Program Overview

MSc Global Management (Digital Disruption)

Overview

The MSc Global Management (Digital Disruption) is a postgraduate program that focuses on preparing students for leading roles in international management. The program is designed to equip students with advanced business knowledge and skills to adopt leading roles in international management.

Duration

• 12 months

Fees

• EU status applicants: €11,600
• Non-EU status applicants: €19,500

Start Date

• September 2025

Application

• Accepting applications

Course Overview

The program is designed to provide students with the skills to be a successful global leader in the digital age. Students will study in two countries of their choice and learn the skills to excel in a business world where disruption, change, and innovation are the only constants.

Program Formats

The program is unique in its format and can be studied through three paths:

1. Full-time, one year program completed at DCU Business School. This program confers a single MSc degree from DCU.
2. Spend semester one in either Universidad de las Americas Puebla in Mexico, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (UCSC) in Italy or Goodman Business School at Brock University in Canada before coming to DCU in semester two. This program confers a single MSc degree from DCU.
3. Spend one semester in DCU* and either ESB Business School ** at Reutlingen University, Germany OR NEOMA Business School** in Reims, France. This program confers a double MSc degree.

What Will I Study?

Semester 1:

• International Business: Disruption, Challenges & Sustainability
• Strategy in a Global Context
• Marketing & Customer Experience Management
• Cross Cultural Agility
• Economic Geography & Geo Politics
• Business Process Innovation

Semester 2:

• Statistics for Business
• Data Analytics & Story Telling
• International Corporate Finance
• Consulting Skills
• Project Management
• Design Thinking & Creativity for Innovation
• Thesis / Practicum

Career Prospects

Graduates will acquire advanced business knowledge and the prerequisite skills to prepare them to adopt leading roles in international management. They will learn during the program how to use modern business solutions and acquire the data-driven digital competencies to deal with organizational and technological challenges which face corporations with international operations.

Entry Requirements

• A Second Class Honours Grade 1 Degree (H2.1) (NFQ Level 8 or international equivalent) in a business-related discipline.
• Applicants with an undergraduate degree in a non-business discipline may be admitted where they have taken sufficient business-related modules, including quantitative modules.
• Applicants who have achieved a 2.2 Honours degree in any discipline may still obtain a place. This will depend on availability of places and on obtaining high grades in relevant modules on their undergraduate program.
• This program welcomes applications on the basis of recognized prior learning (RPL). Applicants who do not meet the requirements above but who have alternative academic qualifications and/or professional qualifications, along with a minimum of three years' professional experience, may also be considered for admission to the program.

How to Apply

• Full-time, one year program completed at DCU Business School – apply here.
• Spend semester one in either Universidad de las Americas Puebla in Mexico, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (UCSC) in Italy or Goodman Business School at Brock University in Canada before coming to DCU in semester two. This program confers a single MSc degree from DCU (apply at ipbsmgm.com).
• Spend one semester in DCU* and either ESB Business School ** at Reutlingen University, Germany OR NEOMA Business School** in Reims, France. This program confers a double MSc degree (apply at ipbsmgm.com).

Application Deadlines

• Closing date for EU applicants is 30th August 2025.
• Closing date for Non-EU applicants is 1st July 2025.

Commencement of Program

The program commences in September 2025.