Global Master's in Management

A global master’s for future business leaders

Step into a world-class two-year master's programme designed for ambitious graduates ready to lead with purpose. Based in the heart of London, this programme blends academic excellence with global exposure - preparing you to tackle the real challenges of modern management.

The two-year format allows you time to explore, learn, specialise, travel, expand your global network, do a full-time internship in the summer, and uncover what you are truly passionate about.

Year One

Start by developing the analytical and strategic thinking essential for a successful career in business. You'll delve into core subjects such as:

• managerial economics
• organisational behaviour
• managerial finance.

These courses give you a strong grounding in how organisations operate across borders and industries.

Year Two: choose your path

Tailor your second year to match your career goals and interests. Expand your global network learning from diverse industries and cultures. Select one of three distinctive routes:

1. CEMS MIM: join the prestigious CEMS Global Alliance. Spend a term abroad at a partner school and graduate with a double degree.
2. MBA Exchange: with relevant work experience, apply for a term abroad at one of our 10 top-tier partner schools in the US or Asia, such as Yale, Kellogg, Fuqua, Guanghua, or Booth.
3. LSE Pathway: stay at LSE and customise your experience with a wide range of electives. Specialise in areas like finance, strategy, or sustainable business.

LSE is ranked sixth in the world for social sciences and management. So, you’ll be studying in a globally renowned learning environment with world-leading academics.

Read more about our students' experience on our student blog, Beyond theory: LSE’s Global Master’s in Management programme.

For general background on the core subject areas of the Global Master’s in Management (GMiM) programme, we recommend the following books:

General Management

• Magnuson, W., 2022. For Profit: A History of Corporations. Hachette UK.

Best books about a company

• Hastings, R. and Meyer, E., 2020. No rules rules: Netflix and the culture of reinvention. Random house.
• Stone, B., 2013. The everything store: Jeff Bezos and the age of Amazon. Random House.

Strategy

• Rumelt, R., 2011. Good Strategy/Bad Strategy: The difference and why it matters. Profile Books.

Statistics

• Spiegelhalter, D., 2019. The art of statistics: Learning from data. Penguin UK.

Economics

• Harford, T., 2010. The undercover economist. Hachette UK.
• Dixit, Avinash K., and Barry J. Nalebuff. Thinking strategically: The competitive edge in business, politics, and everyday life. WW Norton & Company, 1993.

Finance

• Goetzmann, W., 2017. Money changes everything: How finance made civilization possible. Princeton University Press.

Marketing

• Eyal, N. and Hoover, R., 2014. Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products. New York: Portfolio.

Organisational behaviour

• Schein, E. H. and Schein, P. (2023). Humble leadership: The power of relationships, openness, and trust (2nd ed.). Berrett-Koehler Publishers.

Ethics

• Sandel, M.J., 2012. What money can't buy: the moral limits of markets. Macmillan.

The environment

• Ritchie, H., 2024. Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet. Random House.

GMAT or GRE is required for applicants without a UK undergraduate or graduate degree. The average GMAT score of students on the programme is 680. Students with a score below 600 are very unlikely to be offered a place on the programme. More about GRE or GMAT

Introductory course

Students are required to undertake an introductory course (MG4A1) starting early September. Here you'll meet your fellow GMiM community, start thinking about your career journey and learn essential skills in maths for economics and quantitative analysis to help prepare you for your programme.

Year 1: Foundation

This first year provides an in-depth training in the core foundations of general management, covering the same topics as a traditional MBA programme, but taking a more critical and rigorous approach to those topics. Following Year 1, the summer vacation offers time to undertake an internship (compulsory for the CEMS MiM pathway). We encourage students to undertake an internship to help apply learning and gain practical experience.

Note: Students with previous knowledge in these courses can apply for an exemption from Marketing Management and Managerial Economics. If you demonstrate the required knowledge, you may take an elective course with the Course Leader's approval.

Year 2 Pathways

Building on the core foundation from Year 1, Year 2 will provide the opportunity to develop your knowledge and experience in your own field of interest, according to your career goals. You'll have the option to concentrate your learning in global management with either:

1. CEMS Master's in International Management double degree
2. MBA Exchange term in a leading MBA classroom
3. LSE concentration with a specialism title attached to your degree certificate.

