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MSc International Business & Economic Development

Institution:

University of Glasgow

Dept/School/Faculty:

College of Social Sciences

Duration:

MSc: 12 months full-time

Entry Requirements:

Entry requirements are a 2.1 Honours degree or non-UK equivalent qualification (for example, GPA 3.0 or above) in economics or in a relevant subject containing a significant amount of economics. If you do not have a background in economics but intend to purse further studies in the area of development, you are advised to apply for the MSc Development Studies.

Start Month(s):

September

Masters Degree Type:

MSc

Contact Name:

Andrea Glass

Study Type:

The MSc International Business & Economic Development will provide you with all the practical skills and knowledge to establish or enhance your career in international management or economic development.

•You will develop knowledge and skills across a range of disciplines crucial to international business, including strategic management, business finance, the global business environment and cross-cultural management.
•You will develop knowledge and skills in relation to the key drivers of economic development at a national, regional and local level, the linkages between these and you will learn to formulate and critically evaluate practical measures for development regional and local economies.
•Your specialist skills will be honed through work experience and guided self-evaluation and you will learn to formulate and critically evaluate practical measures for developing regional and local economies
•In the most recent independent review of research quality (RAE 2008), 85% of management research was classed as of international quality, with 10% being world leading.
•The University of Glasgow Business School is an accredited member of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.

Programme overview
•MSc: 12 months full-time

For the MSc you will take seven core courses, three optional courses and submit a dissertation. The courses will combine lectures, seminars, workshops, case analyses and project work.

Core courses
•International strategic management
•Business finance
•Global business environment
•Managing across cultures & comparative management
•Economic development in practice
•Strategic approaches to delivering economic development
•Research methods.

Optional courses
•Developing competitive places in global, national and regional contexts
•Developing key sectors to deliver economic development
•Skills, human resource development and economic development
•Business development and its contribution to economic development
•Partnership and collaborative working for economic development.

Career prospects
There is a high demand for managers who can act on their own initiative, take personal responsibility, show leadership potential, and adapt to changing circumstances. As a graduate of this programme, these are the kind of attributes we would expect you to develop.

You will be especially well placed to gain management roles or economic development positions at the international, national, regional or local level. Our graduates will be able to make a significant contribution to both the business world and policymaking.

Visit the MSc International Business & Economic Development page on the University of Glasgow web site for more details!

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