• Accounting Primer
• Finance Primer
• Induction
• Maths Primer
• Plagiarism Awareness
• Pre-Programme Quantitative Methods
• Study Skills

• Corporate Finance
• Decision Analytics
• Final Report
• Financial and Management Accounting
• Global Experience Week
• Global Macroeconomics
• Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• Managerial Economics
• Marketing Management
• Organisational Behaviour
• Personal Leadership Journey
• Strategy

You will choose six optional modules, developing your expertise with your future career objectives in mind. There are a wide range of optional modules, from which approximately 20 are run each year depending on student interest.

The list of electives below gives a sample of the kinds of modules run in a given year.

• Advanced Company Valuation
• Advanced Corporate Finance
• Banking and FinTech: Strategies and Challenges
• Behavioural Finance
• Brand Management
• Breakout Strategy
• Clean Technology Investment
• Climate Change, Business and Finance
• Consumer Behaviour
• Design Management
• Digital Business
• Entrepreneurial Journey (see below)
• Family Business
• Hi-Tech Strategy
• International Business
• Leadership
• Leading and Executing Strategic Change
• Management Challenges in Healthcare
• Managing Negotiations
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Operations and Supply Chain Management
• Pricing Strategy
• Private Equity
• Strategic Networks for Innovation and Change
• Strategic Problem Solving
• Strategy in Volatile and Uncertain Environments
• Sustainability and Competitive Advantage: Rethinking Value Creation
• The Future of Cities
• Topics in Asset Management
• Venture Capital and Growth Finance

The Entrepreneurial Journey

The Entrepreneurial Journey is an optional module that can be taken instead of one elective. It is a live entrepreneurial experience that provides insights into the challenges of introducing products and services to market.

The Capstone Consulting Experience is an independent report on a relevant theme, where you will demonstrate that you are able to address a specific theme in an autonomous way and bring together your learning across different subjects.

For more information about the course structure, including comprehensive descriptions of each component, please see Imperial College Business School's website.

Our minimum requirement is normally at least a 2.2 UK Honour's degree.

An approved professional qualification can be accepted in place of a UK Honour's degree.

The academic requirement above is for applicants who hold or who are working towards a UK qualification.

We also accept a wide variety of international qualifications. For guidance see our Country Index though please note that the standards listed here are the minimum for entry to the College. There is further detail available from the Business School website.

If you have any questions about admissions and the standard required for the qualification you hold or are currently studying then please contact the relevant admissions team.

All candidates must demonstrate a minimum level of English language proficiency for admission to the College.

For admission to this course, you must achieve the higher College requirement in the appropriate English language qualification. For details of the minimum grades required to achieve this requirement, please see the English language requirements for postgraduate applicants.

3 years’ relevant postgraduate work experience is required.

Candidates are also normally required to sit a careers interview and an academic interview.

If an applicant’s maths does not seem to be at the required level, they may be asked to sit a short maths test, prior to an offer being made.

All applicants must apply online.

You can usually apply for up to two courses, although your second choice will only be considered if your first-choice application is unsuccessful.

Most courses don't have a formal closing date, but popular courses close when they are full, so you should apply early to avoid disappointment. There may also be funding deadlines that apply to you.

You will need to upload documents with your applications, which may include transcripts and degree certificates.

All of the Business School taught postgraduate programmes require payment of an application processing fee before an application can be submitted. Details of the cost can be found on the Business School website.

For full details on the online application process, or to start your application, please visit the How to Apply section of our website.

An ATAS certificate is not required for overseas students applying for this course.

Fees are charged by year of entry to the College and not year of study.

Except where otherwise indicated, the fees for students on courses lasting more than one year will increase annually by an amount linked to inflation, including for part-time students on modular programmes. The measure of inflation used will be the Retail Price Index (RPI) value in the April of the calendar year in which the academic session starts e.g. the RPI value in April 2019 will apply to fees for the academic year 2019–2020.

Fees are charged by year of entry to the College and not year of study.

Except where otherwise indicated, the fees for students on courses lasting more than one year will increase annually by an amount linked to inflation, including for part-time students on modular programmes. The measure of inflation used will be the Retail Price Index (RPI) value in the April of the calendar year in which the academic session starts e.g. the RPI value in April 2019 will apply to fees for the academic year 2019–2020.

If you are a Home or EU student who meets certain criteria, you may be able to apply for a Postgraduate Master’s Loan of up to £10,280 from the UK government. The loan is not means-tested, and you can choose whether to put it towards your tuition fees or living costs.

We offer a range of scholarships for postgraduate students to support you through your studies. Try our scholarships search tool to see what you might be eligible for.

There are a number of external organisations also offer awards for Imperial students, find out more about non-Imperial scholarships.

Living costs, including accommodation, are not included in your tuition fees.

You can compare costs across our different accommodation options on our Accommodation website.

A rough guide to what you might expect to spend to live in reasonable comfort in London is available on our Fees and Funding website.