International Human Resource Management - PgDip
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Want to qualify professionally with the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development? Study an International Human Resource Management course at a fully-accredited CIPD centre with Birmingham City Business School. Our Postgraduate Diploma in International Human Resource Management programme is ideal if you want to qualify professionally with the CIPD....
- Level Postgraduate Taught
- Study mode Part Time
- Award PgDip
- Start date September 2025
- Fees View course fees
- Subject
- Location City Centre
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Overview
Want to qualify professionally with the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development? Study an International Human Resource Management course at a fully-accredited CIPD centre with Birmingham City Business School.
Our Postgraduate Diploma in International Human Resource Management programme is ideal if you want to qualify professionally with the CIPD.
If you wish to engage with this course part-time, the modules will run in the afternoon and evening over two years for the PG Diploma in International HRM stage, with an additional optional third year (part-time) for the MA in International HRM. For some sessions, full-time and part-time cohorts will be taught together, allowing you to the opportunity to share experiences with both UK-based and international students to incorporate a global perspective to HR issues.
By successfully completing the course part-time you will meet the requirements of the CIPD Profession Map and its core knowledge and behaviour standards at chartered level membership.
What's covered in this course?
We have an experienced teaching team who combine real work experience of human resource management with the academic qualifications, bringing a strategic and conceptual view to the topics covered.
Sessions are interactive and we invite guest speakers, encourage you to work together on case studies, and incorporate role-playing activities to develop practical HR skills. Where appropriate to the individual topics covered during the course, implications for sustainability will be identified that relate to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Accredited By
Why Choose Us?
- Our International Human Resource Management course, like all of our Executive Education programmes, is designed to help you to accelerate your career, transform your working practice and deepen your expertise.
- Our course is fully approved by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and their Profession Map, specifically the core knowledge and behaviours required for chartered membership.
- Our teaching is interactive and led by our experienced team, who believe HR is as much about the doing as it is about the learning – giving you the skills you need to develop and enhance your employability.
- To achieve your Advanced Diploma or Master's you are required to conduct research into a live business issue from an HR perspective. This will increase your business acumen, skills and credibility with current or future employers.
- Our part-time offering has been designed with busy, working professionals in mind, allowing you to get qualified while in employment. Part-time study is a mixture of afternoon and evening classes one day per week.
- We pride ourselves on building a community of learners with regular feedback forums and personal tutor coaching.
- All modules give an international perspective and enable our students to demonstrate a deep understanding and critical awareness of the current global issues and challenges HR professionals and line managers face.
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Next Event: 5 February 2025
Entry Requirements
Essential requirements
Essential Requirements
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A 2:2 Honours degree from a UK University or International equivalent |
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If appropriate qualifications are not held then related work experience in management or HR could be considered by means of the Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL) procedure. |
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Additional information for EU/International students
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Applications from international applicants with equivalent qualifications are welcome. Please see your country page for further details on the equivalent qualifications we accept. In additional to the academic entry requirements listed above, international and EU students will also require the qualifications detailed in this table. |
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| English language requirements 2020/21 | ||
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6.0 overall with 5.5 minimum in all bands If you do not meet the required IELTS score, you may be eligible for one of our pre-sessional English courses. Please note that you must have a Secure English Language Test (SELT) to study on the pre-sessional English course. More information. |
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| Other accepted qualifications | Visit our English language page | |
If you have a qualification that is not listed, please contact us.
Fees & How to Apply
UK students
Annual and modular tuition fees shown are applicable to the first year of study. The University reserves the right to increase fees for subsequent years of study in line with increases in inflation (capped at 5%) or to reflect changes in Government funding policies or changes agreed by Parliament. View fees for continuing students.
Award: PgDip
Starting: Sep 2025
- Mode
- Duration
- Fees
- Part Time
- 2 Years
- £5,000 in 2025/26
International students
Sorry, this course is not available to International students.
Personal statement
You’ll need to submit a personal statement as part of your application for this course. This will need to highlight your passion for postgraduate study – and your chosen course – as well as your personal skills and experience, academic success, and any other factors that will support your application for further study.
