Tackle the complexities of global HR and international business on this challenging multidisciplinary course. 
Gain useful practical experience and solid theoretical expertise.
Develop the skills you need to pursue an exciting career.
Engage and network with real organisations via a live consultancy project.
Strengthen your independent learning, personal responsibility and initiative.
Attain the teamworking skills you need to successfully collaborate and communicate with others.

On this course, you'll approach your studies from a global perspective, and think about how business and HR is conducted across cultures and borders. Upon graduation, you'll be ready to apply for a range of exciting careers across the globe.

Live projects

The course features an international consultancy project opportunity, supported by Venture Matrix, in which you carry out assessed projects based on real-world business solutions for local, national or global organisations.

The project aims to enhance your business awareness and improve your employment prospects. The opportunity to visit and communicate regularly with a company will be particularly beneficial to international students from the point of view of business engagement and real-world experience.

There are also business simulations throughout the course. These opportunities give you the chance to develop your practical skills in a real world setting.

Networking opportunities

We have a dynamic, student-led HR Network, which provides excellent opportunities for sharing experience with alumni, sponsors, business leaders, human resource managers and consultants.

Field trips

There are field trips and site visits on the course to demonstrate the business environment, and allow for useful real-world experiences and insight.

All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.

Studying a range of topics through different learning methods, you’ll think about how international organisations approach human resource management.

You study international business topics such as globalisation, multinational enterprises, cross-cultural management, international strategy, and global supply chains. In terms of the course’s HR strand, you’ll look at areas such as human resource contexts and strategies, and international employee relations.

Our large and diverse teaching team combines practical industry experience and academic research expertise. This enables us to offer a course that blends real-world understanding and relevance with advanced subject knowledge and a truly international perspective.

You learn through

• lectures
• seminars
• workshops
• live projects
• simulations
• peer learning
• independent study

This course is delivered face-to-face over three semesters - teaching is scheduled based on the length of your course and the academic calendar.

This course prepares you for a career in :

• account management
• advertising
• business development
• retail buying
• consultancy
• marketing
• human resource management
• logistics management
• management consultancy
• market research analysis
• product management
• project management
• retail management

Previous graduates of similar courses, such as MSc Human Resource Management have gone on to work for :

• PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Tesco
• HSBC
• Bluebell Hospice
• Cleveland Constabulary
• First Mainline
• various public sector organisations
• Royal Mail
• Carrefour
• Lenovo
• International Hilton Hotels

Good degree (minimum second class honours) or international equivalent, normally in a business-related subject

If English is not your first language you will need an IELTS score of 6.0 overall and a minimum of 5.5 in all skills, or a recognised equivalent.

Work experience will be considered. Exceptionally, candidates with insufficient academic qualifications but extensive relevant employment and managerial experience will be considered for admission to the course, if, in the opinion of the course leader, there is sufficient evidence to indicate that the individual has the potential to successfully complete the chosen course of study. 

Important notice:

The structure of this course is periodically reviewed and enhanced to provide the best possible learning experience for our students and ensure ongoing compliance with any professional, statutory and regulatory body standards. Module structure, content, delivery and assessment may change, but we expect the focus of the course and the learning outcomes to remain as described above. Following any changes, updated module information will be published on this page.

Final Year Compulsory modules
Module	Credits	Assessment
Contemporary International Management Practice	15	Coursework
Dissertation: Hrm/Hrd	45	Coursework
Global Supply Chain Management	15	Coursework
Human Resource Management In Context	15	Coursework Exam
International Consultancy Project 2	15	Coursework
International Strategic Management	15	Coursework
Managing Employee Relations	15	Coursework Exam
Principles Of International Business	15	Coursework
Research Methods	15	Coursework

 

Elective modules
Module	Credits	Assessment
Organisations And Leadership	15	Coursework Exam
Performance And Reward Management	15	Coursework