International Master in Business Administration

This programme is designed to help you excel in middle management and aim for senior management roles. You'll gain practical knowledge and reasoning skills through concepts and theoretical frameworks used in the course. This programme is internationally recognised and builds on your previous learning and experience.

Course Overview

Mastering Leadership in Modern Business

Focuses on developing leadership skills for a fast-changing, globalised business environment.

Strategic Thinking with a Global Focus

Offers a consistent international perspective on business themes and decision-making.

Leadership Skills for Global Challenges

This programme encourages innovative thinking, emotional intelligence, and practical problem-solving while addressing key global issues such as operational resilience, sustainability, and international business strategy.

Awarding Institution

This programme is awarded by Buckinghamshire New University but taught by Holmes Institute UK in the centre of London

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Structure & Content

The International Masters in Business Administration degree is a one-year programme taken full time, set at Level 7 on the Framework for Higher Education Qualifications (FHEQ).

The programme is designed to develop business leaders equipped for today’s world of constant disruption. The programme offers a strategic and global perspective, with recurring themes that foster problem-solving, creative thinking, and empathy in an international context. It also addresses critical challenges faced by modern organisations—global operations, business resilience, and sustainability. Covering areas such as international finance, marketing strategy, digital business, and global logistics, the programme helps you build an integrated, holistic view of business and management. Graduates will be confident in their leadership abilities and prepared to advance into senior management roles.

Programme Details

The progamme is particularly suited to:

  • Junior or middle managers looking to advance their careers.
  • Those interested in developing or managing a small or family business.
  • Individuals wanting to improve their skills, understand the global business environment, or contribute to society.

This programme aims to:

  • Develop a strategic, integrated, and holistic perspective on organisations and management through a study of management at an individual, group and organisational behavioural level. At a functional and strategic level. At local, national and international level and through reflection on prior experience
  • Prepare for a senior management career through the development of enhanced personal, and interpersonal skills as well as digital leadership skills in facilitating change in organisations, business, and development
  • Equip learners with an advanced understanding of concepts, current and pervasive issues in international business and management
  • Enable learners to anticipate and address risks that may adversely affect their business thereby helping to ensure future business resilience and sustainability
  • Develop the critical thinking, analytical and research skills needed to make logical arguments and creative contributions to improve business and management practice

Bachelor’s Degree: You should have a Bachelor’s degree with Honours (or equivalent) in any subject, with at least a 2:2 grade.

English Language Requirements:

Please refer to the official BNU entry requirements page

If English is not your first language or your undergraduate instruction was not in English, you need an IELTS score of 6.5 overall (with no score below 6.0 in any category) or an equivalent qualification.

Work Experience: You must have at least two years of management-level work experience. This should be evidenced through your CV and a letter of support from an employer where you held a management role.

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Careers

Our Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Business degree leads to employment in any number of business, management or administration-related roles.

The programme is also designed to lead to further study in cognate areas. This programme has been specifically designed to ensure graduates will be equipped with the relevant skills and competencies sought by employers today.

The digital focus prepares students for the new digital workplace and introduces the key technical innovations in modern business. The emphasis on using software applications as business tools opens the door to further learning and research and also prepares students for specialised programmes at postgraduate level.

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