Bachelors in MBA - International Business in UK

Deepen your knowledge of the international business environment and your understanding of how organisations operate in both multicultural and world contexts. Discover how and why businesses innovate and why enterprise is critical in the global market. Prepare for a career in the world of international business.

You will choose modules to suit your interests, subjects include international supply chains, international trade and finance and for non-native speakers, business communications. You’ll also benefit from tutors who not only provide excellent teaching but also great pastoral care. This course can be studied over one or two years. This course is available with a January or September start.

Our International Management course provides a comprehensive and exciting approach to learning about international business. This course is an exciting blend of international business studies and global affairs and will teach you how businesses and economies operate across the world. This course offers a range of topics for you to explore, including international business, emerging markets, modern languages, economics, and many more. You will also take a placement year or study abroad in your third year, allowing you to gain valuable international experience and enhance your career prospects.

Studying International Management (BSc) encourages a wide range of relevant, highly transferable and sought-after skills.

These help to prepare you for the challenges you will face after university; everything from a career in a multinational corporation to starting and running your own business.

Managing in an international context, across different borders and cultures, presents its own unique challenges for managers. To help you manage these issues, Keele’s International Business Management BA explores the current concepts, debates and challenges in contemporary, sustainable, global management, and provides you with the theories and capabilities to pursue a successful career working in international business.

Our International Business (IB) degree will give you the opportunity to understand the international business environment.

It offers you a life-changing experience where you’ll study abroad for at least one semester at an international partner institution.

It will prepare you for the world of international business while allowing you to specialise in a chosen area.

This experience will really boost your career prospects; not only will you have an understanding of international business from another country’s perspective but it will give you the chance to become fluent in the language.

The study of international business is more important than ever. Technological, political and economic developments mean that daily business transactions can be conducted on a global scale, and international managers have added advantages in the employment market.

Birkbeck's BSc International Business with Foundation Year brings you up to date with the rapidly changing environments in which multinational enterprises operate and in which local businesses achieve international reach. 

Designed to meet the buoyant demand for more international business graduates, this degree provides a solid foundation for a career in a multinational company or in a company engaged in international business. You will deepen your knowledge of a broad range of management issues in key areas, including:

• international strategic management
• marketing
• finance and operations management
• human resource management
• accounting
  • managerial economics. 

This degree covers the main principles of doing business in different countries. It will allow you to build a sound appreciation of the different approaches to doing business in different countries and continents, while developing your commercial knowledge of the global business environment. 

All businesses are now exposed to both opportunities and challenges that are presented by a rapidly changing global economy. The BA (Hons) International Business Management degree covers all aspects of this changing business environment and allows you to explore the impact of globalisation for business, from both a theoretical and an applied perspective. 

Contemporary business case studies enable you to see how various types of businesses operate and succeed in international markets. Assessments focus on the application of the skills and knowledge you've gained to real life business situations. Given the increasing global nature of business, this degree is topical, contemporary and will strengthen employment prospects in any chosen career, whether this is UK based or in another country.

You will enrol on the three year course which will give you the flexibility when you start your studies to choose a year on placement or to study abroad, so you would complete your degree over four years if you chose this option.

This programme combines a four-year degree in International Business with a bespoke foundation year, providing a smooth pathway for you as an international or EU student whose prior education or English language proficiency does not enable you to apply directly for a four-year degree.

The programme will equip you with the skills you need to anyalyse complex business issues, make judgements and operate flexibly and effectively in business organisations. In the third year of your degree, you will spend a year abroad at one of our international partner universities, where you'll benefit from the exposure to different cultural settings and gain international experience.

During your studies, you'll examine the key strategic issues and challenges that organisations face today in their effort to compete in a globalised world. You’ll understand the complexity of business, taking into account the institutional and social context within which business is executed. You’ll also be capable of opposite judgments on business concerns and learn to apply the concepts of business to particular cases and make reasoned and substantiated judgments.

The programme will include aspects of international competitive strategies, globalisation, regional studies, quantitative methods, economics, open innovation and sharing economies, information and communication technologies, data analytics, global platforms, global supply chains, cross-cultural management, global sustainability and global marketing.

This four-year degree focuses on developing both your business and language skills, so you graduate ready for a fast-paced career in a global and complex business environment.

You'll gain core business skills, in human resource management, finance and strategy. Language proficiency is integral to this degree and you can choose from Chinese, French, German or Spanish.

During the third year of your degree, you'll be studying or working abroad, giving you the opportunity to improve your language skills, while also experiencing another culture. 

You'll leave University as a proficient linguist, equipped with the skills, knowledge and experience needed for a management career in international, multinational, or global organisations.

Now more than ever businesses are becoming better connected and operating internationally. With international economies booming there is a world of opportunities for business graduates with an international perspective. Whether you dream of working abroad or have ambitions to work across international boundaries and cultures, this brand new degree will give you the competitive edge and the expertise to succeed at an international level.

n a global environment that’s more technologically, politically and socially connected than ever before, business professionals need to understand the global design and organization of business work.

