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International Business and Marketing

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Course summary

You’ll study your International Business and Marketing degree at the world-renowned Leeds University Business School.

This course combines the core concepts and practices of international business with a specialisation in marketing. Accredited by both the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) and the Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade, this course will help you stand out in a graduate job market and gain a head start for your career.

You’ll explore important topics including internationalisation, organisational behaviour and the challenges of managing across cultures, while developing the analytical and interpersonal skills needed to manage complex organisations across borders.

This course will also provide a practical understanding of the principles of marketing and marketing strategy, as well as consumer behaviour and international marketing.

Shape your learning

This course allows you to tailor your studies to your specific interests and professional aspirations through pathways of modules in particular areas, which can be followed from year 2 through to your final year. This unique level of personalisation and self-direction offers you the flexibility to meet your career goals whilst helping you stand out from the crowd when you graduate.

The pathways available on this course are:

  • Analytics

  • Consulting

  • Enterprise and Innovation

  • Ethics and Sustainability

Why study at Leeds

  • In your final year, you'll gain essential practice for your career in the interactive International Strategic Management module, where you’ll put your learning into practice and make strategic decisions while taking part in live business simulations.

  • Develop important research and analytical skills and apply these in your final year to a year-long project on an international business topic of your choice.

  • Receive exemptions on CIM professional qualifications upon graduation, thanks to our CIM accreditation, giving you a head start for a career in marketing.

  • Benefit from research taking place at the world’s leading research centre for international business, the Centre for International Business at the University of Leeds (CIBUL). Here, we unite leading global experts and work alongside major private companies and public sector bodies.

  • Benefit from the support of your Academic Personal Tutor, who will work in partnership with you to maximise your personal and professional development.

  • Access to support from the Business School’s Employability and Opportunity team, who'll help you explore opportunities to develop your professional network and gain work experience.

  • Develop your experience and boost your career prospects with our industrial placement opportunities or study abroad programmes at one of our many partner universities across the world.

Ways to study this course

Campuses

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Study options

  • Bachelor of Science (with Honours) • Full-Time • 3 Years
  • Bachelor of Science (with Honours) • Full-Time • Placement (mandatory) • 4 Years
  • Bachelor of Science (with Honours) • Full-Time • Time abroad (mandatory) • 4 Years

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Application codes

Institution code:
L23

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Application codes

Institution code:
L23

This course may be available at alternative locations, please check if other course options are available.

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Entry requirements

Typical qualification requirements

A level AAA

T Level

Applicants declaring a T Level are assessed on a case-by-case basis upon receipt of the application. We can only consider these subjects; Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Management and Administration, Digital Data Analytics, Digital Software Development, or Digital Support and Security.

An overall Distinction with grade A in the Core Component must be achieved.

Applicants are also expected to have met the GCSE Mathematics and English Language minimum requirements for their chosen degree programme.

UCAS Tariff Not accepted

Scottish Higher

Scottish Highers and Scottish Advanced Highers are acceptable for entry onto our degree programmes in the following combinations: six Highers at AAAAAA or one Advanced Higher at A with five Highers at AAABB, or two Advanced Highers at AA with five Highers AABBB. We will also accept three Advanced Highers at AAA.

National 5 Mathematics and English are acceptable in lieu of GCSE requirements on a grade for grade basis.

Access to HE Diploma

The Access to Higher Education Diploma is assessed on a case-by-case basis upon receipt of the application. We can consider this qualification from UK applicants only, who must complete a Business-related diploma of 60 credits to include 45 credits at Level 3. A minimum of 30 Level 3 credits must be awarded at Distinction and 15 at Merit.

Applicants are expected to meet the GCSE Mathematics and English Language minimum requirements for their chosen degree programme.

Scottish Advanced Higher

Scottish Highers and Scottish Advanced Highers are acceptable for entry onto our degree programmes in the following combinations: six Highers at AAAAAA or one Advanced Higher at A with five Highers at AAABB, or two Advanced Highers at AA with five Highers AABBB. We will also accept three Advanced Highers at AAA.

National 5 Mathematics and English are acceptable in lieu of GCSE requirements on a grade for grade basis.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme 35

For degrees requiring AAA at A-level: 35 points overall with 17 points from Higher Level subjects. Plus 5 in Standard Level Mathematics courses or 4 in Higher Level Mathematics courses, and 6 in Standard Level English A or Higher Level English B, or 5 in Higher Level English A.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) D*DD

We will accept the RQF BTEC National Extended Diploma in Business with Distinction* Distinction Distinction (an academic A Level is not required). For the QCF BTEC National Extended Diploma in Business, or other BTEC qualifications alongside academic A-levels, please see our BTEC entry requirements.

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017) H2H2H2H2H2H2

Applicants must achieve six H2 grades in the Irish Leaving Certificate (Higher Level).

Mathematics and English Language will be accepted at Ordinary level in lieu of GCSEs. A grade of O3 is required for GCSE B/5 (Mathematics) or GCSE B/6 (English).

Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015) A

The WJEC Level 3 Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales is acceptable in place of an A level. Applicants must achieve a grade A alongside AA at A level (excluding Extended Project (EPQ), General Studies and Critical Thinking).

Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal

D3, D3, M2 or D2, M1, M1.

Please note that this requirement excludes the Cambridge Pre-U Certificate in Global Perspectives and Independent Research. We also consider applicants who offer a combination of Pre-U and A-Level qualifications. Please contact lubsugadmissions@leeds.ac.uk for further advice.

GCSE: five GCSEs at grade C/4 or higher, including Mathematics grade B/5 and English Language grade B/6 or equivalent, or an appropriate English language qualification. If you have a B/6 in GCSE English Literature we will accept a Grade B/5 or C/4 in GCSE English Language.

Entry requirements for students joining after year 1: Only applicants applying from NCUK are eligible for entry into year 2 under our formal articulation route. https://business.leeds.ac.uk/undergraduate/doc/entry-requirements

English language requirements

Contextual admissions

Universities and colleges consider more than grades when assessing applications and may make offers based on a range of criteria. Learn more about contextual offers.

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Historical entry grades data

This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).

It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.

Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.

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Tuition fees

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Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.

Additional fee information

For further information please see http://www.leeds.ac.uk/undergraduatefees

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