Following a strategic review of our programme portfolio in 2016, the MSc International Management programme was no longer made available to new students from 2017/18. The programme has an honourable heritage and has produced highly successful graduates over the years, all of whom will remain central to the department’s alumni community. We also plan to continue our relationship with many partner Schools that are currently part of the international exchange component of the degree, by bolstering the MBA exchange offered on the two-year Global MiM programme, providing students with a wider choice of academically excellent Schools in North America.
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Programme overview
The MSc International Management was a one-year programme emphasising an analytical approach to issues of globalisation and international management, through a unique combination of theoretical and practical teaching styles and international learning. The core course in the MSc International Management programme focused on an analytical approach to globalisation, giving students an understanding of industries, firms and nations at a global level.
During the first term the programme provided a highly analytical approach to management founded in the LSE’s tradition of critical thinking. In the second term students took part in the International Management Exchange programme (IMEX), studying as guests in the second year of an MBA programme at a leading business school in the US or China, with a more practical teaching approach. These two terms allowed students to benefit from different teaching approaches, which provided a uniquely valuable and globally-relevant learning experience.
The programme offered a firm foundation of critical thinking and analytically rigorous understanding of management at a global level, developing our graduate’s talent to achieve lasting success over a lifelong career in a rapidly changing international market.
Six world-leading business schools partnered with the LSE in the IMEX programme, and students studied at one of these schools throughout the second term of their programme:
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The Chicago Booth School of Business, University of Chicago
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The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
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Yale School of Management
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Stephen M. Ross School of Business, Michigan University
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Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
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Guanghua School of Management, Peking University
Curriculum
Students spent the first term (Michaelmas Term) at the LSE where they take a compulsory core course, and were able to customise their programme according to their own interests by choosing up to three optional elective courses from the a selection of world-leading academic departments within the LSE.
Students then embarked on the second term (Lent Term) abroad at a leading international business school in either China or the US as part of the IMEX exchange programme. The term abroad was worth one full (1.0) unit towards the degree. Whilst abroad, students took courses from the 2nd year of the MBA programme at their allocated school.
In the final part of the programme, students completed a dissertation of 10,000 words which was submitted in the first week of September.
Compulsory core courses (3.0 units):
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Either: MG4B5 Business in the Global Environment (0.5 unit)
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Or: MG4B9 The World Trading System (0.5 unit).
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MG494 IMEX echange term: Students chose courses to the value of 1.0 unit at one of the IMEX partner schools during their term abroad.
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MG495 Dissertation (1.0 unit) a 10,000-word dissertation
Career development
The MSc International Management provided graduates with a route for career acceleration into more senior roles for top employers, for example consulting roles in large firms. The majority of graduates chose to work in banking and management consulting, but our students also went on to excel in a range of careers such as marketing, human resource management and public relations.
The programme offered students an excellent foundation of critical thinking and an in-depth understanding of management at a global level, preparing them for a variety of employment areas and developing their talent to achieve lasting success over a lifelong career.