Explore global markets, organisations and business practices while developing the insight to navigate complexity and lead with confidence across borders.
Learn how a business operates and study key management concepts on our MSc International Management MSc degree. The programme will give you insights into becoming an effective business manager in core management functions in our globalised workplace. It is open to graduates from a range of academic and professional backgrounds.
The programme incorporates inter-disciplinary perspectives into management teaching, such as the application of technologies and sustainable business practices.
You will learn:
This is a full-time 1 year International Management MSc degree programme. The first 9 months of the programme comprises taught study, divided into 2 semesters. In semester 3 (the final 3 months) you’ll complete an individual research project for your dissertation.
The course modules cover:
The programme is built on a number of core and compulsory modules, that are designed to ensure that students gain a comprehensive understanding of the fundamentals of business. The programme includes modules such as:
The Programme Description Document contains an overview of the programme, its aims, information on programme modules and shows how we assess student progress as they learn with us.
As a research-led University, we undertake a continuous review of our programmes to ensure quality enhancement and to manage our resources. As a result, this programme may be revised during a student’s period of registration; however, any revision will be balanced against the requirement that the student should receive the educational service expected. Please read our Disclaimer to see why, when, and how changes may be made to a student’s programme.
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We are mandated by the University Grants Commission (UGC) to deliver the equivalent programme and quality as we offer in the UK. To match the programme lengths of internationally respected UK awarded degrees, the MSc International Management degree has a duration of one year.
We are a top 20 UK university for employability (QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022) and offer extensive support for today’s competitive and rapidly changing management landscape.
By the end of this International Management MSc degree, you’ll have essential skills for management careers in diverse organisations.
International Management MSc degree graduates commonly work in a range of organisations or sectors in business and industry, at government agencies, third sector organisations in disciplines such as finance, marketing and project management or as entrepreneurs at start-ups.
Careers directly related to this course:
Our proprietary Southampton skills model is integrated into our curriculum. When you join us, you’ll be able to use our skills model to track, plan, and benefit your career development and progress.
As well as support from the Careers and Employability team in Delhi, you’ll have access to our market-leading employability development offering. This includes:
With links to multinational and industrial organisations, we enable you to engage with employers and explore potential career paths. We also host regular alumni events in-person across major cities in India, allowing you to grow your own networks. Our support is ongoing, and once you graduate, you’ll be part of a global community of over 220,000 alumni that spans over 180 countries.
To apply for this International Management MSc degree programme, you typically need an upper second-class degree, termed a 2:1 degree, or international equivalent in one of the following subjects:
We accept several ways of meeting our English Language requirement. These include:
If you’ve successfully completed a degree, taught and assessed in English, up to 2 years before the date of first enrolment at the University of Southampton, we may be able to accept this as evidence of your English language ability.
Refer to our English Language proficiency guide for more information about English language requirements.
Typical academic admissions criteria represent the usual level of academic attainment an applicant is expected to achieve prior to being admitted to that programme. These criteria are not intended to provide a guarantee that all applicants who satisfy the criteria may be offered a place, nor that all applicants to be made an offer will receive an identical offer to one another.
Tuition fees for our International Management MSc degree programme for the year starting in August 2027 are yet to be confirmed.
We typically ask that tuition fees are paid in 4 instalments.
The balance of the yearly tuition fee will typically be paid over another 3 instalments.
The annual fee is subject to revision and is likely to increase by approximately 5% to 8% each year over the previous year. This percentage is not fixed and may be subject to change.
Admissions to study the International Management MSc degree at our campus in the Delhi NCR for the academic year starting August 2027 are not open yet. Potential students can understand more about our application process by looking at helpful guidance and advice on university admissions pages.
We encourage students to express an interest in our programmes so that we can send them more information when admissions open in the last few months of 2026.
Our programmes are taught in English, and content is equivalent to that delivered to other University of Southampton students. To match the programme lengths of internationally respected UK awarded degrees, undergraduates study for three years, and postgraduates study for one year.
Apply nowWe encourage students to apply as soon as possible so that they can receive a Conditional Offer based on predicted scores for their chosen programme. We can accept an application from a student using their predicted grades if we receive their final grades once they are available.