International Business Management with Placement

Discover a world of opportunity with our international business management degree, featuring study abroad or international work placement options which combine academic excellence with global exposure and real-world experience.

During your studies, you'll gain enhanced cultural competence, language skills, international networking opportunities, and adaptability, while broadening your horizons. The programme also fosters personal growth and enhances employability, empowering you with a global outlook to enhance career opportunities worldwide after graduation.

The course will equip you with the know-how to be an active problem solver, critical thinker, and resilient individual who can work with others, adapt to ever-changing global digital business landscapes, be enterprising, and contribute to sustainable social and economic growth.

You will engage in real-world projects, mentorship opportunities, industry collaborations, and networking - a hands-on approach to applying your skills in practical settings.

Through interactive learning sessions, live briefs, and a variety of practically-focused assessments, you will hone your skills, ensuring you have not just the essential knowledge of business and management in the international arena, but the understanding to apply that knowledge in real-world contexts.

If you’re looking to study our international business management degree but don’t have the relevant qualifications or experience, the business and law foundation year will help you develop the core skills and knowledge to progress. Find out more about the business and law foundation year.

This course also offers the option of a placement year. A placement year allows you to put what you've learned in your first and second years into practice in the workplace, gaining valuable real-world work experience before you graduate. Our course and placements teams will help you find the perfect industry placement in your chosen field.

Who is this course for?
International business management is ideally suited to students who want to lead, manage and make a difference in the world – taking commercial and social responsibility very seriously. You may not be sure exactly which area of international business will suit you, but all avenues are open to you - social enterprise, charity, government, big local, global business or smaller entrepreneurial firm or start-up.

Whatever your aspiration, international business management at Solent will provide you with the tools and the knowledge to help you find your place in this exciting sector – preparing you for a future that’s bright with international opportunities.

What does this course lead to?
When you graduate from this innovative and engaging course you will have a broad range of transferable skills, allowing you to pursue careers in a number of areas.

Course Modules

YEAR 1 - CORE MODULES
Innovation in Contemporary Management
Data Analysis and Cyber Essentials
Marketing Principles with Financial Tools for Business

YEAR 1 - OPTIONAL MODULES - Please note: Not all optional modules are guaranteed to run each year.
Real-World Skills: Kick Start Your Journey
Developing Professional Practice

YEAR 2 - CORE MODULES
Project and Operations Management
Values Driven Talent Management and Workforce Planning

YEAR 2 - OPTIONAL MODULES - Please note: Not all optional modules are guaranteed to run each year.
Study Abroad
Work Placement

PLACEMENT YEAR

FINAL YEAR - CORE MODULES
Consultancy Project
Strategic Management
Global Supply Chain Management
Navigating Ethics for Organisational Success

FINAL YEAR - OPTIONAL MODULES - Please note: Not all optional modules are guaranteed to run each year.
Real World Skills in Action: Mastery Unleashed

You may be assessed by a combination of:
Business simulations
Research reports
Group presentations
Individual presentations
Blogs
Coursework
Solent’s curriculum framework builds on our unique, creative and applied approach to teaching. The transformation of students’ lives is at the heart of our mission as a university, and our curriculum – informed by the latest theory – reflects this shared educational vision.

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

• Chartered Management Institute