If you are applying for a stand alone module, please include the title of the module you want to study in your Personal Statement.
Not sure what to include? We’re here to help – take a look at our top tips for writing personal statements and download our free postgraduate personal statement guide for further advice and examples from real students.
Course in Depth
Modules
In order to complete this course a student must successfully complete all the following CORE modules (totalling 120 credits):
This module aims to enable you to appreciate and evaluate the external factors that impact on an organisations and the HR function. You will develop skills to analyse the changes in the business context and respond to these through strategic HR planning with consideration for the commercial business environment and people management practice.
This module encourages you to critically explore contemporary research and practice regarding managing people in organisations, including employee engagement, performance and development and managing change. You will gain a critical understanding of how to manage people within the workplace in a fair and effective way for optimum performance
The one constant in the workplace is change. The requirement of HR to meet the needs of the Organisation from a Human Capital perspective is ever evolving. The challenge of different work patterns, the emergence of new working practices in the wake of the pandemic and variation of support needs required by our teams as a result of this will demand more from the HR Professional. The need to adopt innovation and creativity in finding ways to meet the aspirations of a diverse team whilst delivering the key commercial metrics of the business has never been more daunting.
This module addresses the emerging complexity of managing and leading expatriates in various contexts by exploring past and present thinking on international imperatives and issues in Human Resources Management (HRM). In particular, this module aims to develop your understanding of the impact of globalisation on HRM and introduce various strategic issues and practices that need to be addressed in managing an international workforce.
In studying this module you will develop your understanding of how business strategy and strategic change translates to people practice. Using business simulations this module will allow you to experience how businesses respond and adapt to changes and what the people profession can do to support them.
This module is designed to provide you with a solid underpinning of the process of research and is keenly focussed on the connection between research and practice. The module takes you through the stages of research from the formulation of a research problem and a research question, through to understanding the essential research philosophy issues, producing a literature review, and developing appropriate methods to the field of The People Profession. The module further examines the key ways in which data is gathered and analysed. Throughout its duration, the module considers the difficulties encountered including ethical issues in conducting research and ways to address those. It also explores the centrality of the influence of the researchers own predisposition on the process and the final outcome.
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Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
Approved by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. This allows successful students to upgrade their Student Membership to that of Associate Membership of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (Assoc CIPD).
Employability
Enhancing employability skills
The course is designed around the skills and competencies required to become a professional HRM practitioner. The core module Commercial Integrity for the People Profession covers the skills and competencies specified by the CIPD.
You will be able to participate in practical, work relevant activities such as conducting a negotiation with an employee representative, holding a grievance and disciplinary interview with a member of staff, selection interviews and many more skills-based sessions.
The course is closely tied into the CIPD profession map, which has been developed by consideration of what the leading experts working in HRM need to know and understand to contribute effectively to the performance of their organisations.
Facilities & Staff
Our Facilities
We are constantly investing in our estate and have spent £400 million on new learning facilities.
The Curzon Building
This course is based at our City Centre Campus – and specifically The Curzon Building, alongside other Social Sciences, Law and Business students.
The £63m building offers students a unique social learning space, including a dedicated student hub incorporating student support services, in the heart of Birmingham’s Eastside development.
The Business floors house an extensive number of IT facilities, breakout areas, and specialised rooms. The Marketing Link Agency is designed to replicate a modern marketing firm, allowing students to get real-life experience of working in the marketing sector. There is also the City Trading Room, which features state of the art stock market tracking equipment, keeping you up to date with all the financial comings and goings of the London Stock Exchange and Wall Street.
The Curzon building is also conveniently close to Birmingham’s business and financial centre, allowing for strong links between your studies and the real world.
The Curzon Building also features:
- An impressive library with access to over 65 million full text items and stunning views of Eastside City Park
- Your Students’ Union which is located in a beautifully restored 19th century pub, The Eagle and Ball
- A modern 300-seat food court with space to study and socialise
- Accessible IT facilities with full Office365 for all students for free
- Shared facilities with the wider campus including the Parkside Building and Millennium Point