Overview
International Business and Modern Languages is taught at a number of UK universities, and the entry terms are set department by department rather than nationally. It is a three year undergraduate degree, with the specialism widening as you move through the years.
Teaching in Business Studies covers finance, marketing, operations and people management before you pick a specialism, which suits applicants who have not settled on one yet.
Applications open around a year ahead of the intake. Getting the documents together early is what keeps the September date realistic.
Careers opportunities
This is the widest graduate market in the country and also the most competitive, which means the degree opens the door and the internship decides who walks through it. Structured graduate schemes recruit a year ahead, so applications start early in the final stage.
Roles graduates go into
- Graduate management trainee
- Business analyst
- Project coordinator
- Marketing or operations executive
- Consultant
- Account or client manager
Where they work
- Professional services and consultancies
- Banks and financial institutions
- Retail, logistics and manufacturing
- Technology companies
- The public sector and charities
After the course
No licence is required. Professional membership of the CMI, or a specialist qualification in accountancy, marketing or human resources, is what most employers fund in the first two years.