International Business with Professional Placement Year BSc (Hons)

**Reasons to choose Kingston**<br/>- In just three years, you’ll graduate with both a degree and the business experience that employers are looking for.<br/><br/><br/>- If you choose the four-year pathway you will gain an additional year of practical hands-on business experience working and/or studying in an overseas setting, which will greatly enhance your career prospects.<br/><br/><br/>- This course has been recognised for quality by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD).<br/><br/><br/>- 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.<br/><br/><br/>- 95% of International Business student respondents agreed that staff supported their learning, made the subject engaging, and were good at explaining things (NSS 2024).<br/><br/><br/>- 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 frameworks two new student experience and student outcomes categories. <br/><br/><br/>**About this course**<br/>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.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>**Professional Placement Year**<br/>This course has a professional placement year which takes place between Year 2 and your Final Year. During this 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.<br/><br/>**Future Skills**<br/>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.<br/><br/>As you progress through your degree, youll learn to navigate, explore and apply these graduate skills, learning to demonstrate and articulate to employers how future skills give you the edge.<br/><br/>At Kingston University, were not just keeping up with change, were creating it.<br/><br/>**Career opportunities**<br/>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.