International Business Management MSc

Our MSc International Business Management is designed to offer you the knowledge, skills and attitudes you need to enhance your employability in a global business environment that is fast-paced, constantly changing and technology driven.

Why choose this course?

* You will be taught by world-leading academics drawing on their original research to provide you with a cutting-edge appreciation of managers, organisations and what it takes to build a career in a dynamic and changing global environment.

* You can adapt the course to your interests and it has a particular focus on supporting you to develop your career.

* This innovative MSc emphasises time spent in the classroom over self-managed learning time usual for an MSc course in this subject.

* It is ideal for graduates from a range of disciplines: if your degree is business-related you will have the opportunity to develop your knowledge and skills further; if you have a degree in another subject it will allow you to upskill and widen your opportunities in the graduate job market.

What will I learn?

You will be introduced to a range of contemporary management subjects and practices. This course also promotes an interdisciplinary connection within the international business field, so you will have the opportunity to choose from specialist international modules in business, human resource management, business ethics and marketing.

The course is also designed to increase your employability through a core employment module which will equip you to carry out effective job searches in competitive job markets, understand how you can best present your experience, qualifications and skills to potential employers, and learn how to excel in the recruitment and selection process.

How will I learn?

This course is available for you to study full- or part-time. Classes, consisting of lectures and seminars, take place in the evening.

Highlights

* Our campus is in the heart of London, giving you access to a vibrant business community and extensive professional networks.

* Birkbeck is an internationally recognised centre of excellence in teaching, research and consultancy in the broad field of management.

* Our academic staff are active researchers as well as enthusiastic teachers, and regularly publish cutting-edge articles in the world's leading journals. We have particular research strengths in international business and strategy, the management of innovation and entrepreneurship, human resource management, corporate governance, sports management, and marketing, as well as financial management and accounting.

* Birkbeck students are drawn from a diverse range in terms of age and academic, social and cultural backgrounds. This creates a stimulating and supportive learning environment.

Careers and employability

On successfully graduating from this MSc International Business Management you will have gained a range of valuable transferable skills, including:

* relationship building and being able to work effectively in a team

* critical-thinking skills and decision making

* the ability to critically evaluate the behaviours and actions of managers in a variety of business contexts

* the ability to approach problems in a systematic way drawing on theory, practice and evidence.

This course offers a gateway to a wide variety of careers and we support students in making informed decisions about their next steps. Graduates from this course can follow career paths in a wide range of roles in organisations which operate in many different fields from finance to retail, technology to manufacturing. They may work in organisations in the process of internationalising and also those that are already international in scope.