What’s International Business about?

International Business (IB) is concerned with firms that do not limit their operations to a single nation. It asks why these firms exist, how they succeed in the complex and changeable international environment, and what their activities mean for the countries in which they do business.

IB courses taught by the Department of Management and International Business examine the global business environment; the challenges of managing international companies, large and small; the fundamentals of strategic management; cross-cultural management; globalisation; Asia, Europe, and the Americas; the regulation of international business, and more.

The Department draws on the expertise of other departments in the University, including geography, economics, marketing, European and Asian Languages, history, accounting and finance, and political studies, in order to ensure its teaching remains topical and informed.

Where do I want to go?

All areas of management in internationally active organisations and institutions with whom they cooperate, such as:

• Exporters
• Global consumer or industrial goods manufacturers
• Financial service providers
• Travel and tourism operators
• Trade promotion agencies
• Development agencies

How do I get there?

BCom - The Bachelor of Commerce degree enables you to develop your own interest in business and related subjects. The flexibility offered by its structure enables you to plan either a highly specialised programme or a more broadly based one.

Double majors, conjoints and complementary subjects

The BCom offers International Business as a single major or as a double major alongside one of the other majors offered within the BCom.

A student can study a conjoint degree which gives the option to combine specialisations across two faculties.

Some complementary subjects are economics, marketing, international trade, management, geography, languages.