Pathway 1: CEMS MIM

CEMS is a global community of world-renowned business schools, Corporate and Social Partners and wide network of alumni and students from around the world. The CEMS MIM double degree allows you the opportunity to exchange at one of the CEMS partner schools and engage with CEMS curriculum, seminars and networking opportunities.

Completing the CEMS MIM pathway will award you with a double degree – a degree from LSE and from CEMS.

You'll join the CEMS Community – a vast network of alumni with access to a range of social/corporate partners.

Read more about CEMS

Pathway 2: MBA Exchange

The MBA exchange provides the opportunity to experience practical MBA teaching in top-level, competitively selective institutions at one of our 10 MBA partner schools (ie, Chicago Booth, Kellogg and Yale). To be eligible for this pathway, one year's relevant work experience is required.

Pathway 3: LSE Pathway

You can opt to explore LSE’s diverse range of electives and concentrate in your area of interest, earning a specialisation title on your degree. This pathway also offers the chance to develop your research skills and complete a dissertation.

Elective courses

You can tailor the programme to your own interests and specialise your knowledge with elective courses.

Any of the elective courses listed may be taken, subject to pre-requisites and course availability, by any GMiM student. However, students who wish to have a concentration recognised on their degree certificate should choose from within the appropriate sub-list the number of courses that will satisfy the unit requirement for that concentration. The following concentrations are available: Accounting and Finance; Accounting; Finance; Human Resource Management; Information Systems and Digital Business; Marketing and Consumer Behaviour; Strategy and International Business.

Our mission

Welcome to the Department of Management. Our mission is to inspire superior management practices by fostering a comprehensive understanding of individuals, teams, organisations, and markets, along with the psychological, social, political, and technological contexts that influence them.

By studying with us, you'll gain access to a world-leading centre for education and research, uniquely positioned within a world-class social science institution at the heart of a truly global city.

The environment

Join a vibrant intellectual community comprising of world-renowned faculty, astute students, dedicated and responsive professional services staff, and high achieving alumni. Through pioneering research and high-level teaching, you'll receive comprehensive, intensive, and rigorous methodological training to help you become an expert in your specialist fields.

The rich and culturally diverse learning environment at LSE’s Department of Management, won't only enrich your experience through developing a broad perspective and understanding, but also unlock an invaluable network of global peers.

Create a better world

We go beyond the boundaries of a traditional business school by integrating diverse disciplines such as economics, marketing, data, and analytics. Our comprehensive approach ensures that students gain a profound and multifaceted understanding of the business world, equipping them with the skills and knowledge to excel in a dynamic global environment.

Join us in our vision to create a better world, where a profound understanding of management drives positive change in both business and society.

Discover more about our programmes and research.

Department of Management

Who's who

Dr Rebecca Campbell

Programme Director

Department of Management

Dr Christine Côté

CEMS and MBA Exchange Academic Director

Department of Management

Dr Jose P. Vasquez

Course leader

Department of Management

Dr Emma Soane

Course leader

Department of Management

Dr Niranjan Janardhanan

Course leader

Department of Management

Nadia Millington

Course leader

Xu Li

Course leader

Your application will be considered on its academic merits. An offer of a place may be conditional on attending additional courses and/or passing qualifying examinations at a suitable standard, in addition to your degree. There are more applications than places available at LSE and possession of the minimum entrance requirements does not guarantee an admission offer. We recommend that you apply as early as possible.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified prospective students. At LSE, we want to recruit students with the best academic merit, potential and motivation, irrespective of background.

We carefully consider each application, and all the information included on your application form, such as your:

• academic achievement (including predicted and achieved grades)
• statement of academic purpose

Write a short statement about why you want to do the programme. This might cover, for example, what you'll bring to the cohort and what are your strengths. There's no fixed word limit, but we expect your statement to be between 1,000 - 1,500 words.

• two academic references
• CV
• GRE/GMAT

See further information on supporting documents.

You may need to provide evidence of your English language proficiency. See our English language requirements.

Speak to an admissions specialist

If you have any queries which are not answered on the website or would like to chat with an admissions specialist, book a one-to-one Zoom chat. These occur on a weekly basis for prospective students and offer holders:

• Book a one-to-one session (prospective students)
• Book a one-to-one session (offer holders)

Contact us

With questions related to your application or the admissions process, please check our admissions frequently asked questions page.

If you have any queries which are not answered on the website, please contact the Programme and Admissions Team at dom.msc.admissions@lse.ac.uk.

