Duration:
1 year (full-time)
Please add an additional year if undertaking the Professional Experience Year: integrated 2-year masters (Not available for July, November and March entry)
Number of credits:
180 credits at Level 7
Start date(s):
November 2025
January 2026
March 2026
May 2026
July 2026
September 2026
Focus on real business challenges, through case-based learning to ensure you become a successful international manager.
Our MSc Global Business Management will give you a comprehensive overview of global business operations, supply chains, strategies and structures that impact various industries.
You gain an understanding of how the role of technology has in reshaping business, specifically focusing on how generative artificial intelligence and digitalisation is fundamentally changing business models and management practice.
Throughout the course, you’ll focus on emerging and future strategic concepts across the relevant disciplines, new digital leadership models and will take an inclusive approach to leadership and strategy, embarking on new technology and sustainability in supply chains, and navigate the world of trade and direct investment for companies of all shapes and sizes.
Why study this course?
- This course is delivered in block modes, giving you an immersive learning experience, one module at a time
- You will gain real experience through an end of course, 60 credit capstone live project. You’ll have the option to choose one of three career pathways; research, consultancy or business start-up
- Throughout the course, you’ll have industry exposure and networking opportunities and speaker series
- We’ll prepare you to apply research informed knowledge to practical business scenarios with our case-based learning
- Module content is globally focused on global trade, operations and leadership in diverse international contexts
- We promote social and environmental justice within managerial contexts, in line with the UN sustainability goals
“I found the transition to starting university as an international student difficult at first, but my lecturers were incredibly supportive. They made me feel comfortable and gave me the confidence to express myself.”
Chinenye, MSc Global Business Management
This course is available as an extended masters for international students
Modules
30 credits
On this module, you will explore the concepts and frameworks in corporate strategy and generate financial awareness, all around the context of international business.
You will apply strategy and finance to the issues of growth and innovation in highly volatile and competitive markets. This implies a careful consideration of external and internal analysis, financing innovation and leveraging of unique resources, distinctive competences, and dynamic capabilities.
You will explore business and corporate level strategies, assess strategic choices in terms of direction and methods and understand how to evaluate strategies for suitability, feasibility and acceptability.
There is an emphasis on critical and practice-driven approach to strategy making and its finance. By critically evaluating, you will understand not just the application but also the limitations of strategic tools fostering adaptability and agility in dynamic business environments.
Teaching and learning
By engaging in mini cases, and group discussions, you will analyse contextualise theoretical concepts on real-world examples.
The teaching delivery consists of four-hour sessions, structured as a one-hour lecture or briefing and a three-hour workshop.
You will also have an additional 30 minutes of online support each week to enhance your understanding and learning. Resources include resource lists, learning materials, and other resources on Moodle.
Assessment
This module will be assessed using a case study report and a group presentation:
30% - individual poster for a chosen strategy problem.
70% - executive report, providing recommendations for a specific challenge within a case study requiring a strategic decision, individual work.
30 credits
On this module, you will explore the convergence of leadership, technology and analytics to quip you for facilitating digital transformation inside businesses.
You will critically examine emerging technologies and formulate effective strategies for leveraging AI and predictive analytics whilst guaranteeing ethical and inclusive practices in the digital age, emphasising Leadership 4.0 and data intelligence.
You will examine the intricacies and significance of Digital Leadership / Leadership 4.0, alongside investigating emerging digital platforms, using AI and big data analytics, predictive data solutions, necessary future digital skills of organisations, human capital development in the 4th Industrial Revolution, data analytics for strategic business challenges, equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in digital leadership, data ethics and governance, and the generation of value from data intelligence.
You will explore digital leadership utilising a range of examples from across the globe, ensuring broad perspectives on data intelligence and analytics.
Teaching and Learning
You’ll have access to online resources and participate in lectures, seminars, case studies/simulations, peer-to-peer learning and group discussions to contextualise the theoretical concepts.
The teaching delivery for each module consists of one, one-hour lecture and one, three-hour workshop per week.
Practical sessions will ultilise AI technologies, data platforms, and predictive analytics software.
Group discussions and debates will evaluate the significance of digital leadership challenges and propose data-driven solutions.
You will also have an additional 30 minutes of online support each week to enhance your understanding and learning. Resources include AI-driven business insights, industry reports and multimedia content.
Assessment
This module will be assessed by a poster report (50%) and a case study report (50%).
