Whether you’re a recent graduate eager to launch your career or a seasoned manager looking to elevate your expertise, this MSc is designed to launch you to the forefront of international business management.
Register your interestOur MSc in International Business Management will take you beyond the basics, equipping you with the latest knowledge and in-demand skills that global employers are actively seeking. Designed to meet the challenges of today’s fast-paced global economy, where you’ll gain the critical competencies needed to excel as an international business manager.
Through interactive learning, you'll master theoretical tools, develop analytical skills, and acquire the practical insights required to tackle global challenges from an organisational perspective. This is more than just a degree — it's a transformative experience that prepares you to lead with confidence in any corner of the world.
This course can be studied full-time over one year.
You’ll study four modules (three core and one optional) with a significant piece of independent dissertation work or a live consultancy project.
Compared to an undergraduate course, you'll find that this master's degree requires a higher level of independent reading and research.
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. All methods will employ, to some extent, the features like didactic exposition, interactive sessions, research, and directed private study.
Case study-based learning is employed throughout the course and is intended to enable you to develop, inter alia, the ability to identify the issues in need of research, apply subject specific knowledge to a realistic and/or practical context, make critical judgements of the merits of a particular argument 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.
We don’t currently display entry requirements for United States. Please contact the Student Admin team on studentadmin@sunderland.ac.uk or 0191 515 3154.
To study this course, you need:
You must meet the minimum English language requirements to join the course:
We accept a range of English language tests and qualifications for students from all over the world. View the full list here.
APL is the term used when you get credit towards your course for something you learned in the past. It means you might not need to study all the course including a module or several modules.
This can come from:
If you think you could get APL, contact our Admissions team.
The annual fee for this course is:
For the 2024/25 academic year, even though you are classified as an International Student, EU nationals receive a £6,400 scholarship, which reduces the fees from £17,400 to £10,500. The discounted fee will be reflected in your offer letter.
Please note: fees may change in the next academic year.
Find out more about paying tuition fees, methods of payment, or read about the scholarships and discounts that might be available to you.
This information was correct at the time of publication.
When you graduate from this course, you'll 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.
Some of the companies which employ our graduates include Microsoft, IBM, Nike, Adidas, P&G, Lloyds Bank, Marriott Hotels, and the NHS.
We invite business leaders into the University to share their experiences with you. Past speakers include John Sisk & Son's Senior Project Manager, Production Control Director from Nissan, the Head of Studios at Warner Bros UK, senior consultants from Global Blackswan, Sunderland Football Club’s CEO, and several successful entrepreneurs from the North East.
The course was designed to make me a great Project Manager.
The course is a great way to bolster my knowledge, giving me tools that I didn’t have before.
I've just submitted my dissertation and I can’t believe how quickly the time has gone.
Studying at the University meant I could focus my course options around my business
I knew there’s a whole world of business out there to explore, if I could just get the education.
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