International Business BSc

Program Overview

The University of Leeds' triple-accredited International Business BSc equips students with a comprehensive understanding of managing businesses across borders. The program features flexible pathways, immersive study abroad and industry experience opportunities, and a rigorous curriculum that prepares graduates for careers in diverse international business roles.

Program Outline

International Business BSc - University of Leeds

Degree Overview:

This industry-accredited International Business BSc is offered by the Leeds University Business School, a world-renowned institution. The program provides a comprehensive understanding of the core theories, practices, and techniques of managing international business. It equips students with the knowledge, analytical, and interpersonal skills necessary to manage complex organizations across national borders, particularly in areas like international trade, foreign direct investment, licensing, franchising, and international supply chain management. The program offers flexibility with optional pathways from year 2, allowing students to tailor their studies to their specific interests or professional aspirations. These pathways provide modules focused on specific areas and can be followed through to the final year. This personalization allows students to meet their career goals and stand out in the competitive job market.

Key Highlights:

• Optional Year in Industry: Gain valuable practical experience through an optional year in industry.
• Study Abroad: Immerse yourself in a new culture by spending a year studying at one of the University's partner universities worldwide.
• Research and Analytical Skills: Develop essential research and analytical skills, applying them in a year-long final year project on an international business topic of choice.
• Interactive Learning: Participate in the interactive International Strategic Management module, putting learning into practice and making strategic decisions through live business simulations.
• Personal Development Support: Receive guidance from an Academic Personal Tutor and the Business School's Employability and Opportunity team, who provide support in exploring professional networking opportunities and gaining work experience.

Accreditation:

• Triple accreditation from AACSB, AMBA, and EQUIS.
• Accredited by the Institute of Export and International Trade, allowing students to acquire an exporting qualification after graduation, enhancing job prospects.

Outline:

The program follows a modular structure, offering compulsory modules that provide core knowledge and skills, alongside optional, pathway, and discovery modules.

Year 1:

• Compulsory Modules:
• Academic and Professional Development for Studies in International Business (20 credits)
• Principles of International Business (20 credits)
• Global Entrepreneurship (10 credits)
• Organisational Behaviour (20 credits)
• Economics for Management (20 credits)
• Optional Modules:
• Economic Institutions: Labour (10 credits)
• Understanding Statistics in the Social Sciences (10 credits)
• Economic Perspectives and Controversies (20 credits)
• Introduction to Sports Analytics (10 credits)
• Business and Society: Combined (20 credits)
• Introduction to Effective Decision Making (10 credits)
• Starting your own Business (10 credits)
• Mathematics and Statistics for Economics and Business 1A (10 credits)
• Mathematics and Statistics for Economics and Business 1B (10 credits)

Year 2:

• Compulsory Modules:
• Cross-Cultural Management (20 credits)
• Research Methods in International Business (20 credits)
• Managing International Business (20 credits)
• Optional Modules:
• From Study to Work (10 credits)
• Small Business Internationalisation and Growth (10 credits)
• Advanced Management Decision Making (10 credits)
• How Managers Make Decisions (10 credits)
• Business and the Legal Environment (20 credits)
• Contemporary Topics in International Business (10 credits)
• Organisational Behaviour in Practice (10 credits)
• Experiencing the World of Work (10 credits)
• Pathway Modules:
• Analytics Pathway:
• Visualising and Analysing Data Effectively (10 credits)
• Understanding Data in the Social Sciences (10 credits)
• Consulting Pathway:
• Evidence Based Consultancy (10 credits)
• Economics Pathway:
• Industrial Economics (10 credits)
• Business Economics (10 credits)
• Intermediate Microeconomics (10 credits)
• Intermediate Macroeconomics (10 credits)
• The International Economic Environment (10 credits)
• Enterprise and Innovation Pathway:
• Entrepreneurship in Theory and Practice (10 credits)
• New Enterprise Planning (20 credits)
• Managing Innovation in Business (10 credits)
• Leading and Managing Small Businesses (10 credits)
• Marketing Pathway:
• Marketing (20 credits)
• Ethics and Sustainability Pathway:
• Corporate Social Responsibility (10 credits)
• Leadership Ethics (10 credits)

