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Department of Management

Global Master's in Management

Accelerate your management career with our customisable two-year programme. Specialise your studies or pursue global pathways via the CEMS MIM or MBA Exchange.
Meet Dr Rebecca Campbell, Programme Director of the Global Master's in Management at LSE

Overview

Introduction

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.

Entry requirements

  • First or upper second-class bachelor's degree or international equivalent in any discipline.
  • Prior formal study of quantitative subjects isn't required, but students must come prepared to engage with quantitative topics such as statistics, accounting and finance.
  • Work experience isn't required. Students with experience (from three months to more than five years) are welcome - please detail any relevant experience in your application.
  • GMAT or GRE is required for applicants without a UK undergraduate or graduate degree (see more information below under "Additional tests").
  • English language requirements - English language waivers may be considered in exceptional circumstances.

Successful applicants will receive an offer for the two-year Global Master’s in Management. Switching to the one-year Master’s in Management isn't possible once you begin this programme at LSE. Therefore, please ensure you choose the programme you apply for carefully, as there won't be any opportunity to transfer.

Select your country from the dropdown list below to find out the entry requirements that apply to you.

Overseas

English language requirements

The English language requirement for this programme is Standard. Read more about our English language requirements.

Competition for places at LSE is strong. So, even if you meet the minimum entry requirements, this doesn't guarantee you an offer of a place.

However, please don’t feel deterred from applying – we want to hear from all suitably qualified students. Think carefully about how you can put together the strongest possible application to help you stand out.

Programme content

Curriculum overview

Year 1:

  • Develop a strong understanding of core business disciplines – such as finance, strategy, marketing and organisational behaviour – needed for a successful career in management.
  • Sharpen your critical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
  • Go beyond learning how management works and begin to explore why it matters. Examine the deeper purpose and impact of business in society.

Year 2:

  • Choose between one of three tracks to match your career goals. Spend a term abroad at a top business school on a CEMS MIM or MBA exchange, or stay at LSE and explore a huge range of electives, with options to specialise in your area of interest.
  • Management in Action: Engage directly with senior leaders from global organisations such as Accenture, AstraZeneca, Bain & Company, EY, Google and UNICEF. Through interactive sessions, reflect on leadership challenges and learn how to enhance your own effectiveness as a future manager.
  • Business project: Apply your classroom learning to a real-world business challenge. Past projects have been sponsored by leading companies including: include Google, Bayer AG, Siemens, Healthineers, Cartier, Kearney, European Space Agency, Hilti GB, Grow Movement, Richemont, Merlin Entertainments, Kellogg’s, EL Cami, Colgate-Palmolive and Kids Matter.
  • Dissertation: Develop your research skills and specialise in a topic of your choice if you choose the LSE pathway in your second year.

Year 1

Introductory course

Starting in early September, students undertake an introductory course (MG4A1). Here you'll meet your fellow GMiM community and take part in pre-sessional activities focusing on:

  • team building
  • kick-starting your career journey
  • personal impact.

Data analytics and maths for economics (pre-requisite learning)

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.

You'll complete the Foundations of Management I course, considering challenges like designing positive and collaborative workplaces, structuring an organisation, and creating a competitive advantage.

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 their learning and gain practical experience.

Note: Students with previous knowledge in marketing and economics 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.

Why study with us

Discover more about our students and department.

Meet the department

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.

Who's who

Your application

Overview

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 (see further information below)

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.

Statement of academic purpose: specific requirements

Your statement should be a maximum of two pages long, and highlight why you want to do the programme. Make sure you address the following points:

  • details on your suitability for the programme
  • your motivations for choosing this programme in particular and what you hope to get out of it
  • any career highlights to date, in particular any leadership or international experience
  • future career objectives and how you think the programme will help you achieve them
  • what you think you can bring to the classroom learning environment that makes you stand out from other applicants.

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:

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.

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Fees and funding

The table of fees shows the latest tuition fees for all programmes.

You're charged a fee for your programme. At LSE, your tuition fee covers registration and examination fees payable to the School, lectures, classes and individual supervision, lectures given at other colleges under intercollegiate arrangements and, under current arrangements, membership of the Students' Union. It doesn't cover living costs or travel or fieldwork.

Home

£42,100

Home student fee (2026/27)

Students are charged for both first and second year of their studies. For home students, the second year fee is £41,900 (2027/28, 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.

Learning and assessment

How you learn

Graduate destinations

Overview

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.

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