International Business and Global Affairs

This International Business and Global Affairs MA degree from Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool Universityis designed to equip students with the knowledge, understanding, leadership abilities, analysis skills, decision-making tools and strategic vision needed to effectively manage people, organisations and business dealings across national borders in an increasingly risky, complex and challenging world.

By the time you graduate from the International Business and Global Affairs MA degree from Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University you will:

• understand the theories, debates and contemporary challenges within key thematic domains of international relations, such as regional integration, global security and peace studies, and global transformations and crises;
• improve your decision-making by better understanding business challenges in cross-border trade, investment, political risks, biodiversity loss, resources depletion, environmental degradation, climate change, food insecurity, economic development, social injustice, international mass migration, and globalisation;
• be equipped with the knowledge, understanding, leadership abilities, analysis skills, decision-making tools and strategic vision needed to effectively manage people, organisations and business in an international context;

• be able to evaluate different interpretations of world political events and global humanitarian challenges.

Career opportunities:

Graduates from this program are well prepared to start or advance their career across a variety of fields. These include: multinational and trading companies, non-profit organisations, consultancies, service providers, business facilitators, and government agencies around the world who are looking to recruit graduates with knowledge and experience of contemporary international business and management.

Courses include:

• International Management and Global Institutions

• Regional Integration and Globalisation

• Global Transformations and Crises

• International Business

• Doing Business with Chinese Companies and Consumers

• China in the World

• Transnational Corporations and Global Challenges

• Research Methods for International Business