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Glasgow–Edinburgh–Fife SME export practice—not a generic international-business MSc.
Online or on campus
Scotland’s Central Belt is a logistics corridor and a set of family and founder firms, not a mini-Singapore. This MSc starts with that industrial geography: ports, airports, and the English market next door. You will diagnose why an SME’s first export order destroys cashflow, and how to sequence markets without a consultancy fairy tale. Dual-pathway parity matters because many students cannot leave the shop floor for a two-year campus MBA fiction. University of Brigant keeps identity-checked exams and the same marking whether you are on Nicolson Street or on a night shift in Motherwell. The award is not a grant letter and it does not employ you at Scottish Enterprise. It does train you to sit with a freight forwarder, an accountant, and a buyer without being the person who only cites a globalisation textbook. UK and EU post-exit paperwork appears as operations, not as political theatre. You will cost a first container or pallet movement from a Central Belt postcode, name the forwarder risk, and write a family-board paper that does not confuse a trade mission with a purchase order. University of Brigant will not print a Scottish Enterprise crest. The MSc is academic strategy for firms that already exist, not a grant application workshop dressed as a degree. MSc Central Belt Export and SME Strategy is taught as one award, not a list of unrelated modules. The published length is 18 months, and the credit total is 36. Students move from Central Belt Industrial Geography for Exporters through Central Belt Industrial Geography for Exporters; Firm Capability, Capacity, and Founder Bottlenecks; Reading UK and EU Market Access after Exit; Incoterms, Packing, and Claims; Commodity Codes, Origin, and Preference Literacy; Haulage, Air, and Forth/Clyde Port Choices, and finish on Writing for Boards, Families, and Lenders. Each course has a question, a method, and a submission. In this field, students diagnose one organisation and carry a decision through to a recommendation. Reading is a case, a short financial extract, and a stakeholder note. The artefact a marker expects is a consulting brief a manager could use. The award is built so that a graduate can do the following in practice: Write an export plan that names capacity, cash, and compliance Map Central Belt logistics options without pretending to be a 3PL Sequence markets with honest post-exit paperwork literacy Teaching assumes the student can read a source, attempt a problem before the seminar, and revise after feedback. Attendance at live seminars is part of the design. The capstone or final course must use the methods of the earlier courses; a project that ignores them does not pass. The pages for each course name the topics that are examined. Those topics are the syllabus. A brochure line is not a substitute for them.
Thirty-six credits: Central Belt market diagnosis, export operations, finance and risk, and a supervised SME capstone. Dual pathway. Honest non-agency marketing.
Study online
Online tuition is free. Online examinations are free. There is no exam fee for online study.
On-campus study
Prefer to learn at our Edinburgh campus? Campus tuition and campus examinations are charged. The published campus price is on each programme page.
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| UOB681 | Central Belt Industrial Geography for Exporters Central Belt Industrial Geography for Exporters (UOB681) is a 3-credit course on MSc Central Belt Export and SME Strategy, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can diagnose one organisation and carry a decision through to a recommendation, using Central Belt Industrial Geography for Exporters as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a case, a short financial extract, and a stakeholder note. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a consulting brief a manager could use. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 h |
| UOB682 | Firm Capability, Capacity, and Founder Bottlenecks Firm Capability, Capacity, and Founder Bottlenecks (UOB682) is a 3-credit course on MSc Central Belt Export and SME Strategy, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can diagnose one organisation and carry a decision through to a recommendation, using Firm Capability, Capacity, and Founder Bottlenecks as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a case, a short financial extract, and a stakeholder note. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a consulting brief a manager could use. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 h |
| UOB683 | Reading UK and EU Market Access after Exit Reading UK and EU Market Access after Exit (UOB683) is a 3-credit course on MSc Central Belt Export and SME Strategy, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can justify a marketing decision with evidence rather than a slogan, using Reading UK and EU Market Access after Exit as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a brief, a channel note, and a measurement plan. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a campaign or content recommendation with audience, channel, and measure. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 h |
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| UOB685 | Incoterms, Packing, and Claims Incoterms, Packing, and Claims (UOB685) is a 3-credit course on MSc Central Belt Export and SME Strategy, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can diagnose one organisation and carry a decision through to a recommendation, using Incoterms, Packing, and Claims as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a case, a short financial extract, and a stakeholder note. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a consulting brief a manager could use. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 h |
