Course details

Summary

Build on your existing academic excellence with a postgraduate qualification that prepares you for specialist positions in the public and private sectors and can be a pathway to doctoral study.

Programme overview

An MCom allows you to develop an advanced level of knowledge and competencies with an intellectually rewarding postgraduate programme in your specialist field.

Global Management and Innovation

Global Management and Innovation is a new specialisation that reflects the multidisciplinary nature of management practice.

What you will learn

The programme recognises that managers operate in a global context to pursue innovative solutions for organisational and societal challenges, and to identify new opportunities. Courses on international management, management in diverse and uncertain contexts, and innovation and creativity are integrated to equip students to create, manage, sustain and change organisations.

Areas of study

The programme also extends analytical capabilities and develops valuable research skills through a research project carried out with the guidance of academic staff.

An MCom in GLMI provides an understanding of business through multiple lens, and prepares graduates to deal with the contemporary issues mangers face, no matter their sector or size of firm. The programme also provides a strong base for working in a start-up, innovative business, or in business development or management consulting.

Programme structure

The MCom is a 120 or 180-point specialist masters degree that builds on a first degree in the same discipline.

The MCom (180 point) is a 12 or 15-month taught specialist masters comprising coursework and a short dissertation. If you have a first degree you can pursue an advanced specialized qualification in the same discipline.

If you have completed a BCom (Hons) or equivalent, you may be eligible to undertake a 120-point MCom degree by research comprising a supervised thesis.

Further study options

Doctor of Philosophy

Master of Commerce other subjects: Accounting; Commercial Law; Economics; Finance; Information Systems; Marketing; Operations and Supply Chain Management.

Entry criteria

Taught 180 points: You must have completed an undergraduate degree in the same field as your intended specialisation at a recognised university (or similar institution). You will need a GPE of 5.0. Specialisations in accounting and finance require a higher GPE.

Research 120 points: You must have completed one year of postgraduate study, following an undergraduate degree, at a recognised university (or similar institution). Your study must have been in the same field as your intended specialisation and you will need a GPE of 5.0. Specializations in accounting and finance require a higher GPE.

English language requirements: IELTS 6.5; TOEFL (iBT) 90; TOEFL (paper-based) 575; CAE or CPE 176; PTE 58; MELAB 85.