Business with International Business Management

About your course

The BSc (Hons) Business with International Business Management at Liverpool John Moores University is an exciting programme which places global business skills development at the heart of your learning.

This exciting applied business course is designed to offer a diverse and well-rounded -education, mixed with the opportunity to undertake a year's work placement to prepare you for the national or international graduate job market.

The carefully designed suite of tried-and-tested modules will enable you to become competent in managing people, money, markets and products, and you will develop your analytical, planning and information management skills within a business context, so that by the time you graduate you will be fully prepared to tackle the challenges of the real business world.

If you currently hold a HND or Foundation degree and wish to continue studying to achieve a full BSc (Hons) degree, you can apply to join this degree in the final year.

Liverpool Business School has partnerships with business schools at universities and colleges across Europe, in the USA and in China.  Students on this programme are able to spend a semester in their second year at a partner university abroad as part of their studies.  Students can also choose to spend an additional year of study at one of our partner universities between the second and third years.  All study abroad opportunities are in English.  There are also many supported opportunities for activities at partner universities during summer vacations and Liverpool Business School provides places on language skills courses. 

Teaching and work-related learning

Excellent facilities and learning resources

We adopt an active blended learning approach, meaning you will experience a combination of face-to-face and online learning during your time at LJMU. This enables you to experience a rich and diverse learning experience and engage fully with your studies.  Our approach ensures that you can easily access support from your personal tutor, either by meeting them on-campus or via a video call to suit your needs.​

Teaching is delivered via lectures, workshops and seminars to discuss ideas and issues more informally.

Work-related Learning

In level 5, you can decide whether to undertake a paid 48-week work placement in the UK or overseas.

Placements give you experience of what it's like to work in industry as well as giving you a chance to put your learning into practice, develop personal skills and enhance your employability.

Students who complete the placement year often experience an improvement in their academic performance and many go on to gain first class honours degrees, often returning to work for their placement company after graduation.

Liverpool Business School's Employability Support Unit will  help you find suitable vacancies and support you during the application process and whilst on placement.

Students from Liverpool Business School have completed placements with organisations as diverse as the NHS, Liverpool Football Club, Bentley and Airbus.

Hear what some of our students had to say about their time spent on placement:

Support and guidance

Dedicated personal tutor, plus study skills support

​The Liverpool Business School is a supportive environment in which to study and the 'student-centred approach' of your tutors will ensure that you are given the support and guidance you need.

When you start you studies, you will be assigned a personal tutor. They will set up one-to-one tutorials with you to discuss a piece of coursework or to work with you on your personal development plan.

Assessment

Assessment varies depending on the modules you choose, but will usually include a combination of exams and coursework.

​We understand that students perform differently depending on the type of assessment they are given and so a range of assessment methods are used on the programme. These include written assignments (essays/reports, individual/group), exams (closed book), practical assessments, individual and group presentations, portfolios, reflective logs and a dissertation. There could be up to three assessments per module, for example a presentation, report and exam.

Written feedback is provided within 15 working days of submission, but you can also get face-to-face feedback from your tutor. We believe that constructive feedback is vital in helping you identify your strengths as well as the areas where you may need to develop further.

The School is based in the Redmonds Building, in the heart of the bustling Mount Pleasant Campus and Liverpool's growing Knowledge Quarter. The building is home to high quality lecture theatres and seminar rooms, social spaces, a café and a roof terrace with far reaching views of the cityscape and welsh hills. It is only a short walk from LJMU's Aldham Robarts Library, which contains all the resources you will require for your studies, and is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.