MSc in International Business and Emerging Markets
University of Edinburgh Business School
Key Information
Campus location
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
1 year
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
GBP 19,100 / per year
Application deadline
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Earliest start date
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Introduction
As a society, we face urgent challenges from the impact of climate emergencies, environmental damage, and social inequality. There is a pressing need for organisations to transform their cultures, processes, and even business models. You will have the opportunity to learn about business and its impact and explore how to build a humane, resilient future and align business mandates and missions with ethical responsibility.
Admissions
Curriculum
This programme runs for one academic year, starting in mid-September and ending in August. At the start of the programme, you study compulsory courses, which are undertaken in semester one. These are the foundation upon which the whole MSc is built and ensure a common basis of knowledge across the different areas.
A comprehensive Welcome Week provides an introduction to the programme, the School, and the University. Designed to be both informative and fun, it enables you to get acquainted with your classmates.
Through the selection of various option courses, you can tailor your studies towards your career interests.
Finally, your MSc dissertation brings all of the year’s learning together in a piece of work unique to each student.
To give you an idea of what the programme structure and courses might consist of, the below information details the structure and courses for this programme in 2022/23.
- Semester 1 - September–December
- Compulsory courses
- Corporate Responsibility
- Global Strategic Management
- Responsible Management of Digital Innovation
- Sustainable Business Practice
- Sustainability in Context
- Option courses - Choose 1
- Marketing Management
- Strategies for Internationalisation
- Compulsory courses
- Semester 2 - January–May
- Compulsory course
- Sustainable Business Consultancy Projects
- Option courses (Group 1)* - Choose 1
- Quantitative Research Methods
- Qualitative Research Methods
- Option courses (Group 2)* - Choose 2
- Design Thinking (2): Practice
- Global Creative Industries
- Human Resource Management
- Organising for Social Change
- Service Management
- Strategic Management as Practice
- Sustainable Knowledge-based Business
- Compulsory course
- Summer - June–August
- Dissertation / Capstone - Choose 1
- Dissertation (Global Strategy and Sustainability)
- Joint Challenge Dissertation
- Dissertation / Capstone - Choose 1
*We will notify applicants of any changes to the programme structure and courses by 15 June in the year of entry to the course. We cannot guarantee that all option courses will run each year and occasionally there will be last-minute amendments after this date due to unforeseen circumstances such as staff illness.
The content of individual courses and the programme for any given degree are under constant academic review in light of current circumstances and may change from time to time, with some programmes and courses being modified, discontinued, or replaced.
Due to high demand, we cannot guarantee students a place on the optional course of their preference. Equally, if there is not enough interest in a given year for an option course then it may not be viable for us to run that particular option course. Some combinations of option courses may not be possible due to scheduling constraints.
Program Outcome
Learning Outcomes
The programme aims to provide students with a critical understanding of the theories, processes, behaviours and institutional forces affecting the environmental and social sustainability of organisations, and the role of strategy in affecting local and global outcomes. It will enable them to gain insight into the range of risks and opportunities facing all institutions in the transition to an equitable low-carbon economy.
Knowledge and Understanding
By the end of the programme, students will be able to:
- Critically and strategically assess existing understanding about a range of issues within the field of business and its systemic relationship to research-based knowledge of environmental sustainability and social impact.
- Critically and strategically assess the role of practices, processes, and policies in enabling organisational performance, sustainability, and equity.
- Critically and strategically assess the challenges and opportunities for developing and implementing these new practices, processes, and policies.
Graduate Attributes
By the end of the programme, students will be able to:
- Critically apply theories and practices of strategy, sustainability, and equity within the context of global business.
- Search for, evaluate, and use information as the basis of effective knowledge assimilation and synthesis using appropriate quantitative or qualitative techniques.
- Respond positively and effectively to problems in unfamiliar contexts.
- Apply new ideas, methods, and ways of thinking.
- Engage with diverse stakeholder groups to deliver creative, sustainable, and equitable solutions to specific problems.
- Be able to communicate effectively in written and oral communications across a range of specialist and generalist genres.
- Possess skills and abilities in personal effectiveness to work effectively.
- Gain the necessary practical and technical skills required for creating, developing, and implementing a project related to environmental sustainability and social impact in the business context.
Scholarships and Funding
Applicants to the MSc in Global Strategy and Sustainability can apply for a range of scholarships both from the University and external organisations.
Programme and School scholarships
We are keen to recruit the very best talent from all over the world. To this end, a number of programme-based and School-funded Scholarships are available, as well as others which are generously sponsored by industry and alumni.
Other scholarships and funding
You may be eligible for scholarships from the University of Edinburgh or an external organisation.
Accreditations
Career Opportunities
Career Development
Graduates from the University of Edinburgh are highly sought after globally. Our dedicated Student Development Team within the Business School will be an integral part of your student experience from day one. We are here to help you become equipped to maximise your potential in the global market.
Graduate Employment
The MSc in Global Strategy and Sustainability provides a unique opportunity for students. Students on the programme will have diverse educational backgrounds and work experience, and either want to pursue careers in a relevant field based on these backgrounds and incorporate sustainable and ethical strategic thinking or will want to pursue a career specifically in sustainability.
Examples of roles and areas of work include:
- Strategy and Sustainability Analyst or Consultant
- Business Consultant
- Sustainability and Environmental Manager or Officer
- Sustainability Programme Manager
- Sustainability Communications Consultant
- Corporate Social Responsibility Manager
- Community Development Manager
- Business Development Manager or Consultant
- Regulatory Affairs Manager
- Supply Chain Manager
- Human Resources Manager
- Investment Banking
- Project Management