BSc in Business - International
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
BSc
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
GBP 9,250 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* UK students: £9,250 per year | international: £14,300 for the first year
Key Summary
You’ll be exposed to all aspects of global business and supported to pursue your individual career ambitions.
When you undertake the International Business BSc (Hons) course, you'll build a business network of peers and future colleagues from the UK and around the globe. Plus, if you choose to undertake a placement year, you will gain an additional year of practical hands-on business experience working and/or studying in an overseas setting. This will greatly enhance your career prospects. In just three years, you'll graduate with the degree and business experience employers are looking for.
Why choose this course?
Working across multiple countries is an everyday reality for most businesses. In an increasingly global environment, studying business from an international perspective and understanding the complexities that underpin internationalisation (connectedness, boundaries, regulations and cultures) is a must for business graduates.
This course will give you an understanding of business management practices all over the world and prepare you to work in global organisations. It will provide you with hands-on, practical experience. You’ll work through real business problems and consultancy projects with real clients and get opportunities for internships.
A complementary personal development programme will help you to discover your career ambitions. Your studies will then prepare you for your next career step by providing you with support to set up your own business.
Plus, our suite of five business management programmes, including the Business Management BSc (Hons), is designed for flexibility. After your first year, you have the option to specialise and easily switch between any of the five related courses. Additionally, you can choose to undertake a professional placement year between your second and final year, even if you didn’t originally apply for the course with an integrated placement.
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, from experts from industry and from each other.
We want to ensure anyone with potential and drive has the opportunity to study with us, no matter their background or financial situation. That's why each year, we provide a number of bursaries to help our undergraduate students gain their degree.
- The Kingston bursary
- Bursaries for care leavers
- Bursaries for estranged students
- Bursaries for young adult carers
- Bursaries for Sanctuary Scholars
- Chancerygate Foundation bursary
- Salutem scholarships
- AVSH scholarship
Take a look at some of the content and modules that you may have the opportunity to study on this course.
If you would like to study this business degree at Kingston University but are not yet ready to join the first year of a BSc(Hons) course, you may want to consider studying this course with a foundation year.
The foundation year in business is part of a four-year degree and is taught at Kingston College, close to Kingston University's Penrhyn Road campus. You'll be introduced to professional skills, numerical concepts, business IT, marketing, customer care and business law.
Year 1
Year 1 introduces the foundations of business. You'll cover the environmental influences faced by organisations, and the key concepts of marketing and sales. You'll also explore disruptive technologies and how they can be used to deliver digital enhanced solutions for all areas of business, as well as gaining insights into how organisations and individuals collaborate to achieve organisational excellence.
Core modules
- Global Business Environments
- Data and Technology in Business
- Organisations and People
- Marketing and Sales
Year 2
In Year 2 you'll strengthen your problem-solving and decision-making abilities in the broad context of business functions. You'll explore value creation across all areas of business, with a focus on accounting and financial management, global innovation, and sustainability and responsibility. You’ll also learn about how managerial excellence is achieved in global organisations.
Core modules
- Accounting and Financial Management
- Business Design Thinking
- Global Innovation, Sustainability and Responsibility
- Managerial Excellence in Global Organisations
Optional year
You have the option to take an additional year to study abroad at one of our partner universities, or to undertake a year-long international work placement (or even a mix of both).
Professional placement year
This course has a professional placement option which takes place between Year 2 and your Final Year. During this professional placement year you will take a placement within a relevant setting, ensuring you gain essential experience to add to your CV and help you secure a graduate job.
Final year
Your final year develops your critical understanding and your ability to contribute to strategic thinking in a global business. You'll look at leadership in changing environments and be supported to grow your own leadership skills.
You'll also be able to expand your knowledge and skills within data analysis, business strategy and customer relationship management.
Core modules
- Building Business Strategy
- CRM and Customer Success
- Future Skills Apply
- Leadership, Transformation and Complexity
- Global Business Futures
This course can lead to a wide 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. Employers include Blue Pen, Experian Cheetah Mail, JP Morgan, Logic, S3 Group and Swedish Embassy.
Embedded within the International Business BSc (Hons) course and throughout the whole Kingston experience is our dedication to Future Skills.
The intention of our Future Skills programme is to provide you with expertise valued by global business employers. We’ll focus on combining your business acumen with problem-solving, digital competence and adaptability.
As you progress through your degree, you'll learn to navigate, explore and apply these skills. As a result, you’ll graduate with the knowledge and understanding to give you the edge in a competitive employment market.