Program Overview

Do you want to be a global leader in business? Joining this degree programme is your first step to launch your career in a fast-changing worldwide economy. You'll get hands-on experience with real businesses, to give you the relevant entrepreneurial and life skills necessary for an international business career.

Why choose this course

• On our International Business Management degree, you’ll be part of a supportive, international, and friendly community as you gain in-depth business knowledge and an understanding of the core theories, practices and techniques of managing global businesses.
• Our academics are innovative in delivering engaging learning sessions that bring together theory and practice, supported by real-life global case studies for your intellectual and professional development.
• You’ll have excellent opportunities to experience international business in action, through our exchange programme, as well as the chance to do a placement or study abroad on your placement year.
• We encourage our students to be entrepreneurial, providing opportunities to engage with real business problems and deliver creative and practical solutions to managerial challenges.
• Our course is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).

What you will study

• We provide a comprehensive business management education with an international perspective – ideal if you have international aspirations.
• You will explore how organisations thrive in global markets.
• On this course, you'll examine the dynamics of managing people, strategy, trade, finances, operations, and marketing in a global context.
• As an International Business Management BSc student, you'll evaluate real life business challenges and propose solutions.
• We'll enhance your skills and credentials so you're ready for a career in international business.

International business management placements
At Surrey Business School, we encourage our students to be entrepreneurial and innovative, providing opportunities to engage with real business problems both in our course and through our renowned Professional Training placements.

Our close links with national and international businesses of all sizes and across all sectors are reflected in the companies with which our students have been placed, including:

• Airbus
• Bank of England
• Discovery Networks International
• IBM
• MCI Group (Brussels)
• PricewaterhouseCoopers
• The Walt Disney Company.

In your second year, you’ll also be provided with excellent opportunities to experience international business within another culture through our exchange programme. You can also choose to do a placement and study abroad in our international year for the 3+1 pathway.