Program Overview

International Business

Course Overview

The BSc International Business course is designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills needed to effectively manage and lead in the global marketplace. The course offers a distinctive global perspective through specialized units on international trade and investment, international business negotiations, and cross-culture management in business.

About the Course

This innovative course prepares students to navigate the complexities of global markets, making them an invaluable asset to businesses operating on an international scale. Students will gain a theoretical and practical understanding of global business operations, developing skill sets much in demand by employers, including communication, analysis, problem-solving, interpersonal, and collaborative skills.

Facilities and Specialist Equipment

The University provides a range of facilities and specialist equipment to support student learning, including:

• A Reuters trading room, giving students the chance to experience what it's like to be on the trading-room floor, reacting to live 'stock-market' data and building investment portfolios using data on listed companies from around the world.
• Access to Harvard Business Publishing's international learning resources, providing immersive simulation software to aid learning, including Semrush (Marketing), Sage, Refinitiv Eikon, and the econometrics software STATA.
• Competencies in key digital skills such as Excel through SIMnet, the University's Microsoft Office training platform.

Career-Powered Links

Students can join the International Business Club, providing a lively platform to share ideas and opportunities in the global business world. This is more than an extracurricular activity; it's a pathway to learning and growth for future international business leaders.

Your Student Experience

The course is highly vocational, combining 21st-century management skills with an international business perspective. Students will develop a range of skills, including:

• A theoretical and practical understanding of global business operations
• Skill sets much in demand by employers, including communication, analysis, problem-solving, interpersonal, and collaborative skills
• The ability to function as part of a team, a critical skill for international business
• The opportunity to undertake a supervised final-year dissertation involving an individually conducted research element
• Involvement in research projects at the Centre for International Business and Marketing (CIBAM), as well as short-term consultancy projects and competitions within the School

What Will You Study?

The course covers a range of topics, including:

• Accounting for business
• Applied numeracy for business
• Principles of marketing
• Intercultural competence in business
• International business
• Beginning your professional business journey
• Economics for business
• Career in practice
• International business negotiations
• International new ventures (INV) and innovation
• International trade and investment relations
• Cross-cultural management in business
• Data and research methods for business
• Strategic leadership
• Marketing in a global context
• Continuing professional development
• Ethics and corporate social responsibility for business
• International supply chain management and logistics
• Business project

How Will You Be Assessed?

Assessment focuses on tasks that develop vocational skills, underpinned by subject knowledge, requiring higher levels of cognition in the later years of the course. Some group work is included at each level, as being able to function as part of a team is a critical skill for international business. Assessments are used to develop employability as a graduate going into the international market place.

Careers

This course will provide students with the skills and knowledge to follow a rewarding career in business, across a range of areas and sectors, including positions in medium or large organizations with an international orientation. It also opens the door to further postgraduate and professional study.

Entry Requirements

• 48 UCAS tariff points, including 32 from at least one A-level or equivalent
• 96 UCAS tariff points, including 80 from at least three A-levels or equivalent

Fees for This Course

• The full-time standard undergraduate tuition fee for the Academic Year 2026/27 is £9,790 per year (UK)
• The full-time standard undergraduate tuition fee for the academic year 2025/26 is £16,900 per year (International)

Excellence Scholarships

Worth £2,500 per year of study over three years when students score a defined number of UCAS tariff points from specified qualifications. Other scholarships, bursaries, and financial support packages are available.