Postgraduate Diploma in Strategic Leadership and Management

Why This Course

The Postgraduate Diploma in Strategic Leadership and Management is a CMI-accredited Level 7 qualification built for working professionals who lead organisations or aspire to do so.

Delivered entirely online and fully self-paced, this programme lets you advance your career without stepping away from it.

You will study the disciplines that define modern strategic leadership: corporate finance, governance, marketing, operations, project management, entrepreneurship, and strategic planning. Optional modules in human resource management and personal leadership development allow you to build specialist depth where it matters most to you.

On completion, you will hold a globally recognised 120-credit postgraduate qualification and become eligible for Chartered Manager status through CMI. You may then progress to the dissertation stage of an MBA or master's degree at one of LIBT's UK partner universities, completing a full master's without repeating what you already know.

The London Institute of Business and Technology (LIBT) is a British institution committed to making world-class professional education accessible to working adults everywhere. We deliver career-focused, industry-aligned qualifications to learners in more than 70 countries, combining rigorous academic standards with the flexibility that busy professionals need to advance their careers without pausing them.

Quality and standards

LIBT is a full member of the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA), the UK's independent body responsible for safeguarding standards and improving the quality of higher education. Through this membership, LIBT benchmarks and references its provision against the UK Quality Code and the Framework for Higher Education Qualifications (FHEQ), the national reference points for academic standards in UK higher education. LIBT's own diplomas are referenced to the corresponding FHEQ level and are designed as preparation for progression to partner-university degrees.

Professional accreditations and endorsements

LIBT works with some of the UK's most respected professional bodies:

• The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) accredits a range of LIBT programmes, recognising them as meeting CMI's standards for management and leadership education. Graduates of a CMI-accredited LIBT programme may be eligible to apply for Chartered Manager status, one of the most respected professional designations in management. This Undergraduate Diploma in Business Management is recognised by CMI, giving students access to CMI membership and resources during their studies.

• The Association for Project Management (APM) has recognised LIBT's Postgraduate Diploma in Project Management under its Pathway 2 Recognised Assessment for the Chartered Project Professional (ChPP) designation.

University partnerships

Our qualifications are designed as direct pathways to university degrees. On completing an LIBT diploma, graduates may gain advanced entry to the final taught stage or dissertation of a master's, bachelor's, or doctoral degree at one of our partner universities, without repeating what they have already studied.

LIBT's current university partners include:

• University of London — Global MBA and specialist MBA pathways in Accountancy, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Finance, Health, Law, and Leadership

• Coventry University — Global Business MBA, MSc in Business and Organisational Psychology, MSc in International Project Management, MA in Education, and BA (Hons) in Business Management and Leadership

• University of Lancashire (formerly UCLan) — LLB (Hons) Law, MSc in Finance and Management, and BSc (Hons) in Cyber Security and Networking

• University of Portsmouth — MSc in Security and Risk (work-based, for military personnel)

• University of Essex — BA (Hons) in Business and Management

• University of Wolverhampton — International MBA

• Acacia University (USA) — Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), advanced entry. Acacia University is accredited by the Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC), which is recognised by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA)

These articulation agreements are based on each university's independent review of LIBT's learning programmes and outcomes, confirming that LIBT graduates arrive academically prepared for degree-level progression.

Our commitment

LIBT believes that a demanding professional life should never be a barrier to academic achievement. Every programme we offer is built to a high standard of academic rigour, delivered with the flexibility working professionals require, and recognised by the universities and professional bodies that matter most to employers worldwide.