| UOB686 | Commodity Codes, Origin, and Preference Literacy Commodity Codes, Origin, and Preference Literacy (UOB686) is a 3-credit course on MSc Central Belt Export and SME Strategy, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can specify a small system, show how it was tested, and state how it fails, using Commodity Codes, Origin, and Preference Literacy as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a specification, a test note, and an incident or post-mortem. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a specification or reviewed component with tests and a trade-off note. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 h |
| UOB687 | Haulage, Air, and Forth/Clyde Port Choices Haulage, Air, and Forth/Clyde Port Choices (UOB687) is a 3-credit course on MSc Central Belt Export and SME Strategy, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can diagnose one organisation and carry a decision through to a recommendation, using Haulage, Air, and Forth/Clyde Port Choices as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a case, a short financial extract, and a stakeholder note. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a consulting brief a manager could use. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 h |
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| UOB689 | Export Working Capital and Invoice Risk Export Working Capital and Invoice Risk (UOB689) is a 3-credit course on MSc Central Belt Export and SME Strategy, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can diagnose one organisation and carry a decision through to a recommendation, using Export Working Capital and Invoice Risk as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a case, a short financial extract, and a stakeholder note. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a consulting brief a manager could use. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 h |
| UOB690 | FX, Insurance, and Contract Snags FX, Insurance, and Contract Snags (UOB690) is a 3-credit course on MSc Central Belt Export and SME Strategy, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can diagnose one organisation and carry a decision through to a recommendation, using FX, Insurance, and Contract Snags as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a case, a short financial extract, and a stakeholder note. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a consulting brief a manager could use. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 h |
| UOB691 | IP, Brand, and Imitation in Destination Markets IP, Brand, and Imitation in Destination Markets (UOB691) is a 3-credit course on MSc Central Belt Export and SME Strategy, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can justify a marketing decision with evidence rather than a slogan, using IP, Brand, and Imitation in Destination Markets as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a brief, a channel note, and a measurement plan. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a campaign or content recommendation with audience, channel, and measure. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 h |
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| UOB693 | Public Support Literacy without Grant Theatre Public Support Literacy without Grant Theatre (UOB693) is a 3-credit course on MSc Central Belt Export and SME Strategy, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can diagnose one organisation and carry a decision through to a recommendation, using Public Support Literacy without Grant Theatre as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a case, a short financial extract, and a stakeholder note. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a consulting brief a manager could use. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 h |
| UOB694 | Research Methods for SME Internationalisation Research Methods for SME Internationalisation (UOB694) is a 3-credit course on MSc Central Belt Export and SME Strategy, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can diagnose one organisation and carry a decision through to a recommendation, using Research Methods for SME Internationalisation as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a case, a short financial extract, and a stakeholder note. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a consulting brief a manager could use. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 h |
| UOB695 | Writing for Boards, Families, and Lenders Writing for Boards, Families, and Lenders (UOB695) is a 3-credit course on MSc Central Belt Export and SME Strategy, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can diagnose one organisation and carry a decision through to a recommendation, using Writing for Boards, Families, and Lenders as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a case, a short financial extract, and a stakeholder note. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a consulting brief a manager could use. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 h |
Modules are assessed through a published mix of coursework, applied projects, and examinations. Exam windows are announced in advance so students in other time zones are not forced into overnight sittings. Alternative arrangements are available where documented.
The published duration is 18 months. Teaching language: English (dual pathway: Edinburgh campus or tuition-free online; one academic standard). Actual time-to-complete depends on mode and any recognised prior learning.
You may study this award fully online from your country, or — where published — on campus at Brigant. Online study does not require a student visa. Campus study may.
Degree tuition for this award is published as £0 / tuition-free on the online pathway. Examination or administrative fees may apply at checkout — never an annual tuition invoice. Check the Fees page for any extras.
Requirements are grouped on this page (academic, English, documents). Equivalent qualifications are considered. English may be waived after prior English-medium study.
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