MA International Human Resource Management: University of East London

About the programme

This wide-ranging programme offers strategic, analytical and evaluative skills and competencies including decision making about international staffing, management of foreign nationals in their home countries and practical problems occasioned by cross-border and cross-cultural operations and management.

The MA in International Human Resource Management at UEL is intended to meet the advanced educational needs of the specialists who will manage and research the HR implications of this phenomenon.

Career opportunities

The value of HRM to contemporary business is reflected in the senior and board-level roles available to professionals within this field. Graduates from this programme can expect to further their careers in multinational organisations. This is also a valuable programme to develop the specialist knowledge required to respond to organisational development or change – such as a move to international operations.

Programme structure

The programme is modular in structure and consists of two stages.

Stage One comprises four taught modules each of 30 M Level credits:

• international business strategy,
• managing people and transformation,
• managing and researching in an international context,
• international human resource management.

Stage Two, which awards 60 M level credits, entails the writing of a Dissertation of 15,000 words. Students must have passed the modules in Stage 1 in order to move on to Stage 2.

The programme is available on a full- or part-time basis. Full-time students study two modules in each semester, followed by the Dissertation. Part-time students study one module per semester.

Admission requirements

For admission to postgraduate business and management programmes, applicants normally need to have either:

• An undergraduate honours degree from a recognised/accredited university with a minimum 2.2 classification or equivalent.
• Pass in a recognised Premaster’s or Master’s Qualifying Programme.

Applicants for entry to the MA International Human Resource Management programme will normally be expected to have a first degree or equivalent with a minimum 2.2 award in a related or relevant subject area: this could include a first degree in business or management studies, commerce, economics, a social science, or a combination of these.

In the case of applicants whose first language is not English, an IELTS 6.0 (or equivalent qualification) is required. As a rule, no individual IELTS band should be below 6.0.