International Business Management

MSc

New intake for May 2025

Start dates: May 2025 / September 2025 / January 2026 / September 2026

Full time: 1 year or 2 years in sandwich mode which includes one year's full-time paid supervised industrial work experience (a work placement). Sandwich mode is available for all intakes.

Part time: 2 years

Location: Headington

School(s): Oxford Brookes Business School

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Overview

This accredited course will prepare you for a successful international career with either a commercial or not-for-profit organisation. Our course is uniquely structured, linking theory and practice, so that you will study all aspects of business management in an integrated way. Our Module in the Practice of Business and Management combines different functional areas (for example Marketing, Operations and Finance) so that this mirrors the way that real world problems are solved in organisations.

You can specialise by choosing optional modules in:

Sustainable Global Marketing Strategy:
  • Understanding Consumer Behaviour
  • Sustainable Global Marketing Strategy
Data Analytics:
  • The Practice of Data Analysis
  • Business Intelligence
Supply Chain Management:
  • Procurement and Supply Chain Management
  • Group Consultancy Project
Corporate Finance:
  • Corporate Finance Concepts
  • Financial Markets and Institutions 

You can also choose to study two modules from different pathways.

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Why Oxford Brookes University?

  • Learn from experts

    professionally experienced tutors, and guest entrepreneurs and business innovation experts

  • Choose your specialisms

    You can choose to follow a specialist pathway with optional modules offered in: Sustainable Global Marketing Strategy, Data Analytics, Supply Chain Management, Corporate Finance.

  • Employability skills

    Build your analytical and solution focussed skills through international case studies

  • Real world experience

    Take part in Business Challenge Week and utilise your knowledge and practical experience to work with a business and address a challenge within the organisation

  • Three entry points

    You can start this course in January or May if a September start doesn't suit you

  • Accreditation(s)

    Association of MBAs; Chartered Management Institute

    • Association of MBAs
    • Chartered Management Institute

Course details

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Study modules

In addition to your modules, you have the option to undertake a paid industrial work placement which can help you gain relevant industry experience and develop transferable skills such as communication, teamwork and problem solving. An industrial work placement can help you decide
on your long-term career objectives and may lead to a job offer after graduation (would require visa sponsorship for international students). You will have access to opportunities at a range of UK-based companies of all sizes, from micro firms to Multinationals. 

This enhanced offer complements our employability-focussed curriculum, and a student experience designed to prepare you for a range of future careers, including:

• Course specific workshops
• Personalised CV, cover letter and LinkedIn preparation
• Professionalism in communicating with employers
• Industry specific employment guides
• 1:1 counselling and mentoring
• Access to guest employers and speakers

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Please note: As our courses are reviewed regularly as part of our quality assurance framework, the modules you can choose from may vary from those shown here. The structure of the course may also mean some modules are not available to you.

Research

Business School academics explore core issues facing contemporary societies, ranging from refugee entrepreneurship and internationalisation to sustainable tourism, security and the changing world of work and organisations including the impact of artificial intelligence. We address questions such as:

  • What characterises the interconnections of trade, transportation and technologies?
  • How do we organise for security?
  • How can social media address well-being and social isolation?
  • How can individuals be happier and navigate the increasingly complex world of work?

We also have an expertise in Coaching and Mentoring as well as in Diversity (such as examining pay gaps and gender and spin-outs) and as students, we are always keen to include you into our projects where possible.

Please visit our research pages to learn more about the three research centres @ /business/research/. Being a masters student at OBBS offers plenty of opportunities for you to be a part of our research culture.

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Careers

You will graduate with highly relevant knowledge as well as practical experiences on how to manage different functional units in organisations.

Many of our graduates find managerial positions at a wide range of organisations, including:

  • companies producing fast moving commercial goods
  • consultancy firms
  • financial institutions
  • retail giants
  • charities
  • SMEs

Examples of these employers include:

  • Amazon
  • IBM
  • Deutsche Telekom
  • Deloitte, KPMG, PwC, EY
  • Oxfam
  • BASF Group
  • Kautex Unipart
  • Raiffeisen Bank
  • Revolution Insurance
  • American Business Conferences
  • Consilio Global
  • Or return to their family business

Student profiles

Our Staff

Dr Doaa Althalathini

I teach at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels in the areas of entrepreneurship, social enterprise, innovation, and research methods.

Read more about Doaa

Dr Gabor Lukacs

Gabor works as liaison manager with some of our esteemed international partners and professional and accrediting bodies, and teaches on several business and management modules.

Read more about Gabor

John Bancroft

John is currently a module leader across a number of undergraduate and postgraduate modules. He is also a subject coordinator for the postgraduate Business and Management MSc programmes.

Read more about John

Entry requirements

International qualifications and equivalences

How to apply

Application process

Tuition fees

Please see the fees note
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Questions about fees?

Contact Student Finance on:

Tuition fees

2024 / 25
Home (UK) full time
£11,950

Home (UK) part time
£5,975

Home (UK) sandwich (placement)
£2,100

International full time
£17,650; £19,350 (May 2025 entrants)

International sandwich (placement)
£2,100

2025 / 26
Home (UK) full time
£11,950

Home (UK) part time
£5,975

Home (UK) sandwich (placement)
£3,000 (extended)

International full time
£19,350

International sandwich (placement)
£3,000 (extended)

Questions about fees?

Contact Student Finance on:

+44 (0)1865 534400

financefees@brookes.ac.uk

The full-time fees quoted are for the taught Year 1. Fees will be charged for the placement year in Year 2 and are available on request from finance-fees@brookes.ac.uk

The following factors will be taken into account by the University when it is setting the annual fees: inflationary measures such as the retail price indices, projected increases in University costs, changes in the level of funding received from Government sources, admissions statistics and access considerations including the availability of student support. 

How and when to pay

Tuition fee instalments for the semester are due by the Monday of week 1 of each semester. Students are not liable for full fees for that semester if they leave before week 4. If the leaving date is after week 4, full fees for the semester are payable.

  • For information on payment methods please see our Make a Payment page.
  • For information about refunds please visit our Refund policy page

Additional costs

Please be aware that some courses will involve some additional costs that are not covered by your fees. Specific additional costs for this course are detailed below.

Funding your studies

Financial support and scholarships

Featured funding opportunities available for this course.

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Programme changes:
On rare occasions we may need to make changes to our course programmes after they have been published on the website. For more information, please visit our changes to programmes page.