Course summary

Become a dynamic management professional who specialises in international business, topping up your existing credits and qualifications while preparing to operate in diverse global settings.

Normally 120 credits at Level 4 and 120 credits at Level 5 (i.e. a total of 240 credits) from any business, international business or other relevant qualifications. Students will have normally studied a qualification with relevant content at Level 4 and Level 5. Students whose first language is not English will need to demonstrate the entry requirements of the course to which they apply as well as meet the English competence requirements of an overall IELTS score of 6.0 (with a minimum of 5.5 in each of the four skills); or equivalent.

Future careers

International business graduates can perform a wide variety of roles, including:

• Business and market development
• Market research
• Business analysis
• Marketing communications and advertising
• Purchasing, logistics/distribution and supply chain management
• Export coordination
• Consultancy
• Account, brand, product and project management

Previous international business graduates have gone on to work for:

• Allianz
• Bloomberg
• Centrica
• Cisco
• Cooperative Bank
• Experian
• Fujitsu
• GlaxoSmithKline
• GE Money
• IBM UK
• Janssen Pharmaceuticals
• National Grid
• Norwich Union
• Pirelli
• Rolls-Royce
• Royal Bank of Scotland
• SAP
• SSE
• Telefónica UK (O2)
• Tesco

Apply for an undergraduate degree course

How to apply for a foundation, top-up or bachelors degree

For undergraduate degrees, UK applicants need to apply through UCAS, the University and College Admissions Service.

Undergraduate degrees include:

• Foundation degrees (FdA, FdEng, FdSc)
• Top-up degrees (BA, BSc, BENG, LLB)
• Bachelors degrees (BA, BSc, BENG, LLB)

Applications open in September for courses starting in October the following year.

International applicants

If you are from outside the UK, you can apply direct or through UCAS. To apply direct, please use the online application form.

Getting started with UCAS

The first step is to register in the UCAS Hub and start a new application. You can save your application as you go, so you can complete a little bit at a time if you want to.

We recommend reading UCAS's guide to filling in the application form.

Your statement and references

As part of your UCAS application, you'll need to write a personal statement. You might also need to give names and contact details for people who can give you a reference.

If you're not sure where to start, try our guides to writing a good statement and choosing the right referees.

Assessing your application

Our admissions tutors will:

• check the subjects you're studying
• check your grades
• read your personal statement
• read the references we've received.

Depending on your course and application, we might also:

• invite you an interview
• invite you to submit a portfolio.

If you are invited to one of these, we'll send you everything you need to know. But if you'd like to know more now, you can read our guides to preparing for an interview and preparing a portfolio.

Application decision

After assessing your application, we will contact you with a decision. We usually start to make offers from November through to March, depending on when you applied.