Program Overview

International Business Management and Accountancy MSc

Overview

This programme equips you with a comprehensive range of skills and knowledge to prepare you for a successful career in business and finance within a global context.

Course Details

Core Modules

• Business Project
  • Develop a piece of work that brings together key elements of your learning.
  • Demonstrate the knowledge you have acquired, an understanding of practice and its application in a professional context.
• Critical Business Inquiry
  • Gain a deep understanding of real-world organisational challenges and how to develop effective solutions.
  • Become a proficient planner who can execute in-depth research in business and management.
• Financial Reporting and Analysis
  • Learn the fundamental accounting and finance concepts you need to grasp the nature of financial information and reporting.
  • Recognise the relevant economic events, determine the most suitable financial measures, and analyse the impact of these events on an organisation's performance, financial standing and wealth.
• Managerial Finance
  • Gain theoretical and practical insight into a range of accounting and financial management techniques.
  • Examine how financial information is used to effectively manage an organisation, including decision-making and control, performance management, and investment management.
• Reimagining Sustainable Management in Global Markets
  • Gain a comprehensive understanding of key concepts, strategies and practices to reimagine responsible management in the global market.
  • Focus on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs), learning how and why they came about through key literature, research and economic policy.

How You Learn

• Interactive classroom sessions deliver the relevant subject knowledge and allow you to explore and apply theory to real examples.
• You engage in group work, class debate, employer projects, case studies analysis and research.
• The dissertation requires the use of a range of cognitive and intellectual skills and you need to demonstrate the ability to produce a substantial piece of self-directed work.

How You Are Assessed

• The assessment strategy has been designed to assess your subject-specific knowledge, cognitive and intellectual skills and transferable skills applicable to the workplace.
• The assessments include assignments, business reports, case studies, presentations, a research proposal and literature review, and the production of a dissertation.

Entry Requirements

• The normal entry requirement is one of the following:
  • an honours degree (at least a 2:2)
  • a post-experience or professional qualification
  • equivalent qualifications (including international qualifications)
  • for EU and international students, an IELTS score (or equivalent) of 6.

Employability

• Career Opportunities
  • You graduate with the knowledge, experience and confidence to succeed in a management role on a global scale.
  • You acquire a unique mix of skills to work in roles including global strategic management, leadership and management, strategic marketing management, managing people, operations, and finance, or you could even strike out in business on your own.
  • By specialising in accountancy you could also secure roles in financial management, financial crime and governance and accountability.

Fees

Full-time

• Fee for UK applicants: £7,710 a year
• Fee for international applicants: £17,000 a year
• Length: 1 year (September start) or 16 months (January start)
• Start date: January or September

Part-time

• Fee for UK applicants: £855 for each 20 credits
• Length: 2 years
• Start date: September

Choose Teesside

• Stand out from other job applicants with your higher level qualification, specialist knowledge and expanded networks.
• Improve your project management, critical thinking, research skills, time management, presentation skills and teamwork.
• The median salary for working-age postgraduates (£45,000) was £6,500 more than for working-age (those aged 16 to 64) graduates (£38,500) in 2022.
• Study in our friendly town-centre campus with £280m of recent investment.
• Study at Europe's first Adobe Creative Campus and develop your creative and digital skills.