30 credits
This module explores concepts, frameworks and data on supply chain management (SCM) from a global and critical angle, where you will gain the knowledge and skills in strategies, processes and a current SCM industry practice.
You will address the supply chain as a global system, which includes critical processes to be managed, such as materials, services and information. In case studies, you will look at future challenges including social (including issues of equity, diversity and inclusion) and environmental sustainability and resilience.
You will explore how technology, especially AI and digitalisation reshapes supply chain design and services and improves environmental sustainability across logistics and supply chain operations.
Teaching and Learning
You will be taught over four-hour sessions, structured as a one-hour lecture or briefing and a three-hour workshop.
You will also have an additional 30 minutes of online support each week to enhance your understanding and learning. Resources include resource lists, learning materials, and other resources on Moodle.
Assessment
This module will be assessed using a case study report and a group presentation:
50% - individual challenge case, group presentation. You will deliver a group presentation focusing on a supply chain challenge in a specific industry.
50% - individual case-study report. You will be required to write a case study on a selected company, providing a critical evaluation and draft strategic recommendations.
30 credits
This module explores concepts, frameworks and data on global trade, both from an economics and international management perspective.
We will empower you to understand how changes in international trade affect international businesses and the growth of economics. You will learn to critically evaluate the main strategic decisions to be taken when establishing international trading solutions; evaluate the impact of global changes as they affect trade; and apply key international trade principles to design appropriate trading solutions in different international contexts.
We will also look at the legal and societal aspects of trade, such as, trade regimes, free trade agreements and trade barriers. A particular management emphasis is put on the understanding of direct investment data and import/export terms & practice. There are further monetary aspects to understand in trade, such as impact of interest rates, taxation, exchange rates and property prices.
Teaching and Learning
You will be taught over four-hour sessions, structured as a one-hour lecture or briefing and a three-hour workshop.
You will also have an additional 30 minutes of online support each week to enhance your understanding and learning. Resources include AI-driven business insights, industry reports and multimedia content.
Assessment
This module will be assessed using a case study report and a group presentation:
30% - slide deck of up to eight slides.
70% - case study report, provide a critical evaluation and draft strategic recommendations regarding future resilience on a selected company. Individual coursework.
60 credits
You will apply your knowledge to a real-world business setting.
You will choose from three career pathways:
- Consultancy challenge – collaborating with international businesses, NGOs, and community organisations, through a structured consultancy challenge, you will work in teams to tackle real-world business problems. This hands-on experience not only strengthens your professional skill set but also enhances your professional and social capital and competitiveness in the global marketplace.
- Research internship - as a research intern, you will undertake a small research project under the supervision of experienced researchers from our Centre for Sustainability and Responsible Management. You will experience projects that are beneficial for a wide range of stakeholders, including local and central governments, businesses and charitable organisations.
- Start-up pathway - if you're interested in becoming a entrepreneur, this pathway is specifically designed to support you with developing of a new venture idea.
These are the current planned modules on this course and may be subject to change.
Professional Experience Year
This course also offers the option of a Professional Experience Year. This programme combines dynamic career modules with flexible placement opportunities. After completing your first year of study, you'll then complete a full year of Professional Experience training as part of your degree. This will give you real career experience. This unique opportunity offers you distinct paths to build your expertise.
Careers
You will come away from the course being able to excel in formulating and actioning a firm’s global strategy.
This could be by expanding your family’s enterprise, a career track in a multinational corporation, becoming a strategy consultant or helping international organisations, including non-for-profits to promote inclusive growth and international economic development.
You’ll gain the higher practical skills needed to manage international projects throughout the modules.
Industry and professional exposure
You will experience gust lectures from business leaders, networking events and employer-led workshops, which will provide you with insights into emerging trends in sustainably strategy, digital innovation, and the inclusive leadership through change management.
We continuously collaborate with industry partners, and professional bodies to ensure our curriculum is relevance, allowing for ongoing adaptation to an ever-evolving business and careers landscape.
You’ll also be further supported through our career's development week. We will help you with job search preparation, CV writing, interview coaching, and networking opportunities, ensuring you are confident and prepared for employment in leadership and management roles across industries.
The Student Futures team is here to support you throughout your time at Roehampton and beyond.
They offer services tailored to your needs, helping you take confident steps towards your future.
