International Professional Diploma in Business Management

The International Professional Diploma in Business Management (SCQF Level 11 Diploma) is a flexible postgraduate program designed to provide professionals with advanced knowledge and skills in business management.

This program offers a unique opportunity for participants to specialize in one of eight tailored pathways, allowing them to align their learning with their career goals and industry demands.
Combining core business modules with specialized options, this diploma equips learners with the tools to address modern business challenges and enhance strategic decision-making.

With a focus on practical application and academic rigor, the program is ideal for individuals seeking to advance their careers or transition into leadership roles across diverse industries.

Graduates of this program under the DGBS Power MBA can benefit from progression opportunities, including credit transfer towards an MBA or equivalent postgraduate qualifications with partner universities.

The diploma’s flexible structure, coupled with recognition of prior learning, ensures it accommodates the needs of working professionals and lifelong learners.

• Qualification Title: International Professional Diploma in Business Management
• Qualification Level: SCQF Level 11 (Scotland)/RQF Level 7 (England) or Postgraduate Diploma (Nigeria)
• Progression Opportunity: Transfer to Master of Business Administration at any of the universities with ISDC MOU partnership.
• Awarding Authority: Scottish Qualification Authority (SQA) – Public Organization in Scotland.
• Credit Value: 120 SCQF Credits
• Duration: 6 – 8 months

• Completion of Bachelor’s Degree, HND or equivalent
• SCQF Level 8 Diploma or equivalent with 3 years of working experience in the related field.
• Ability to communicate in English.

1. Blended Distance Learning: Delivered through an LMS (Learning Management System) with live classes conducted via virtual conferencing platforms.
2. Competency-Based Curriculum: Focused on developing practical work skills.
3. Assessment: Primarily through assignments
4. Collaborative Learning: Opportunity to connect and work with peers from across Nigeria and around the world through group projects.

Applicants are required to prepare the following documents:

1. Identification Document: National ID card or passport.
2. Educational Certificate and Transcripts: Bachelor’s completion or equivalent.
3. Please complete the application form here and select SCQF Level 11.

1. Globally recognised Certificates with transferable credits
2. Flexible Payment structure
3. Flexible learning format
4. Access to videos and materials
5. Internship/Job placement
6. Company Visits
7. Lifelong learning and Study tour/Bootcamp to Thailand, Canada and Rwanda
8. Rapid Career Acceleration
9. International Network opportunity
10. Career service
11. Access to the LMS
12. Coaching and mentoring
13. AI literacy for all graduates
14. Obtain A UK Degree From Top Up universities; SQA Accreditation.
15. Save Big, Save 15,000 on tuition and living costs.
16. Enhanced E-Learning Experience;
17. Advanced digital learning with more flexibility, accessibility, and affordability

• Tuition: £ 1,500 (UK Pounds)
  Installment Payment Available

Scottish Qualification Authority is the national accreditation and awarding body for Scotland. Their purpose is to help people fulfil their potential and maintain standards across Scottish education.

SQA was established by the Education (Scotland) Act 1996 which is an act of Parliament and as such is responsible to the Scottish Government.

As an internationally recognised awarding body many of the qualifications that are quality assured and certificated by SQA are accepted by International Universities for advanced entry and/or credit transfer into Undergraduate and Postgraduate Programmes.

SQA engages with learners, schools, colleges and training providers across Scotland, the rest of the UK and internationally, to develop, maintain, and improve a framework of qualifications, and to set and maintain standards for many other awarding bodies, and accredited qualifications.

SQA Accreditation has a remit from Scottish Government to accredit any type of qualification other than university degrees.  SQA only accredit qualifications from approved awarding bodies, and will not normally accredit qualifications which are delivered and assessed in languages other than English and Gaelic.

It is an approved SCQF credit rating body.
SQA also accredit qualifications which assess expertise in areas which are not necessarily work related. These include exam-based qualifications.

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) is the qualifications framework for Scotland. It features qualifications offered by schools, colleges, universities, workplaces, training organisations, and in the community.

The Framework has 12 levels, and these levels can help you understand and compare your qualifications.

Level 11 of SCQF is Equivalent to the Level 7 of EQF

Job roles at SCQF Level 11 may involve providing leadership in a specialised technical or professional field to whole organisations, divisions or large departments. Job holders may lead research projects and/or design and implement improvements to processes and services. They may be specialised technical roles. They may have responsibility for ensuring that the organisation has the capacity to achieve its goals.

Level 7 of National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF) of Nigeria is equivalent to the Level 7 of European Qualifications Framework (EQF) at the post-graduate level

Module 1: Strategic Management and Leadership

This module is one of three mandatory 20 credit modules forming the International Professional Diploma in Business Management. It is designed to equip working professionals and aspiring managers with a holistic approach to the overall purpose and direction of organisations, encompassing the strategic decisions which direct the nature, scope and competitive position of organisations.

This module provides an overall critical understanding of strategic planning, strategy implementation, evaluation and strategic leadership. It provides an opportunity to explore different approaches to strategy by introducing a variety of management tools that helps in developing, implementing and critically evaluating innovative strategies.
In essence, this module focuses on managing strategy by looking at various options and selecting/ recommending and implementing the best strategy.

It also places an emphasis on analysing and evaluating strategic leadership skills and an organisation’s ethical and value- based approach to leadership.

Learners will be provided with a critical understanding of the increasingly complex, global, volatile, and dynamic context in which strategy formulation and development take place in contemporary and authentic organisations.

Module 2: Business Integration

This module will provide the learners the understanding & comprehension of how organisations of modern times conduct their activities against the backdrop of complex, dynamic and ever evolving the contextual external & internal environment. The module extends the understanding from the traditional business organisations through to the modern organisations of the 21st century.

The module equips the learner with a comprehensive insight into different traditional business functions such as production, research & development (R & D), finance, information technology, operations, marketing and human resources. The learner will gain a critical understanding of how organisations with different objectives are structured to provide an integrated approach to run the business activities in pursuit of the stated objectives.

This module provides the context of modern organisations with specific focus on managing end-to-end processes that involve cross-functional participation and also a critical understanding of the business functions that may be outsourced. This module refers to various methods in which the business activities are structured and focusses on the use of various theoretical models.

The module exposes the learner to current and authentic real-life scenarios embodied in case study approach of learning that is central to this qualification.

Module 3: Research Methodologies

This module enables the learners to identify a suitable original research question/hypothesis and to explore the research methods they will utilise to investigate their hypothesis using a combination of appropriate research methodologies.

Learners will also conduct a literature review as part of their research proposal.

The aim of this unit is to develop learners’ ability to explore and prepare for various types of academically based management research through the development and design of a research proposal. Learners will develop a critical understanding of the philosophical, practical and ethical concepts of research within the context of the business environment.
The module underpins various methods for collection of qualitative & quantitative data using primary & secondary sources, use of various statistical methods of analysing the same and carrying out various statistical tests to draw a conclusion relating to a business problem.

It is anticipated that learners will take their research methods proposal forward to complete a full level 7 Masters’ dissertation with a university.