International Management and Leadership

Entry requirements

Honours degree or equivalent in an appropriate discipline, or relevant work experience at managerial level.

Months of entry

January, September

Course content

The course is specifically designed for anyone who may be looking to complement their non-business degree and has little or no previous business background. It also interest those who have completed a business degree to ordinary level and are aiming to enhance their qualifications.

Within the course you will study the core tenants of management and leadership; finance, strategy, leadership, human management, marketing and gain insight into the contemporary global business world.

The course offers a range of research options including creating your own business, working with a real business on a high-level problem or undertaking your own specialised research via a master's dissertation.

The MSc/PgCert International Management and Leadership provides you with excellent academic underpinning and the potential for you to develop real-life, practical experience too which gives you an employability edge upon graduation. An interest in business, management and leadership is expected, however, the course is designed in such a way as to be accessible to anyone with little or no previous business background.

• Learn key management principles and refine your critical insight, preparing you to become a successful business leader in our fast-changing, global economy.
• Gain practical business experience and develop skills that will give you an employability edge.
• Benefit from the optimum balance of theoretical and practical learning.
• Learn how to take a business idea from first proposal to real-world profit.
• Focus on best practice in international management and leadership, preparing you for a wide range of careers.
• Study a range of modules covering all the core functions of management and leadership encompassing the commercial business, community, and voluntary/social enterprise sectors.
• Work with real clients and professional mentors, which is a fantastic opportunity to put learning into practice and build skills that will last a lifetime.
• Benefit from a choice of three ‘capstone’ modules (Business Consultancy, Business Incubation or Dissertation), each of which is designed to build your skills, knowledge, and employability.
• Develop and nurture your confidence as well as your decision-making abilities.