International Business and Management with Placement Year Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)

Develop the skills to succeed in a fast-moving global economy – and gain valuable real-world experience – with our BSc International Business and Management with Placement Year degree.

This flexible, four-year course, taught by experts from Henley Business School, provides you with a thorough understanding of the theory and practice of business management in an international context. An integrated Placement Year provides a fantastic opportunity to put your skills into practice in preparation for your future career.

You’ll explore different areas of international business, including:

* firms in the global economy

* international corporate strategy

* comparative international management

* cross-cultural marketing

* international human resource management.

You’ll also study the core disciplines that underpin business – including economics, psychology and sociology – and examine concepts such as:

* organisational behaviour

* operations

* entrepreneurship

* data analytics

* accounting.

You’ll learn through a combination of lectures, seminars, practical workshops, and self-guided study. This will provide the opportunity to discuss subject materials in an in-depth way with your lecturers and fellow students.

Throughout your studies, you will:

* explore the interdisciplinary nature of business

* apply the skills and knowledge you learn to current business problems

* study the emerging challenges facing global markets.

Choose BSc International Business and Management with Placement Year at Henley Business School

* We are among an elite group of business schools that hold triple-accredited status from the UK, European and US accrediting bodies (AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB).

* 1st in the UK for Business studies (*Daily Mail* University Guide, 2026).

* 1st in the UK for Career on track, and 2nd for high-skilled jobs in Business Studies (*Daily Mail University Guide, 2026).*

* 14th in the UK for ‘Career after 15 months’ in Business and Management in the *Guardian* University Guide, 2026.

* 91% of our students said teaching staff are good at explaining things (National Student Survey 2025, 90.7% of responders from Business and Management courses).

* 92% of Business and Management students are in work and/or further study 15 months after the end of their course (based on our analysis of HESA data © HESA 2025, Graduate Outcomes Survey 2022/23; includes UK domiciled, full-time, first-degree Business and Management respondents). 

For more information, please visit the course page: https://www.reading.ac.uk/ready-to-study/study/subject-area/business-and-management-accounting-and-finance-ug/bsc-international-business-and-management-with-placement-year