Final Year:

• Compulsory Modules:
• Transnational Corporations in the World Economy (10 credits)
• International Business Dissertation (40 credits)
• International Strategic Management (20 credits)
• Optional Modules:
• Managing Social Media and Digital Work (20 credits)
• Global Perspectives on Work and Employment (20 credits)
• European Business (10 credits)
• Managing Global Value Chains (10 credits)
• Freight Transport, Logistics and the Environment (10 credits)
• Pathway Modules:
• Analytics Pathway:
• Data Analytics for Business (20 credits)
• People Analytics: Strategy and Practice (20 credits)
• Consulting Pathway:
• Contemporary Management Consulting (20 credits)
• Enterprise Consultancy (20 credits)
• Economics Pathway:
• Environmental Economics (10 credits)
• Economics of Business and Corporate Strategy (20 credits)
• Enterprise and Innovation Pathway:
• Critical Perspective in Enterprise and Entrepreneurship (20 credits)
• Innovation Thinking & Practice (10 credits)
• Marketing Pathway:
• International Marketing (10 credits)
• Marketing Strategy (20 credits)
• Ethics and Sustainability Pathway:
• Business Ethics (20 credits)
• Gender and Equality at Work in Comparative Perspective (20 credits)
• Diversity Management (20 credits)

Assessment:

The program utilizes a variety of assessment methods to develop transferable skills for professional life. These methods include:

• Coursework
• Exams
• Oral presentations
• Group reports
• Dissertations

Teaching:

• Methods: Lectures, tutorials, seminars, workshops, and independent learning.
• Faculty: Expert academics, including lecturers, professors, industry professionals with years of experience, and trained postgraduate researchers.

Careers:

The International Business degree provides an excellent route into employment. Leeds University Business School is highly targeted by graduate recruiters, making its graduates highly sought-after.

• Potential Career Paths:
• Government departments
• Consultancy firms
• Small and medium-sized enterprises
• Large multinational enterprises
• Focus Areas:
• Export management
• Supply chain management
• Strategic analysis
• Business development
• Business and foreign market analysis
• Marketing management positions

Careers Support:

• Employability and Opportunity Team: Provides one-to-one support, workshops, and events from graduate employers, helping students develop professional skills and experience.
• Nurturing Talent Mentor Scheme: Connects students with industry professionals for one-to-one mentoring over an academic year.

Other:

• Specialist Facilities: Access to state-of-the-art lecture theatres, collaborative learning and teaching spaces with interactive technology, and modern study spaces with dedicated computer clusters.
• Work Placement: Option to spend a year in industry working within an organization in the public, private, or voluntary sector, in the UK or overseas.
• Rankings and Awards: Ranked 11th in the UK for Business and Management studies by the Complete University Guide, 2024.

UK: To be confirmed International: To be confirmed Tuition fees for UK undergraduate students starting in 2024/25 Tuition fees for UK full-time undergraduate students are set by the UK Government and will be £9,250 for students starting in 2024/25. The fee may increase in future years of your course in line with inflation only, as a consequence of future changes in Government legislation and as permitted by law. Tuition fees for UK undergraduate students starting in 2025/26 Tuition fees for UK full-time undergraduate students starting in 2025/26 have not yet been confirmed by the UK government. When the fee is available we will update individual course pages. Tuition fees for international undergraduate students starting in 2024/25 and 2025/26 Fees for students starting in 2025/26 will be available from September 2024. Tuition fees for a study abroad or work placement year If you take a study abroad or work placement year, you’ll pay a reduced tuition fee during this period. Read more about paying fees and charges. Optional Institute of Export (IOE) student membership. Scholarships and financial support There is help for students in the form of loans and non-repayable grants from the University and from the government. Find out more in our Undergraduate funding overview. Leeds University Business School awards a generous range of scholarships.