MSc Strategic Business Management Online

With a strong focus on your future employability, our accredited Online business Master’s in Strategic Business Management will give you a broad understanding of operations and how each business area impacts and influences another. You will gain an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the key aspects of strategic business and management in a global context. Whether you’re a manager, consultant, analyst, or entrepreneur, you will graduate ready to launch, or fast-track your career, to the next level.

Students will build an excellent grounding in the key aspects of business and management faced by businesses today. Designed with input from successful business professionals, and covering a range of different modules, we will ensure you have the best foundation for your professional career.

This program is accredited with the professionally-recognized Chartered Management Institute qualification so upon successful completion you will have the option to apply for a CMI Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership as well as your degree. This course is also offered as an ‘Accredited Degree’ by the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CiM) meaning students will be able to gain industry-recognised qualifications at an accelerated pace.

Enjoy Flexibility – studying at our online campus allows you to work at your own pace and around your other commitments, within given deadlines, and at your preferred time of day, with the benefit of our expertise, experience, and employability focus.

MSc Strategic Business Management Online

The Online Master of Science Strategic Business Management is a postgraduate degree designed to get you ready to launch your career in an industry of your choice, especially if you’re interested in the roles of manager, consultant, or analyst, or if you want to pursue a career as an entrepreneur. Built with the modern workplace in mind, we want to allow you to focus your education on making you ready to launch your career in the industry that you choose.

Study Flexibility

For added flexibility, this online course can be studied over 12 months or on a part-time basis over 21 months while still receiving the same quality teaching.

CMI Accredited

This online course is CMI accredited providing you with membership and a Level 7 Certificate in Strategic Leadership and Management alongside your MSc.

Experienced Tutors

Commercially experienced tutors teach the latest business skills in workshop-style sessions, more aligned to working in the business than a crowded lecture hall.

Course Details

Our MSc Strategic Business Management Online has a strong focus on employability prospects and offers an excellent grounding in the key aspects of business and management. We have made sure that the course covers a range of different modules to give you the best foundation for a professional business career. Our goal is to help you graduate from the MSc Strategic Business Management ready to launch your career in the industry of your choice.

As well as having the freedom to study with us from any location worldwide, you’ll receive dedicated support from our faculty members and have access to career guidance throughout your program, with the same standards of tuition and academic rigour as you’d find on our campus programs.

This course is designed to support you in acquiring the skills, competencies, and business acumen needed to take your career forward through our full range of innovative online study resources, which allow you to create your timetable and fit your studies around your personal and professional commitments.

As an online student, you’ll have access to a range of professionally produced tuition videos to support each module, featuring detailed animations to help you absorb complex concepts. You can explore case studies taken from the real business world to help strengthen your learning while accessing downloadable reading materials, so you can revise on the go.

Full-time students will study two 8-week modules in one term an 8-week module and two 4-week modules in the other term. Once you’ve finished your modules you will begin your dissertation, which will be submitted 12 months after the commencement of the course.

Part-time students will study one module at a time. Once you’ve finished your modules you will begin your dissertation, which will be submitted 21 months after the commencement of the course.

Should you be unable to complete the full program, you may still be awarded a Diploma or Certificate depending on the terms completed.

Course Structure

8-week modules

• Global Business Strategy and Leadership (30 credits)
• International Marketing Leadership (30 credits)
• Financial Information for Business Decisions (30 credits)

4-week modules

• Management of Business Operations (15 credits)
• Performance Management and Reward (15 credits)

Dissertation

• Research Methods, Professional Development, and Dissertation/ Project

The Research Methods and Professional Development module will equip you with the necessary knowledge and skills to critically evaluate a business issue of your choice from a specialist perspective. You will learn how to utilize the necessary tools for research-related activities in a professional environment and gain the ability to investigate a complex business issue.

Course Information

Assessment

Assessment for our online programs is designed to meet the academic and professional learning outcomes for each module. You can expect to prepare for and receive feedback on seminars, workshops, tests, and presentations, as well as assignments, projects, and exams. Online students are particularly required to partake in group work and group assessments with their peers, which will form part of their summative grade.

Structure

Our online MSc program options have their structure, with specially designed assessments to suit.

Course Requirements

• 2:2 or above from a UK bachelor's degree, or equivalent qualifications.
• International students additionally require an English language level equivalent to IELTS 6.5 or above with a minimum of 5.5 in each component.

Duration

1 year full-time, 21 months part-time

How to Apply

You can apply for this course directly with the University, or GISMA if you’d like to study in Berlin.

Fees

• September 2024 - June 2025: £11,300
• September 2025 - June 2026: £11,750