International Business
MSc
Are you ready to master the intricacies of global business and confidently navigate the ever-evolving international landscape?
Location: Aston University, Birmingham
Course type
Full-time
Entry requirements
Duration
One year (September 2024 and January 2025 starts)
Start date
Course overview
Our MSc International Business programme will provide in-depth insights and understanding of the contemporary business landscape, tailored for both recent graduates and working professionals from local, national, and international backgrounds.
Throughout this degree, you will delve into cross-border operations, examine various business functions and their role in international commerce alongside exploring strategic management and economics in an international business context. You will gain versatile skills to pursue diverse career paths and excel in global management roles.
More than an academic course, this programme bridges your formal education with experiential learning. You will be supported by leading academics and practitioners who are experts in the fields of international business, ensuring your studies are contemporary and applicable.
Course description
Course objectives
- Provides a programme of study that meets the needs of local, national and international candidates, enabling you to learn by the exchange of experience as well as formal academic study.
- Meets the needs of recent graduates, and those already in employment, who wish to acquire specialist skills and knowledge in international business in order that they may embark on or progress successfully in their chosen careers.
- Provides you with an excellent learning experience that draws on the research and consultancy of Aston University academic staff, utilising the University’s links with business, professional and public sector organisations.
- Provides you with opportunities to enhance your employability by developing lifelong learning and personal development skills.
- Develops you into a well-qualified graduate who is equipped for and aspires to senior positions.
- Causes you to reflect upon and develop your own position in relation to corporate responsibility, sustainability and ethics.
- Develops your understanding of the global business environment (including shifting competitive advantages) that influence business decisions and operations.
Modules
We may update our courses to reflect best practices and academic developments. If we do, we’ll let you know of any changes at the earliest opportunity by updating our course webpages. If you have already received an offer, we’ll write to you directly to let you know of the changes.
Entry requirements
One of the following:
- 2:2 (lower second-class honours) degree or equivalent
- Equivalent overseas degree recognised by Aston University (see international students tab below for more information)
Fees and scholarships
Course fees
UK students
(2023/24)
Annual tuition fees: | £11,850 |
International students
(2023/24)
Annual tuition fees: | £22,750 |
More information on fees
The United Kingdom government has confirmed that European Union (EU), other European Economic Area (EEA) and Swiss nationals commencing academic courses in England from August 2021 will no longer be charged the same tuition rates as UK students.
Tuition fees for students are reviewed annually and may increase in subsequent years in line with inflation linked to the Retail Price Index (RPI) to take account of the University’s increased costs of delivering the Programme. Any such increase shall always be in accordance with the law. When undertaking a placement year, a placement year fee applies.
Career prospects
The transferable skills that our business programmes provide mean that our graduates are successful in finding employment in a wide range of roles such as:
- Management consultant
- Strategy consultant
- Recruitment director
- Management trainee
- General manager
- Investment banker
- Research analyst
- Marketing manager
- Sales manager
Our graduates have gone on to work at companies such as HSBC, IBM, Unilever, Vodafone, Hertz-Bosch. PwC, KPMG, Barclays and Tesco.