There's no need for you to have a heavy quantitative foundation; you'll gain a solid grounding in core management disciplines and the flexibility to shape your learning around your strengths.

The programme is well suited to both early-career graduates and mid-career professionals with experience to share.

Each year, we aim to build a vibrant and diverse cohort from all around the world that enriches your your time on the programme with different perspectives and experiences.

Read more about the student experience in this student blog article from Arne Marx, studying the Global Master's in Management (2024-2026): Beyond theory: LSE's Global Master's in Management programme.

Applications for this programme are considered on a rolling basis. This means that applications will close once the programme is full.

There is no fixed deadline. However, if you’d like to be considered for any funding opportunities, you must submit your application (and all supporting documents) by the funding deadline. See the fees and funding section below for more details.

Students are charged for both first and second year of their studies. For home students, the second year fee is £39,900 (2026/27, provisional).

For this programme, the tuition fee is the same for home and overseas students.

Deposit

To secure a place on the programme offer holders will be required to pay a deposit of 10% of the tuition fee within six weeks of receiving their offer.

Students are charged for both first and second year of their studies. For overseas students, the second year fee is £39,900 (2026/27, provisional).

For this programme, the tuition fee is the same for home and overseas students.

Deposit

To secure a place on the programme offer holders will be required to pay a deposit of 10% of the tuition fee within six weeks of receiving their offer.

All full-unit courses are assessed by three-hour unseen examinations in the Spring Term. Half-unit courses can be assessed by two-hour unseen examinations, coursework assignments, class participation or group/individual project work.

You can view indicative details of hours and assessment for all courses listed in the online Calendar.

Career development

The programme has been designed to develop a deep understanding and expertise within contemporary areas of marketing to help set you apart and aims to prepare you to deal with all types of challenges in your career.

With a strong foundation developed in Year 1 and your chosen specialism in Year 2, you will graduate with a distinctive and well-rounded portfolio of skills and knowledge.

On the Management in Action course, you'll put your learning into action and gain exposure to the environment in which companies operate. First year students will attend five speaker-led sessions in both Autumn Term and Winter Term; these aim to bring marketing to life from a variety of different contexts.

There are also opportunities for you to gain practical and professional management skills , including communication and presentation skills, teamwork, cultural intelligence and client management.

Graduate destinations

Our graduates are in high demand by employers, and GMiM graduates have taken roles across a wide variety of sectors, in companies across the globe. Graduates from the Department of Management have gone on to successful careers in a range of industries and leading organisations worldwide.

Top business sectors where our graduates work include:

• financial and professional services
• accounting and auditing
• consultancy information, digital technology and data
• FMCG, manufacturing and retail.

Example organisations where our graduates work include:

• Barclays
• Deloitte
• Bain & Company
• KPMG
• EY
• Boston Consulting Group
• McKinsey & Company
• Accenture.

We're also proud of what the impact of studying on the Global Master's in Management brings to our graduates' careers, with the median salary 15 months after graduating* being:

• MBA track: £52,000
• CEMS track: £44,500
• GMiM track: £37,000

Further information on graduate destinations for this programme.

* This data has been collected by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) and supplied to LSE as part of the 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, and 2022/23 Graduate Outcomes Surveys. In these exercises, graduates from universities in the UK are asked about their activities and circumstances approximately 15 months after graduating. Salary findings relate to graduates who were employed on a full-time basis and were paid in UK pounds sterling. Numbers pertaining to individuals are typically rounded to the nearest five.

Our Careers Alumni and Employer Relations (CAER) team support you in preparation for whichever path you choose to follow beyond LSE. Complementing your academic programme, we engage you with our 25,000-strong alumni community and connect you with CEMS corporate and social partners such as LMVH, L'Oréal, Richemont, European Space Agency, Accenture, Merlin Entertainments, Grow Movement and Gartner.

The CAER team works alongside you each step of the way; from researching different sectors and opportunities available, to identifying internships, jobs or further study, and then navigating the application and interview process.

You can take advantage of one-to-one careers appointments with your Department of Management Careers Consultants (that continue as a graduate), complemented by a wide-range of events and engagements throughout the duration of your programme, including:

• industry-focused alumni panels
• alumni and employer networking evenings
• employer skills seminars
• business projects
• office visits
• mock assessment centres/interviews
• careers skills boot camps.

All Department of Management students have access to the services of our team in addition to the support of the central LSE Careers team, who support the wider university.