- Fundamental Principles of Business, Management and Finance - Optional
Why study International Business Management?
Through this International Business Management master’s degree, you will develop your understanding of how business works internationally and could work for you. Underpinned by a focus on responsible business practices, the course will support you in furthering your management career and empower you to consider new opportunities at home and abroad.
This course is a natural pathway for business and management graduates and is also open to all who have completed an undergraduate degree.
You will be guided by an experienced academic team through current thinking on business disciplines that range from corporate governance to sustainability, marketing to resource management and business law to economics.
UK and EU students also have the opportunity to spend a semester studying in the Mediterranean city of Marseilles. On completing the master's degree, you will also gain an accredited award from the Chartered Management Institute.
Please note: students who gain a Postgraduate Certificate or Diploma will not be eligible for a CMI Level 7 Diploma.
Funding
Government-funded loans of over £11,000 are available to many Home postgraduate students.
Home and International students may also be eligible for external sources of funding.
International Students should check their eligibility for our International Scholarship.
Alumni discount
A 20% tuition fee discount is available for our alumni (undergraduate and PGCE) planning to study for this Master's degree.
A master's degree in International Business Management will provide you with an excellent academic qualification to embark on or progress your career in management.
You will be able to demonstrate the positive contribution that your knowledge, understanding, passion and skills will bring to an international organisation or a business aspiring to become global.
If you have an entrepreneurial spirit, you will also be in a position to critically consider setting up your own business.