MSc in International Business Communication
Course Overview
The MSc in International Business Communication at the London School of International Business and Management (LSIBM) is a one-year postgraduate degree for senior global-comms leaders and corporate-affairs practitioners moving into Head of Corporate Affairs, Director of Global Comms or Group Communications Director responsibility. Sitting in the International Business & Trade faculty, the MSc combines CIPR Chartered-aligned strategic content with a substantive UK multinational sponsor consulting project.
Studied over one year full-time or two years part-time, on-campus in central London, fully online or by distance learning, the MSc is designed around CIPR Chartered practitioner competencies and IABC senior practitioner ideas. Graduates step into Group Comms Director trajectory across UK sectors.
Key Features
- Curriculum reviewed against CIPR Chartered practitioner competencies and IABC senior practitioner ideas.
- Three study modes — central London campus, fully online with UK / APAC cohort calls, or distance learning.
- Sponsor consulting project with a UK multinational corporate-affairs function.
- Dissertation supervisor allocation from a UK Group Comms Director.
- Investor and regulator comms strand — FCA, LSE, RNS practice.
- Applied capstone defended in front of a working practitioner panel.
What You Will Learn
The MSc is anchored on the senior comms problems that reach a Group Communications Director's desk — the market-moving disclosure, the ESG narrative under pressure, the regulator escalation, the CEO's message under crisis conditions.
- Group comms strategy and message architecture.
- Investor communications for UK-listed groups (RNS, TCFD).
- Regulatory comms — FCA, ICO, HSE senior practice.
- Corporate affairs — public policy, government relations.
- Crisis and issue leadership across time zones.
- Sustainability and ESG communication senior practice.
- Employee engagement across borders.
- Reputation strategy and share-of-voice measurement.
- Sponsor consulting project on a UK multinational scenario.
- Dissertation — research on a global-comms leadership question.
Who This Course Is For
- Global-comms managers moving into director-level roles.
- Corporate-affairs practitioners moving into head-of remits.
- PR agency partners moving to in-house director positions.
- Senior CIPR / IABC members refreshing research-informed practice.
- Investor-relations officers building broader comms leadership.
Career Pathways
Senior UK global-comms recruits across multinationals, listed groups, agencies and corporate-affairs boutiques. Typical destinations include:
- Group Communications Director (junior)
- Head of Corporate Affairs
- Head of Global Comms
- Director of Communications
- Head of Investor Communications
- Global PR Director
The MSc in International Business Communication is the natural companion to CIPR Chartered Practitioner status and IABC senior practitioner recognition.
Entry Requirements
- A UK 2:2 honours degree in a relevant discipline, or an equivalent international qualification. Applicants with three years of substantive professional comms or corporate-affairs 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; comms roles require a higher-than-usual English standard.
- 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.
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