MA (Hons) International Business Management

Understanding how businesses and organisations function fundamentally, including how they formulate their objectives and make important decisions, is essential as the modern business world grows more complicated. In order to prepare you for the real world, their International Business Management programs help you study businesses and organisations and comprehend their personnel, structures, and decision-making processes. Then, you apply the theory to real-world business scenarios.
In addition to providing pertinent practical experience, their programs will help you build important communication, problem-solving, and collaboration skills.
Every degree in international business management introduces the more practical facets of management and business while offering a solid foundation in contemporary business management concepts. Students studying international business management can customise their degree to fit their professional demands and goals by selecting from a variety of business-oriented courses.
 

Any of these:

• A-Level: DDD
• STPM: CC
• UEC: Maximum 30 points (5 subjects not less than B grade)
• ATAR (WACE/SACE): ATAR 50
• Canada Year 12 High School Diploma: 50% (average score based on 6 best relevant subjects including English)
• International Baccalaureate Diploma: 24 points excluding Theory of knowledge and Extended Essay
• Matriculation/Foundation: Minimum CGPA 2.0
• Diploma: Minimum CGPA 2.0
• Heriot-Watt University Malaysia Foundation in Business / Foundation in Science: Pass and eligible to receive the award
• SMA 3 (Indonesia): 6.0
• Year 12 State Board High School Examination (India): 70%
• Senior High School Graduation Certificate (China): 80%

Additional Academic Requirements:

• Mathematics: A passing grade in Mathematics at SPM/IGCSE or equivalent is required. This requirement can be waived if a passing grade in Mathematics at a higher level is achieved.

Important Notes:

• Applications from individuals with a wide range of qualifications are encouraged.
• Eligibility is best determined by submitting a complete application with academic documents.
• Entry requirements are subject to change, and individual offers may vary.

English Language Requirements:

• For Non-Native English Speakers:
  • Evidence of English language ability is required.
  • Minimum IELTS 6.0 (or equivalent) with no score lower than 5.5.
• English Language Courses:
  • Offered for those who do not meet the IELTS 6.0 requirement.

Program Structure 1: Choose Your Own (Both September and January Intake)

Year 1:

• Fundamentals of Marketing
• Human Resource Management
• Commercial Law
• Intercultural Issues in Business Management
• Operations Management
• Management Theories in Practice
• Choose 2 optional courses:
  • Enterprise: Concepts and Issues
  • Organisational Behaviour
  • Marketing Perspectives

Year 2:

• Business Research Methods
• Strategic Management
• Business Analysis and Consulting
• Choose 5 optional or elective courses:
  • Business Venturing
  • Innovation Management
  • Resourcing and Talent Management
  • Consumer Behaviour
  • Marketing Communications
  • Critical Approaches to Management

Year 3:

• International Business
• Global Trends and Ethics
• Choose 4 optional courses:
  • International Entrepreneurship
  • The Contemporary Workforce
  • Retail Marketing
  • Marketing Sustainability
  • Changing Trends in Employment
  • Marketing and Management in SMEs
  • High Growth Companies
• Across both semesters: Dissertation

Program Structure 2: Mandatory and Optional (September and January Intakes)

September Intake - Year 1:

• Mandatory September:
  • Fundamentals of Marketing
  • Introduction to Business Analytics
  • Management in a Global Context
  • Human Resource Management
• Mandatory January:
  • Operations Management
  • Business Skills for the Second Machine Age
  • Enterprise: Concepts and Issues
• Optional September:
  • Self-Empowerment and Social Responsibility I
  • National Language A (MPU 3212)
• Optional January:
  • Organisational Behaviour
  • Appreciation of Ethics and Civilisations
  • Self-Empowerment and Social Responsibility II
  • Malay Language Communication 2 (MPU 3143)
  • Integrity and Anti-Corruption
  • Consumer Behaviour

January Intake - Year 1:

• Mandatory January:
  • Operations Management
  • Business Skills for the Second Machine Age
  • Enterprise: Concepts and Issues
• Mandatory May:
  • Fundamentals of Marketing
  • Human Resource Management
  • Management in a Global Context
  • Introduction to Business Analytics
• Optional January:
  • Organisational Behaviour
  • Malay Language Communication 2 (MPU 3143)
  • Consumer Behaviour
  • Appreciation of Ethics and Civilisations
• Optional May:
  • Philosophy and Current Issues
  • National Language A (MPU 3212)