Bachelor's Programme in Sustainable International Business
Lappeenranta, Finland
DURATION
3 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
31 Mar 2025*
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 9,500 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* rolling admission 1 November 2024–31 March 2025
** annual tuition for non-EU/EEA students
Key Summary
Introduction
In a relatively short period of time, companies have profoundly changed the way they look at their business operations. Sustainability has quickly become a key driver for business model changes, as both customers and legislators are pushing companies and public organizations to find solutions for products, services, and processes that are better for the planet. Consequently, organizations now need international business experts who are able to examine and make sense of this changed global landscape.
In addition to understanding the global, systemic challenges related to the sustainability transition, companies need experts who can create value sustainably in international business, marketing, and supply management. Companies need change-makers who want to solve today’s wicked problems while making a profit – sustainably.
The Bachelor's Programme in Sustainable International Business will give you a wide range of skills and capabilities to examine sustainability topics in the context of international business, marketing, and supply management.
The Bachelor's Programme in Sustainable International Business will give you a wide range of skills and capabilities to examine sustainability topics in the context of international business, marketing, and supply management.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Early bird discount / First academic year
When required to pay a tuition fee, you are offered
- an Early Bird Discount of EUR 2 000
for the first academic year if you confirm your place and pay the rest of the tuition fee of EUR 7,500 within 21 days from the date of having received your Certificate of Admission.
LUT Scholarships / Second and third academic years
- For the second academic year, 50% scholarships will be granted for the students successfully completing the studies on the first academic year (min.of 60 ECTS credits)
- For the third academic year, 50% Tuition Fee Waiver will be granted for the students successfully completing min. 120 ECTS credits in the first and second academic years.
- If the student continues their studies in a Master's programme after completing their Bachelor's studies at LUT University, the tuition fee for the first year of Master's studies is EUR 7 500.
Curriculum
The Bachelor’s Program in Sustainable International Business is a three-year program. It leads to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Economics and Business Administration, B.Sc. (Econ. & Bus. Admin.), which is 180 ECTS credits.
The program includes general, intermediate specialization studies, language, and communication as well as a Bachelor's thesis.
We strongly encourage you to include an international exchange period in your degree, utilizing the wide range of LUT’s international partners when choosing your exchange university. In addition, if you are an international student planning a career in Finland, we strongly recommend you include 18–20 ECTS credits of Finnish studies in your degree.
Most of the studies will consist of contact teaching on the Lappeenranta campus. Some individual courses may also be partly or fully online. You will find the attendance requirements for each course in the course descriptions.
General Studies, 50 ECTS Credits
Include courses on fundamentals of accounting, finance, and economics, principles of management and business strategy, mathematics and statistics for economics, academic writing, and professional communication.
Intermediate Specialization Studies, 72 ECTS Credits
Include courses on international business, cross-cultural issues and international entrepreneurship, international marketing, and purchasing, professional sales, business relationships in international value networks, sustainability, and corporate social responsibility, managing sustainable value chains, and sustainability transitions.
Language and Communication Studies, 30 ECTS Credits
Include courses on multicultural teamwork and leadership, diversity management and global citizenship, Finnish as a second language, or optional language studies.
Elective Studies, 18 ECTS Credits
Any LUT courses, possible exchange studies abroad, or internship
Bachelor’s Thesis, 10 ECTS Credits
A research project during the program's last semester.
Program Outcome
You will build your business expertise on a strong foundation of general studies including the fundamentals of accounting, finance and economics, the principles of management and business strategy, mathematics and statistics for economics, academic writing, and professional communication.
Your specialisation studies will familiarize you with international business, cross-cultural issues and international entrepreneurship, international marketing and purchasing, professional sales, and business relationships in international value networks. In addition, the programme aims to develop your expertise beyond the basics of sustainability and CSR to managing sustainable value chains and designing actions towards the sustainability transition.
The programme also includes a considerable amount of language, communication and multicultural studies to support your future employment in Finland or internationally. You will graduate within three academic years with a modern skillset of theory application, communication, problem-solving and reflection.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
After graduating from the Bachelor's Programme in Sustainable International Business, you can choose a career path in industrial or public organisations as a product or business development manager, international sales or supply chain manager or export manager. Your professional duties may also relate to sustainability development, communication or reporting in various roles – with a strong international flavour.
If you want to continue in the academic field, the bachelor's degree also gives you a direct route to further studies in the following master's programmes of LUT Business School: Master’s Programme in International Business and Entrepreneurship, Master’s Programme in Supply Management and Master’s Programme in International Marketing Management.