Cross-Border
MA Management

  • Full-time

    Two years
  • Address

    1st Year-United Kingdom (UK) 2nd Year-China
  • Course language

    English

The cross-border study Programme requires students to study across two Campuses: one year at the Peking University HSBC Business School - UK Campus, and another year at Peking University HSBC Business School – Shenzhen, China Campus. 

The Programme provides students with an opportunity to gain more international learning experiences during their two-year full-time study at Peking University (PKU) in study of management and finance at the postgraduate level.


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Overview :

The Master's in Management programme at Peking University HSBC Business School (PHBS) aims to enhance the global perspective and professional abilities of aspiring managers and leaders. The program covers essential coursework such as entrepreneurship, organizational behavior, strategic management, and marketing management. Graduates are expected to have a deep understanding of business fundamentals, adaptability in dynamic environments, and practical managerial skills.

Program Highlights :

  • The Master of Management programme covers cross-disciplinary coursework

  • This is a two-year, cross-border study programme across UK and China campuses, offering immersive global perspectives and comprehensive insights into the Chinese market.

  • All courses are instructed exclusively in English, as is all academic support provided by faculty, TAs, and staff members.

  • The faculty members of this programme have earned their PhD degrees from top-ranked universities around the world.

  • This program has been accredited by AACSB and EQUIS.

  • This program is ideal for students aspiring to pursue careers in management fields and embark on entrepreneurial ventures, whether in China or on a global scale.

Program Curriculum :

The Master of Management programme requires students to complete a total of 54 credits, including 14 core courses, 3 major elective courses, and 1 non-major elective course. Additionally, students must successfully complete two general courses: the Graduate Thesis Seminar and the Outdoor Leadership Training Program. The program culminates in the completion of a master’s thesis.

General Prerequisite

Does not count in the 54 credits for degree completion, but the credits and grade are included on the PKU transcript and calculated into GPA.

Chinese I (Chinese II prerequisite)

 
Chinese II (Business Chinese prerequisite)
 



General Required
Graduate Thesis Seminar
Outdoor Leadership Training Program
Master's Thesis and Defense


Major Required
13 courses
  39 credits



Major Elective
2 courses
  6 credits


Non-Major Elective
3 courses
  9 credits



Courses in UK Campus:

The Master's in Management programme is designed to equip students with a comprehensive understanding of financial theory and its practical applications. The programme aims to provide graduates with detailed knowledge in management, organizational behavior, and managerial ecocnomics, etc. 

Students are prepared for various careers in investment, financial management, financial trading, financial product design, financial analysis, financial risk management, and related fields.

* More courses will be offered in Shenzhen campus.


Operations Management

The objective of this course is to provide students with an understanding of how the design, operation, and control of production/operation systems can most effectively produce and/ordeliver goods and services to meet customers' needs. This understanding will help students to be familiar with the problems inreal business, and enable them to gain competitive advantage through operations.

Strategic Management

The course will draw on a mixture of theory and analytic techniques to describe approaches that areuseful for pricing decisions. We will cover the fundamental economic analytical tools, theoriesand conceptual frameworks needed for formulating pricing strategies.

Introduction to Chinese Economy

This course discuss a range of themes and topics that are building blocks of this intriguing economy. Students will start by reviewing the economic history and the basic institutional details of Chinese economy. We will in particular examine its industrialization, urbanization, central-local regulatory interactions, banking system and macroeconomic policiesover the past 40 years.

Marketing Management

This course is designed to introduce you to the fundamental aspects of marketing: how organizations understand the market as well as customers and use strategies to successfully operate in today’s dynamic, competitive environment.

Organizational Behaviour

Organization Behavior is the study of human behavior in organizational settings, the interface between human behavior and the organization, and the organization itself. This course, therefore, encourages students to better understand, explain, and yet improve human behavior in organizations.

Introduction to Fintech

This graduate course provides an introduction to FinTech such as blockchain, cryptocurrencies (e.g., Bitcoin and Ethereum), alternative lending, machine learning, androbo-advising. Students are expected to develop a broad understanding of the recent fintech development and its impact in the financial industries. 

Managerial Economics

Managerial Economics is the application of economic theory and methodology to managerial decisions within various organizational settings such as a firm or government agency. Students taking this course are expected to have had some exposure to economics and be comfortable with college level mathematics.

Leadership

Leadership is something that before entering working life, you observe from afar. Thus, it is outside of yourself and seen in the behavior of people who are distant from you. The course will attempt to give you an anticipation of what might be required of you and what may happen to your own motivations and psychology later, once you assume a leadership role in whatever occupation you choose.

Financial Accounting

This course is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of financialaccounting principles, practices and its underlying theories. In this course, we will emphasize basicfinancial accounting concepts and principles, discuss how to measure a company’s net income, assets, liabilities, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows, and how to prepare financial statements.

Business Ethics

Ethical issues in business represent one part of the moral territory we must navigate in all of our daily activities. This course will focus not only on the particular demands of business but also analyze these in relation to how we weigh the competing interests and values confronting us in the larger world in which our work lives are embedded. 

Business Mathematics

This condensed course covers basic mathematics concepts required for other advanced courses in Business School. The possible topics to be covered include calculus, optimization, linear and Matrix algebra, statistics, and probability theory. The course is intended to be a refresher of math knowledge that students have learned during undergraduate studies or elsewhere.

Academic Writing

This course is designed to introduce you to academic writing in English. It is an initial engagement with the processes which you will require for your final year dissertation, as well as fulfilling other written assignments during your study at PHBS.

Fees & Financing :

Tuition fees for the Cross-border Masters in Management is £19,000 (first year in the U.K) and RMB 60,000 (second year in China, Shenzhen).

Living expenses: around 1,500 GBP/month(Oxfordshire), 3,000 RMB/month (Shenzhen).

Scholarships :

School-Funded Scholarships

Each year, Peking University HSBC Business School awards school-funded scholarships to selected Master's program applicants. Recipients are chosen based on a variety of factors, the most significant being the applicant's academic performance. PHBS allocates a substantial grant annually for student scholarships, a portion of which is awarded to outstanding international candidates. To apply for this scholarship, please download the application form here and submit it along with your application documents.


PKU International Student Academic Award

Since 1999, the International Students Academic Award has been awarded by Peking University to international students at PKU who demonstrate academic excellence and strong integrity.For more details about the requirements please visit: https://oldisd.pku.edu.cn/info/1503/7379.htm


CFA Student Scholarship

Students who plan to take the CFA exam and would like to apply for CFA student scholarship can follow this guide to learn the application requirements.