International Business with Professional Placement Year BSc (Hons)

Kingston University

Reasons to choose Kingston

• In just three years, you’ll graduate with both a degree and the business experience that employers are looking for.
• This course has been recognised for quality by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD).
• You’ll be exposed to all aspects of global business and supported to pursue your individual career ambitions. You’ll also build a business network of peers and future colleagues from the UK and around the globe.
• Our commitment to high quality teaching has been recognised with a Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Gold rating. The University has received an overall rating of Gold, as well as securing a Gold award in the framework's two new student experience and student outcomes categories.

About this course

Do you aspire to be a leader and decision-maker in an international business? If so, this course will give you an understanding of business management practices all over the world and prepare you to work in global organisations.

It includes hands-on, practical experience through working on real business problems, consultancy projects with real clients and opportunities for internships. You’ll also have support to set up your own business. A personal development programme will help you discover your career ambitions and prepare you for your next step.

The experiences you’ll gain will help you establish a business network and stand out from the crowd when starting your career. You’ll learn from academic tutors, experienced executives, experts from global and local industries and your fellow classmates.

Sandwich Year

This course has a sandwich year which takes place between Year 2 and your Final Year. During this sandwich year, you will take a placement within a business setting, ensuring you gain essential experience to add to your CV and help you secure a graduate job.

Future Skills

Embedded within every course curriculum and throughout the whole Kingston experience, Future Skills will play a role in shaping you to become a future-proof graduate, providing you with the skills most valued by employers such as problem-solving, digital competency, and adaptability.

As you progress through your degree, you'll learn to navigate, explore and apply these graduate skills, learning to demonstrate and articulate to employers how future skills give you the edge.

At Kingston University, we're not just keeping up with change, we're creating it.

Career opportunities

This degree can lead to a range of careers, particularly in an international environment. Graduates work as account executives, marketing coordinators, operations managers, technology officers or entrepreneurs developing an international business.

Accredited by the EPAS (EFMD Programme Accreditation System).

Accredited by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) for the purpose of exemption from some professional examinations through the Accredited degree accelerated route.

Accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).