MSc International Business

at University of Nottingham Ningbo China

The MSc in International Business programme is a full-time degree studied over a period of calendar year commencing late September. In each case participants take taught modules and prepare a dissertation. Students without the relevant English proficiency are required to do a Summer pre-sessional programme before gaining entry onto the postgraduate programme.

Classes are in the form of two or three hour teaching/learning sessions that include some small group teaching and study.

The structure of the MSc in International Business programme is modular, with individual modules each having weighting of either 10 or 20 credits. One credit represents 10 hours of student work, meaning that a 10 credit module represents 100 hours, and a 20 credit module represents 200 hours of study including formal teaching, independent study, revision, and the preparation of assessments. The MSc degree requires the successful completion of 180, 120 of which are taught modules, and 60 credits an international business dissertation.

All students undertake core modules relating to international business. The remaining modules offer a choice of electives. These allow the student to focus upon the modules with an international emphasis that is most closely associated with his/her career aspirations.

• International Accounting
• International Business Environment
• Business Economics
• Managing People
• Essentials of International Marketing
• International Business Strategy
• Research Methods for Management Studies
• Dissertation: MSc International Busines

Course Requirements: Open to graduates of any subjects. This master programme requires students to have a bachelor‘s degree (or international equivalent) from a recognised institution at the same standard as a UK university's 2:1 (upper second class honours degree or international equivalent). 

English Language Requirements: Applicants whose first language is not English, and who do not have a degree from a UK institution, are required to have the following English language qualifications before they can register on an academic programme:

• IELTS: 6.5 (with no less than 6.0 in each element) or
• PTE Academic: 71 (minimum 65) or
• TOEFL (IBT): 87 (minimum 20 in Speaking and 19 in all other elements)

• Mainland Chinese students  - 100,000 RMB / year
• Hong Kong, Macau & Taiwan students  -  100,000 RMB / year
• International students  -  110,000 RMB / year

This degree offers career opportunities in a variety of careers such as Accountancy, Consultancy, Business Development, Human Resources, IT, Logistics, Marketing, Private Banking, Project Management, Market Research and Sales and Distribution.

According to the latest Careers and Employment Report, International business graduates tended to choose to work in listed enterprises and large holding group corporations.