About This Course
Technology has made the world more connected and with it opened a global market where businesses can trade internationally. Companies need graduates who understand the global landscape and how businesses operate on the world stage. Our BSc in International Business Management gives you a greater understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing businesses who want to trade and/or operate overseas.
We’ll help you gain specialist knowledge in building and maintaining relationships with international stakeholders and look at the political, cultural and economic challenges you may face when trading globally. Our diverse student body means you’ll be studying alongside students of different nationalities right here in Bangor, who bring along international perspectives and viewpoints.
Preparing you for the ever-evolving world of global business, our International Business Management degree is designed to offer a diverse and well-rounded curriculum. Covering core topics such as the principles of management, enterprise and contemporary management issues, this course is designed to give you the skills to become a confident leader. You can also study topics such as marketing, business analytics and employee-life cycles to help broaden your business knowledge.
Students can take advantage of our ‘With Work Placement’ option, which offer the opportunity to undertake a year's work placement helping to prepare you for the graduate job market here in the UK and beyond.
Why choose Bangor University for this course?
- Our BSc (Hons) International Business Management prepares you to become a strategic problem-solver who can adapt to global business challenges. It provides broad and specialist understanding of business across the globe.
- Combination of research and practitioner-led teaching. Highly qualified and experienced, some staff have significant global industrial experience, others actively researchers in business and management.
- Our team come from all over the world bringing with them a depth of knowledge about businesses on a global platform, some have expertise in strategic management, corporate communication and human resource management.
- Boost employability with opportunities for internships, placements, field trips and take part in national competitions like The Pitch and Universities Business Challenge (UBC) Worldwide.
- You can learn a language alongside your degree at no extra cost – we offer free classes for students in French, German, Italian, Spanish and Chinese (Mandarin).
Entry Requirements
GCSE Maths at grade C/4 required if not demonstrated by the Level 3 qualification.
Offers are tariff based, 104 - 136 tariff points from a Level 3 qualification* e.g.:
- A Levels: General Studies and Key Skills not normally accepted
- BTEC National Extended Diploma: DMM - DDD
- Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma: DMM - DDD
- International Baccalaureate Diploma: accepted
- Access: pass required
- Welsh Baccalaureate: We will accept this qualification in conjunction with other level 3 qualifications
- T Levels: T Levels in a relevant subject considered on a case-by-case basis
- Extended Project Qualification: Points can include a relevant Extended Project (EPQ) but must include a minimum 2 full A-levels, or equivalent.
We are happy to accept combinations of the qualifications listed above, as well as alternative Level 3 qualifications such as City & Guilds, Access and Cambridge Technical Diplomas.
We also welcome applications from mature learners.
International Candidates: International Candidates: school leaving qualifications that are equivalent to A levels/Level 3 and/or college diplomas are accepted from countries worldwide (subject to minimum English Language requirements). More information can be found on our International pages.
*For a full list of accepted Level 3 qualifications, go to www.ucas.com.
GCSE Maths at grade C/4 required if not demonstrated by the Level 3 qualification.
Offers are tariff based, 104 - 136 tariff points from a Level 3 qualification* e.g.:
- A Levels: General Studies and Key Skills not normally accepted
- BTEC National Extended Diploma: DMM - DDD
- Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma: DMM - DDD
- International Baccalaureate Diploma: accepted
- Access: pass required
- Welsh Baccalaureate: We will accept this qualification in conjunction with other level 3 qualifications
- T Levels: T Levels in a relevant subject considered on a case-by-case basis
- Extended Project Qualification: Points can include a relevant Extended Project (EPQ) but must include a minimum 2 full A-levels, or equivalent.
We are happy to accept combinations of the qualifications listed above, as well as alternative Level 3 qualifications such as City & Guilds, Access and Cambridge Technical Diplomas.
We also welcome applications from mature learners.
International Candidates: International Candidates: school leaving qualifications that are equivalent to A levels/Level 3 and/or college diplomas are accepted from countries worldwide (subject to minimum English Language requirements). More information can be found on our International pages.
*For a full list of accepted Level 3 qualifications, go to www.ucas.com.
General University Requirements
To study for a degree, you’ll be asked for a minimum of UCAS Tariff points. For a fuller explanation of the UCAS Tariff Points, please see www.ucas.com.
We accept students with a wide range of qualifications and backgrounds and consider each application individually.
All students need to have good basic skills and the University also values IT and communication skills.
As part of the University’s policy, we consider applications from prospective disabled students on the same grounds as all other students.
We also consider applications from mature students who can demonstrate the motivation and commitment to study a university programme. Each year we enrol a significant number of mature students. For more information about studying as a mature student, see our Studying at Bangor section of the website.
EU and International Students' Entry Requirements
For detailed guidance on the entry requirements for EU and International Students, including the minimum English Language entry requirement, please visit the Entry Requirements by Country pages. International applicants can also visit the International Education Centre section of our website for further details.
Bangor University offers International Incorporated Bachelor Degrees for International students whose High School qualification is not equivalent to the UK school leaving qualification. The first year (or Year 0) is studied at Bangor University International College, an embedded College on our University campus and delivered by Oxford International Education Group.
