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Course starts: 17 November 2025Apply now
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Develop a mastery of international business contexts and start a global career in management. Graduate as an in-demand candidate with international appeal.
Do you want to progress your career in international business and management?
This course will strengthen your critical understanding of international business, trade, and strategy.
You'll explore international trade, strategy, strategic foresight, leadership skills, business analytics, marketing management, and cross cultural management. You'll also be guided in your final piece of work; a dissertation on an international business management topic of your choosing.
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.
Compared to an undergraduate course, you'll find that this master's degree requires a higher level of independent reading and research.
Our typical offer is:
| Qualification | Minimum grade |
|---|---|
| a Canadian bachelor's degree | GPA 2.40 |
| a USA bachelor's degree | GPA 2.5 |
If you already hold a postgraduate qualification, please see our Applying for additional postgraduate degrees Help and Advice article.
If you don't meet our standard entry requirements, you can take one of the foundation pathways at our partners ONCAMPUS Sunderland. Find out more information and whether your course is eligible on our ONCAMPUS page.
If your qualification is not listed above, please contact the Student Administration team at studentadmin@sunderland.ac.uk for further advice.
To apply for this course, you'll need a 2:2 honours degree or above in any discipline.
If English isn't your first language, please see our English language requirements.
2025/26 fees:
Take a look at the scholarships and bursaries that may 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.
My experience was exceptional and the most rewarding period in my life.
