MSc International Business Management with Advanced Practice 24 months Postgraduate Programme By Heriot-Watt University |TopUniversities

Programme overview

Main Subject

Business and Management Studies

Degree

MSc

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Our MSc in International Business Management with Advanced Practice provides you with an understanding of a range of theories and models used to support and understand a range of issues and problems within international business management, where you’ll critically evaluate the roles of business management within the international context, and apply problem-solving skills to various international business management scenarios to generate strategic options for resolving arising problems.

This programme is centred on employability and professional career readiness, aimed at graduates or those already in the industry who wish to gain key international business management knowledge to allow you to proceed to or enhance professional and managerial careers in private, public and third-sector business.

The programme is highly practice-oriented. You’ll be introduced to vital business knowledge and be provided an opportunity to develop versatile management skills in just two years of study. Coupled with specialist learning in key areas of business, you’ll develop modern management skills to complement existing knowledge and prepare you for a career shift or management role.

Reasons to study this programme:

  • Applied learning: Apply key international business management knowledge and skills learnt in the first year onto the second year by embarking on a year-long company placement, helping to develop and reflect learning in a workplace setting.
  • Comprehensive, customisable curriculum: Provides opportunity to specialise in several areas through optional courses, including finance and measuring & managing performance.
  • Expert faculty: Learning will be informed by expertise of our research-active academics whose work covers Employment, Work and the Professions, Logistics and Sustainability, Networks and Enterprise Excellence and Social and Economic Data Analysis.
  • Supported learning: Delivered through a combination of lectures, tutorials and interactive learning activities and be assessed by coursework, examinations and a dissertation while receiving support and feedback throughout the programme.
  • Blend of skills: A curriculum based on a mix of mandatory and elective courses including fundamental business principles and versatile management skills to work effectively in teams and individually, identify areas for continued professional development, communicate effectively by written and verbal means, apply ICT resources for maximising impact, and evaluate a wide range of graphical and numerical data.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Business and Management Studies

Degree

MSc

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Our MSc in International Business Management with Advanced Practice provides you with an understanding of a range of theories and models used to support and understand a range of issues and problems within international business management, where you’ll critically evaluate the roles of business management within the international context, and apply problem-solving skills to various international business management scenarios to generate strategic options for resolving arising problems.

This programme is centred on employability and professional career readiness, aimed at graduates or those already in the industry who wish to gain key international business management knowledge to allow you to proceed to or enhance professional and managerial careers in private, public and third-sector business.

The programme is highly practice-oriented. You’ll be introduced to vital business knowledge and be provided an opportunity to develop versatile management skills in just two years of study. Coupled with specialist learning in key areas of business, you’ll develop modern management skills to complement existing knowledge and prepare you for a career shift or management role.

Reasons to study this programme:

  • Applied learning: Apply key international business management knowledge and skills learnt in the first year onto the second year by embarking on a year-long company placement, helping to develop and reflect learning in a workplace setting.
  • Comprehensive, customisable curriculum: Provides opportunity to specialise in several areas through optional courses, including finance and measuring & managing performance.
  • Expert faculty: Learning will be informed by expertise of our research-active academics whose work covers Employment, Work and the Professions, Logistics and Sustainability, Networks and Enterprise Excellence and Social and Economic Data Analysis.
  • Supported learning: Delivered through a combination of lectures, tutorials and interactive learning activities and be assessed by coursework, examinations and a dissertation while receiving support and feedback throughout the programme.
  • Blend of skills: A curriculum based on a mix of mandatory and elective courses including fundamental business principles and versatile management skills to work effectively in teams and individually, identify areas for continued professional development, communicate effectively by written and verbal means, apply ICT resources for maximising impact, and evaluate a wide range of graphical and numerical data.

Admission Requirements

79+
59+
169+
2.7+
6+
A minimum of honours degree at 2:2 or non-UK equivalent in any academic subject provided that it includes evidence of essay writing and use of critical thinking.

We welcome applications from international students and accept qualifications from around the world. Please refer to the entry requirements for your country for more details.

2 Years
Sep

Tuition fees

Domestic
12,744 GBP
International
24,952 GBP

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