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Degree: | Bachelor of Science (Honours) (BSc (Hons)) |
Discipline: |
International Business
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Duration: | 36 months |
Study modes: | full-time, part-time |
University website: | International Business |
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This exciting CMI and IOE&IT accredited programme equips students with solid knowledge and transferable skills with applications to employability and international management practice. International Business graduates have excellent employment prospects and pursue a wide range of well-paid careers globally spanning across private, public and not-for-profit sectors.
Our programmes offer world-class business education enabling transformative learning experiences built around the School’s fundamental values of sustainable innovation and responsible management practice. Our students are at the heart of all considerations and through engaging teaching, world-class research, professional partnerships and an international community, we create an exciting atmosphere in which to learn and thrive. Our School is a leading Business School, accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), which places us within the top institutions globally for business degrees, with only 5% of the world’s Business Schools attaining this accreditation.
As a student of Kent Business School (KBS) on this programme, you gain in-depth business knowledge and understanding of the core theories, practises and techniques of managing international business. You learn to critically evaluate and apply important topics in international business, including emerging markets, globalisation, international trade and finance, foreign direct investment, international entrepreneurship, managing global value chains and global strategy.
On our flexible programme, you take a broad range of compulsory modules in your first and second years. You then select from a variety of options in your final year of study, and can even choose to deepen your knowledge on a specific international business aspect thorough a research-led project.
You have excellent opportunities to experience international business in action through hands-on experience via in-class live case studies from our visiting speakers, enterprise challenges and company visits. You also have an opportunity to gain entrepreneurial and life skills that will enable you to accelerate your innovative thinking into practice.
Kent provides a variety of employability opportunities for students during their studies. These range from short-term company internship opportunities to, voluntary work with local charities and University Business Societies. The central Careers and Employability Service also offers an exciting Employability Points Scheme. In addition to this, the Kent Business School specialised team of Employability experts provides support to all our students in personalised 1:1 meetings as well as online support via the Employability blog. Unique to KBS, our Alumni have access to all employability support for three years after their graduation.
You have the option to take this programme with a year of professional experience, in the UK or internationally. You are supported by our dedicated in-house Employability and Placements team to identify, secure and enjoy your placement year.
For more details, see International Business with a Year in Industry.
You do not have to make a decision before you enrol at Kent but certain conditions will apply.
For more information, see Programme Structure and Career sections.
If you would like to enhance your employability skills by widening cross-cultural perspectives, developing a global mind-set or learn another language then you can spend a year studying at one of Kent’s global partner institutions, see International Business with a Year Abroad.
You do not have to make a decision before you enrol at Kent but certain conditions will apply.
For more information, see Programme Structure and Career sections
In addition to your studies, our students can discover how to turn their ideas into a successful business at our ASPIRE centre, which provides practical advice and support to all entrepreneurially-minded students, and runs our Business Start-up Journey initiative.
~ Rianna, BSc International Business Graduate
Kent Business School is dedicated to ensuring a positive experience for all our students, from induction to graduation, and beyond. As a Student Success school, we are committed to championing Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion, and warmly welcome students from all backgrounds.Your experience is central to what we do, so we will listen to you every step of the way, through our robust Student Voice processes and mechanisms.
Alongside a world-class teaching and educational experience, KBS delivers a wide-ranging package of support, designed to ensure that you can maximise your time with us:
Kent Business School is accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). We are committed to excellence by providing world-class, thought-provoking programmes. We champion sustainable innovation through high-quality research and education, impacting business and society and are committed to developing employable, ethical graduates who can make a positive difference.
All of our programmes at Kent Business School address the challenges of modern global business and we aim to meet industry demands of producing quality graduates by ensuring we unlock our students’ potential, expand their thinking and nurture their talent.
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