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PGDip in Global Business (January 2021 entry)
The Oxford Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) in Global Business is a qualification designed to help you undertake the senior international responsibilities which drive organisational success. This part-time programme will enhance your understanding of the issues involved in conducting business in a global landscape whilst allowing you to fulfil your existing work commitments.
This is an intellectually rich programme taught in modules of four days each (Wednesday to Saturday) and completed in one year, allowing you to study alongside employment and complete the qualification in one year.
The programme is designed to extend knowledge and broaden and deepen your skill base, with a clear focus on practical application. The diploma will provide the knowledge and skills you need to reach the highest level of your career, whether you are managing in a commercial or public sector context. It has a focus on global strategy, risk and reputation, corporate diplomacy and international business challenges.
The modules currently offered are:
Risk and Reputation
Corporate Diplomacy in a Global Context
The Challenges of Business in Emerging Markets
The Postgraduate Diploma in Global Business offers:
the ability to apply knowledge learned in the areas of global business strategy, risk and reputation, corporate diplomacy and doing business in emerging economies to your current and future roles, and compete internationally for senior management posts;
a graduate-level qualification which builds on your existing professional development and experience;
access to top-level teaching from world-leading experts, drawing on the University of Oxford's strengths in global business and management;
membership of a unique network of peers and practitioners from around the globe; and
lifelong association with the university through the business school, university alumni networks and associate college membership, as well as a pathway to Oxford's Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA).
The Diploma in Global Business adopts an assessment regime that requires you to take four courses and satisfy the examiners in the assessment associated with each core course. Assessment will be a combination of written examinations and individual assignments.
Please note that this course is paperless. This means that paper handouts will not be provided for most of your courses. All presentations will be uploaded to our virtual learning environment. For pedagogical reasons this may be in advance of, just before or immediately after teaching sessions. Handouts will be provided for certain courses based on specific requirements, eg unreliable internet availability or where handouts operate more like a textbook than slides.
All graduate courses offered by the Saïd Business School
Executive MBA EMBA (2020-21 entry)
Finance DPhil
Financial Economics MSc
Financial Strategy PGDip (Jan. 2021 entry)
Global Business PGDip (Jan. 2020 entry)
Law and Finance MSc
Major Programme Management MSc
Management DPhil
Master of Business Administration Oxford 1+1 MBA programme
Organisational Leadership PGDip (Feb. 2021 entry)
Strategy and Innovation PGDip (Feb. 2021 entry)
Information regarding the entry requirements for this course can be accessed at the following location:
SBS PGDip in Global Business entry requirements
The Saïd Business School is one of the most modern, state-of-the-art business schools in the world. Facilities include seven horseshoe-style lecture theatres where most classes take place and a 300-seat lecture theatre opened by Nelson Mandela in 2002 to cater for larger-scale lectures and events.
A key feature of the building is the provision of informal working areas. There are numerous open spaces throughout, including cloistered walkways and a large internal courtyard – all of which help to foster interaction between students, faculty and visitors.
The Sainsbury Library is Saϊd Business School's own dedicated resource. This state-of-the-art facility is spacious and fully equipped with desk space, wireless and networked computers, printers and copiers. Experienced library staff are available for advice and can help you use advanced search tools to carry out research for course projects.
Specialist research centres at the SBS mirror the knowledge-intensive end of a creative economy. They are helping particular sectors to wrestle with the challenges they face and to discover new directions through research. These centres include the Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation and Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, amongst many others.
Total course fees for entry in January 2021
Total Course fees
The fees shown above are inclusive of a £500 fee for college associate membership. College associate membership is optional and more details can be found in the Colleges information on this course page.
If your application is successful, you will be asked to pay a deposit against your course fees at the application stage as a condition of your offer. The deposit amount and date by which payment must be made are shown below.
Date by which deposit must be paid
Home/EU
(including Islands) £4,050 Approximately 30 days after an offer is made
Overseas £4,050
The department's website provides further information about deposits for this course.
As part of your course requirements, you will need to choose a final project topic. Depending on your choice of topic and the research required to complete it, you may incur additional expenses, such as travel expenses, research expenses, and field trips. You will need to meet these additional costs, although you may be able to apply for small grants from your department to help you cover some of these expenses. Please note that this course requires that you are taught in Oxford, and you will need to incur travel and accommodation costs to attend the course if you do not live in the Oxford area.
Associate membership of Jesus College is offered to all new students on the Postgraduate Diploma in Global Business.
Jesus College was founded in 1571 by Elizabeth I. The college is located on an attractive historic site in the centre of Oxford, a short walk from the Saïd Business School and with excellent access to the Bodleian Library and other university libraries.
Associate membership of Jesus College allows you to become involved in the wider University, and to expand your network in Oxford. Following the completion of the course, all associate members become alumni of Jesus College and are invited to reunions and gaudies.
Associate membership is optional and is subject to a fee. Further details can be found within the Funding and Costs information on this page.
Admission to this course is administered directly by the Saïd Business School. For further details about the course, its requirements, its deadlines and how to apply, please see the course page on the Saïd Business School website (details can be found under Further information and enquiries).
Apply via the Saϊd Business School How to Apply
Admission via the Saïd Business School
See the diplomas page on the school's website
Part Time Only
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Expected start†
†This course has another intake in January 2020
Saïd Business School
Course page on the school's website
Programme outline including module details
Funding information from the school
Research at the school
Social Sciences Division
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