How long is the MSc in Management Studies?

One year full-time, or two years part-time via online / distance routes. The MSc in Management Studies runs cohort calls across UK and APAC time zones.

Can the MSc in Management Studies be studied online?

Yes. The MSc in Management Studies is delivered on-campus in London, fully online and by distance learning, all with the same dissertation and sponsor consulting project.

Is the MSc in Management Studies recognised by UK employers?

Yes. The MSc in Management Studies is reviewed against the CMI Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership, so UK employers engage with the credential.

What are the entry requirements for the MSc in Management Studies?

A UK 2:2 honours degree in a relevant discipline (or three years of substantive experience), GCSE English at grade 5/C, IELTS 6.5, plus a statement of intent and two references.

What does the MSc in Management Studies cost?

Tuition varies. Contact LSIBM admissions for the MSc in Management Studies fee schedule and alumni bursary routes.

MSc in Management Studies | LSIBM London | Harold International College of London

Course Overview

The MSc in Management Studies at LSIBM is a postgraduate degree written for professionals moving into director-grade and general-manager positions across UK plcs, consultancies, family-business groups and scale-ups. Sitting in the Business & Management faculty, it combines advanced strategic management with leadership research, finance-for-managers and organisational design at the level a UK board expects.

Delivered as one year full-time (or two years part-time via online / distance routes), the MSc is shaped by working senior practitioners — a UK plc operations director, a CMI Chartered Companion, a Big Four consulting partner — and closes with a substantial dissertation, sponsor consulting project or applied capstone defended in front of a working panel.

Key Features

Curriculum reviewed against the CMI Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership.
Three study modes — central London campus, fully online with UK / APAC cohort calls, or distance learning.
Sponsor consulting project with a UK plc, mid-market group or scale-up.
Executive-coaching pod each term with a working practitioner.
Dissertation supervised by a working operations director.
Executive-application coaching in the final term.

What You Will Learn

The MSc treats management at the level a UK board expects — strategy that survives scrutiny, leadership research beyond aphorisms, and a working practitioner's toolkit for running an organisation of a few hundred people.

Advanced strategic management — dynamic capabilities, blue-ocean thinking.
Leadership research — transformational, servant, distributed models.
Organisational design — Galbraith's Star, adaptive structures.
Finance for senior managers — capital budgeting, cost of capital, portfolio.
Change leadership — Bridges, Kotter, ADKAR at organisational scale.
International business and cross-cultural leadership.
Governance under the UK Corporate Governance Code.
Ethics and public-interest duty (Institute of Business Ethics).
Executive communication and board-facing craft.
Research methods for a UK management dissertation.

Who This Course Is For

Managers moving into director-grade or general-manager posts at UK plcs and mid-market groups.
Consultants stepping toward manager and senior-manager grade.
Family-business successors preparing to take on senior leadership.
Career changers with a first degree and three years of substantive management experience.
International managers with UK-facing career plans.

Career Pathways

Graduates typically move into director-grade and general-manager roles across UK plcs, consultancies and mid-market groups. The degree supports applications but does not by itself guarantee outcomes. Typical destinations include:

Operations Director (Junior)
Head of Function
General Manager
Senior Consultant / Manager (Consulting)
Programme Director (Junior)
Chief of Staff

The MSc is the natural step onto a UK MBA in due course, the CMI Level 7 route, or a doctorate for research-oriented candidates.

Entry Requirements

A UK 2:2 honours degree in a relevant discipline, or an equivalent international qualification. Applicants with three years of substantive professional experience in the discipline 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 Management Studies

Step into the senior track with the MSc in Management Studies. Click Enrol Now and admissions will reply within one working day with intake dates, dissertation supervisor allocation guidance and the current fee schedule. LSIBM postgraduates are supported by dedicated executive-application coaching in the final term.