How long is the MSc in Business Administration?

One year full-time, with a two-year part-time route via online or distance learning. The MSc in Business Administration closes with a sponsor consulting project delivered to a UK executive committee.

What are the entry requirements for the MSc in Business Administration?

A UK 2:2 honours degree in a relevant discipline, or three years of substantive UK management experience on the portfolio route, plus IELTS 6.5 for non-native English speakers.

How much does the MSc in Business Administration cost?

Tuition varies by route and domicile. Contact LSIBM admissions for the current schedule and postgraduate bursary eligibility for the MSc in Business Administration.

MSc in Business Administration | LSIBM London | Harold International College of London

Course Overview

The MSc in Business Administration at the London School of International Business and Management (LSIBM) is a one-year UK Master's for candidates preparing to step into senior management, transformation-lead and general-management roles inside UK corporates, professional services and public bodies. Sitting in the Business & Management faculty, the programme covers senior strategy, execution, finance for executives, leadership at scale and a sponsor consulting project delivered to a UK executive committee.

The MSc is designed for mid-career managers preparing for director tracks, high-potential graduates on accelerated management routes, and consultants moving into senior client-side operations. Content is aligned with the CMI Chartered Manager senior competencies, IoD directorship foundations and the Institute of Consulting practitioner standard, and study is available on-campus in central London, fully online with UK / APAC cohort calls, or by distance learning. Content is reviewed against the CMI Chartered Manager competency framework, the IoD directorship foundations and the UK Corporate Governance Code — the standards a UK senior manager entering director-track roles works within.

Postgraduate teaching runs at senior-practitioner tier with a diagnostic in week one, weekly research-informed seminars led by working senior practitioners (Big Four partner, PLC non-executive, CIPD or CIM Fellow, CFA charter-holder), a fortnightly practitioner clinic and a summative dissertation, sponsor consulting project or applied capstone defended in front of a UK professional panel. Every route is mapped to UK professional-body competencies and closes with executive-application coaching in the final term. Online cohorts share the same intake calendar and supervisor allocation as the on-campus route.

Key Features

Curriculum aligned with the CMI Chartered Manager senior competencies, IoD directorship foundations and the Institute of Consulting practitioner standard.
Three study modes — central London campus, fully online with UK / APAC cohort calls, or distance learning.
Sponsor consulting project delivered to a UK executive committee each cohort.
Fortnightly senior-practitioner clinic with a working operations director and a strategy-consulting partner.
Executive-application coaching for director-track and consulting roles in the final term.
Executive coaching credit — every MSc student is allocated a working coach at cohort start.
Structured route toward CMI Chartered Manager status and IoD Certificate in Company Direction preparation.
Assessment combines a rolling senior-operational portfolio with a summative dissertation or sponsor consulting project.

What You Will Learn

The MSc teaches the senior general manager's craft — designing strategy people execute, running an operational cadence that survives the quarter, and defending a sponsor consulting project in front of a UK executive committee.

Senior strategy — Porter, Rumelt, dynamic capabilities, and UK sector cases.
Strategy execution — cadence, OKRs, portfolio prioritisation.
Finance for executives — capital allocation, P&L stewardship, board reporting.
Advanced people management — succession, calibration, executive coaching frames.
Corporate governance at director level — UK Code, audit committee, Companies House.
UK employment law at senior level — TUPE, redundancy, discrimination.
Transformation programme design at enterprise scale.
Executive communication and stakeholder mapping.
Sustainability strategy — TCFD, TNFD, UK reporting expectations.
Sponsor consulting project delivery and defence.
Running a cross-functional programme using APM Chartered-standard planning tools.
Preparing a board-quality operational review pack for a UK PLC audit committee.
Writing a UK Corporate Governance Code-aligned board briefing.
Applying UK ESG, Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting and Modern Slavery Act reporting to a working operational review.
Writing a defensible dissertation on a UK senior-management research question.

Who This Course Is For

Mid-career managers preparing for director tracks.
High-potential graduates on accelerated management routes.
Consultants moving into senior client-side operations.
Public-sector officers moving into UK director-track roles.
International candidates preparing for a UK senior general-management career.
In-house senior managers at UK PLCs preparing for a first departmental or general-manager role.

Career Pathways

Graduates typically progress into senior management, director-track and transformation-lead roles across UK corporates, professional services and public bodies. The MSc supports applications but does not by itself substitute for a specialist qualification. Typical destinations include:

Head of Department (mid-market)
General Manager
Transformation Director (junior)
Senior Consultant
Chief of Staff
Head of Business Operations
Senior General Manager
Head of Business Operations (junior)

The MSc articulates directly into the CMI Chartered Manager route or a taught DBA route.

MSc graduates progress toward CMI Chartered Manager status, IoD Certificate in Company Direction routes, or senior in-house UK operational-leadership roles recognised by executive recruiters.

Entry Requirements

A UK 2:2 honours degree in a relevant discipline, or an equivalent international qualification. Applicants with three years of substantive UK management experience may apply on a portfolio route.
GCSE English Language at grade 5/C (or equivalent) is required for domestic applicants; international applicants meet the language rule below.
IELTS 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0) for non-native English speakers.
A short statement of intent (600 words) explaining research or applied interests, plus two references (one academic, one workplace or professional-body).

Why Study at LSIBM

The London School of International Business and Management (LSIBM) is a specialist business-education provider based in central London and part of Harold International College. Postgraduate cohorts run in small tutor-visible groups, are shaped by working senior practitioners (partner-level at a Big Four firm, Fellow-level at CIM or CIPD, CFA charter-holders in investment routes) and close with a substantial dissertation, sponsor consulting project or applied capstone defended in front of a working panel.

London puts the City, Canary Wharf, Whitehall, Companies House, the FCA, the Bank of England, the West End and the major consulting, banking and multinational headquarters within a short tube ride of every classroom. LSIBM postgraduates attend a fortnightly senior-practitioner clinic and a structured executive-application coaching programme in the final term.

Apply for the MSc in Business Administration

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