This specialist degree will prepare you for a thriving business career that crosses international boundaries. You’ll develop your understanding of international business and marketing theories and how these apply to the operations of global companies.

You can shape your studies to suit your career aspirations by taking on optional modules in accounting, finance, human resources, marketing, politics, sales, tourism or trade. There are also opportunities to examine differing cultural values and learn a foreign language, which can open doors to fantastic careers overseas.

(This course is being reapproved under the University’s normal cycle of review. As such, the course structure and content may be changed to enable us to deliver a better quality of educational experience to students.)

Studied on campus this course is aimed at international students who have already completed either one or two years of their undergraduate studies. This direct entry course will enable you to complete the final years of your undergraduate degree with Coventry Business School.

Our BA combines rigorous academic study with practical skills. The course is unique in structure: most courses with a year abroad last four years - we deliver ours in three.

We've carefully chosen our partner universities so that the quality of education you receive on the year abroad is the same high quality that you get at Sheffield and, crucially, counts towards your final degree classification.

Year one modules give you a comprehensive understanding of core business, including behaviour at work, quantitative methods, marketing, strategic management, business ethics and economics. Your study includes skills-based modules that cover essential accounting and decision-making techniques.

We live in an increasingly globalised world: one in which trade, politics and collaboration takes place across international borders. Studying International Relations at Lancaster will develop your ability to think in global terms – and to understand the nature of the political, economic and environmental challenges that confront us in the twenty-first century.

At Lancaster, a research-led environment will underpin your learning, giving you the chance to explore the complex interactions between key states and non-state actors with experts who are specialists in different regions of the world. We offer an exciting atmosphere to think critically about how conflict and cooperation is influenced by issues of power, law, diplomacy, religion and economics.

We will provide you with a comprehensive business management education with an international perspective – ideal if you have international aspirations.

Our course is accredited by the Institute of Export and International Trade and Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. You’ll gain in-depth business knowledge and an understanding of the core theories, practises and techniques of managing international business.

You’ll get an overview of important topics in international business, including emerging markets, globalisation, the role of trust, and comparing markets and business environments in different countries. On our course, you’ll also explore how ‘local’ companies compete against global players.

As well as professional management practice, you’ll be brought face-to-face with the challenges of managing people, finances, operations and customers.

Explore innovative approaches to international management and develop a global understanding of business and society. On this degree you study the core processes of management and discover how they shape international organisations. 

You’ll mainly learn about the world’s key business regions including the European Union, North America, East and South East Asia and East and Central Europe. You have the opportunity to apply for a year in industry where you can put your knowledge into practice. At the University of Sussex Business School we have a wide range of well-established partnerships with global businesses.

You investigate trends in international business and global strategy and examine marketing and human resource management from an international perspective. There are a wide range of options including entrepreneurship and financial management. For your final year project you investigate a specialist area of international business. You’ll engage with dedicated professionals, and be challenged with new perspectives, ideas and approaches.

Gain international business skills by living and studying abroad for a year as part of your degree. You’ll have first choice from our wide range of university partners, from Europe to Australia, Canada, Japan, China, South Korea, Thailand and the USA. If you want, you can divide your year abroad and experience 2 new cultures and countries.

Don’t worry if you’re not sure which area of business and management you want to work in, as you’ll explore a broad range of business specialisms on this course. These include marketing, accounting, operations and leadership. Your module options include subjects such as international finance, tourism and cross-cultural awareness. During your year abroad you’ll be able to extend your understanding of global business by taking modules that explore business from a non-UK viewpoint.

No matter which sector you eventually work in, business is now global. This course will maximise your employability. You’ll graduate with both a broad understanding of modern business and the confidence and ability to work internationally. 

Every future business leader needs a good understanding of global business issues and dynamics. Our BSc (Hons) in International Business Management will provide you with the theory and practice to make management decisions in rapidly changing environments.  This fascinating International Business Management course provides specialist business and management education that is deeply international in focus. You’ll gain skills and knowledge across a range of business functions, all with a global orientation, to develop an understanding of real-world business decisions and actions that transcend borders. 

You’ll also have the chance to study or work for a year in a different country. Your one-year studying abroad or work placement could see you living in Asia, the USA, Australia or Europe – a life-changing experience that builds both self-confidence and cultural awareness. It’s a winning combination that will set you apart from others when embarking on your future career. 

This accelerated degree, MA (Hons) International Business Management, puts specialist business theory through a real-world filter. It develops the knowledge and interpersonal skills you will need to thrive in the positions, organisations and industries of the future. Our respected faculty use their industry experience and research-led knowledge to bring courses to life with a dynamic mix of lectures, tutorials, interactive workshops and case study-informed learning.