Business with International Business Management with Foundation Year BSc (Hons)

**Why study Business with International Business Management with Foundation Year at Liverpool John Moores University?**<br/>- Shortlisted for the Times Higher Education Awards 2024 Business School of the Year<br/><br/><br/>- Prepares students for multiple business roles through the use of business simulation tools and live projects<br/><br/><br/>- Gain technical business skills through practical application of business theory<br/><br/><br/>- Spend a year on work placement if you take the sandwich year option<br/><br/><br/>- Study abroad opportunities in China, the USA and across Europe during your second year of study<br/><br/><br/>- This programme is also available as a Top-Up Level 6 entry degree<br/><br/><br/>**About your course**<br/>The BSc (Hons) Business with International Business Management with Foundation Year at Liverpool John Moores University is an exciting programme which places global business skills development at the heart of your learning.<br/><br/>This exciting applied business course is designed to offer a diverse and well-rounded education, mixed with the opportunity to undertake a years work placement to prepare you for the national or international graduate job market.<br/><br/>The carefully designed suite of tried-and-tested modules will enable you to become competent in managing people, money, markets and products, and you will develop your analytical, planning and information management skills within a business context, so that by the time you graduate you will be fully prepared to tackle the challenges of the real business world.<br/><br/>This programme is part of the Business with suite, which allows students to transfer to a different specialism, such Finance, Media Communications or Digital Marketing, at the end of their first year of study.<br/><br/>Another advantage of this degree is the optional sandwich year in which you spend 48 weeks on a paid work placement in the UK or overseas. This will enable you to put into practice many of the concepts and techniques developed in years one and two as well as developing your personal skills and enhancing your CV.<br/><br/>Students who complete the placement year in the Schools more established degrees tend to experience a significant improvement in their academic performance and many go on to gain first class honours degrees, often returning to work for their placement company after graduation.<br/><br/>Liverpool Business School has partnerships with business schools at universities and colleges across Europe, in the USA and in China. Students on this programme are able to spend a semester in their second year at a partner university abroad as part of their studies. Students can also choose to spend an additional year of study at one of our partner universities between the second and third years. All study abroad opportunities are in English. There are also many supported opportunities for activities at partner universities during summer vacations and Liverpool Business School provides places on language skills courses.<br/><br/>**Live Consultancy Project**<br/><br/>Through LJMUs Liverpool Business Clinic, students have a unique opportunity to work on real client briefs with local organisations putting academic theory into real world practice. This live consultancy projects is an optional module to a traditional final-year dissertation. <br/><br/>**Foundation Year** <br/><br/>The Foundation Year is ideal if you have the interest and ability to study for a degree, but do not have the qualifications to enter directly onto the Business with International Business Management honours degree programme yet. Once you pass the Foundation Year (level 3) you will progress directly onto the first year (level 4) of the honours degree. If you are a full-time UK student, you will qualify for student financial support for the full duration of your course (subject to eligibility criteria).