The MSc in International Management & Design Innovation has been created to meet the modern needs of leadership and management. It will develop your  attributes in creativity, flexibility, adaptive capacity and the ability to work in complex teams across disciplines.

• Design innovation is the effective use of design thinking to stimulate new, creative solutions to complex issues. Design thinking means putting the user at the centre of a four-stage co-creation process that includes: initial exploration, identifying opportunities, prototyping and testing options, and delivery of a product or service that will effectively meet the needs of those who need it or will be impacted by it
• In the most recent independent review of research quality (RAE 2008), 85% of management research was classed as of international quality, with 10% being world leading.
• The University of Glasgow Business School is an accredited member of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
• You will be involved in a consultancy project, advising a real company and providing them with a solution to a real business problem.

Programme overview

• MSc: 12 months full-time

The University of Glasgow Business School, The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) and the School of Design run this programme jointly.

You will study and research across a range of areas that will include the principles and procedures of management and the socio-cultural, economic and political perspectives of design. We will encourage you to develop new ideas and to investigate and formulate ways of producing novel solutions.

Core courses

• Global business environment
• Managing across cultures & comparative management 
• International strategic management 
• Business finance 
• Collaborative practices (offered by GSA) 
• Contextual practices (offered by GSA) 
• Collaborative practices (offered by GSA) 
• Contextual practices (offered by GSA) 
• Research methods.

Career prospects

Career opportunities include professional design/management consultancy, enterprise, management in the private and public sector and further academic study.

Applicants should have at least a 2.1 Honours degree or equivalent qualification (for example, GPA 3.0 or above) in design or management or in a relevant subject.

We will also consider your application if you are qualified with the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) and have an undergraduate degree in a relevant subject; or if you have relevant design practice experience.

English language

If your first language is not English, the University sets a minimum English Language proficiency level. See English Language Requirements.

The online application is the quickest and easiest way of applying to the University of Glasgow. The system allows you to fill out the standard application form online and submit this to the University immediately. You can also attach supporting documents including references, certificates and a transcript of previous studies. You will find instructions throughout the online form to help you complete your application. You may save and return to your application as many times as you wish before submitting it.