You’ll have access to a wide range of career workshops and events, where you can engage with employers and develop the skills you need to succeed in the workplace.
These opportunities will help you build your CV, prepare for interviews, and connect with successful Roehampton graduates who are thriving in their careers. You’ll also be able to engage with our partners across London and beyond.
Wherever you want to go in the future, you'll be preparing for the world of work from your very first day.
Learning & assessment
To enhance your practical insights and promote professional values, integrity, and high standards of achievements, you will be taught case-based learning and experimental learning, facilitated through a coaching approach.
You will work in groups to discuss realistic case studies involving well-defined challenges, with the aim of determining a range of solutions. By engaging with real and simulated cases, you will enhance your critical thinking, decision-making and problem-solving skills, preparing you to deal with the kind of real-world problems you will face.
You will develop higher cognitive skills and build your collaborative learning, teamwork, and communication skills.
You will learn within professional contexts, such as work-integrated learning, within organisations locally, nationally, or internationally. This experiential learning is emphasised in the 60-credit live organisational project, undertaken at the end of the programme, where you will collaborate with industry professionals and real organisations through our Business Advice Centre.
This will further enhance your applied skills, problem-solving, and reflective practice and provide you with opportunities to build networking relationships, giving you a feel for the pulse of the industry.
Our lecturers and tutors apply coaching techniques to help give you ownership of your learning. Through reflective questioning, structured feedback, and personalised support, you’ll foster self-efficacy and independent thinking.
Block mode teaching
This course will be taught in dedicated blocks.
This innovative approach means that you will be taught in six-week blocks that focus exclusively on one module at a time. You will be able to fully immerse yourself in each topic and apply your learning effectively. There is also flexibility to join at any entry point, every two months.
Each module block includes eight teaching hours (lectures and practical workshops) each week, over two days.
- You can focus on one subject at a time, maximising your understanding, retention and application of knowledge
- Reduce the stress of juggling multiple subjects at once
- A clear timetable making it easier to balance academic commitments with personal life
- Dedicated days to delve into each topic without distraction
- Focus on one assessment at a time at the end of each block
- Eliminates the pressure of multiple end-of-term assessments
- Regular tasks are integrated into each block, ensuring timely feedback and continuous improvement
- A modern, practical way to learn that prepares you for your career goals.
- Induction week – you will be introduced to the subject, the course team and other students on the module
- Six weeks of teaching – deep dive into content led by subject experts, utilising research informed teaching, practical case studies, group work and hands-on projects
- Assessment week – each block will end with a focused assessment where you can apply your knowledge to real-world cases
- Break week - opportunity to prepare for your next block and connect with new students
How you'll be assessed
Assessments are professionally focused, technology-enhanced, inclusive, globally relevant, and aligned with principles of sustainability and ethical business practice.
Authentic assessments are industry-relevant, enabling you to apply your knowledge to case-based scenarios, financial simulations, and professional-stand projects.
Opportunities & facilities
At Roehampton, you will become part of a values-led, globally conscious academic community where innovation, sustainability, and inclusive leadership are central to how we teach, learn and build the future.
Roehampton Business Laboratory
Our enterprise incubator will support you in developing and scaling entrepreneurial ideas. It also houses signature initiatives like the RISE Prize and the Dragon's Den Style Launchpad showcase.
Celebrating innovation at the LaunchPad start-up awards 2025
World-class library
Home to hundreds of thousands of books, over 1,000 seats, and modern, collaborative and silent study spaces. You'll also have access to a vast range of online resources, like e-books, journals, and databases whenever you want.
Open days
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Applying
UK postgraduate students apply through our direct application system.
General entry requirements
September 2025 entry tuition fees (UK)
| Level of study | Full-time |
| MSc | £11,250 Professional Experience Year: £2,500 |
We offer a wide range of scholarships and bursaries. See our financial support pages for UK students.
We also provide other ways to support the cost of living, including on-campus car parking, hardship support and some of the most affordable student accommodation and catering in London. Find out more about how we can support you.
International postgraduate students apply through our direct application system.
General entry requirements
September 2025 entry tuition fees (international)
| Level of study | Full-time |
| MSc | £18,250 Professional Experience Year: £2,500 |
We offer a wide range of scholarships and bursaries. See our financial support pages for international students.
We also provide other ways to support the cost of living, including on-campus car parking, hardship support and some of the most affordable student accommodation and catering in London. Find out more about how we can support you.
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