International Business Management (Top-up)

Teesside University
Undergraduate BA (Hons) Full-time 1 Year Business and management studies

About this course

Available for September or January intakes. Indicate point of entry as Year 3 when applying for this top-up degree.

Course overview: This international business management top-up course allows students with a Higher National Diploma or Foundation Degree in business to study for one year to achieve a business honours degree. If you want to take on some of the biggest challenges in the world, such as international trade, foreign investment, environmental policy and anti-corruption, then this course is for you.

Join a community of learners from over 100 different countries to develop your management knowledge in a cross-cultural context. The emphasis is on you taking control of your own learning, advancing you as a business thinker and decision maker through workshop-based, interactive and developmental activities.

Top reasons to study this course 1. Real-world experience: our students work on live projects offering tailored real-world consultancy services to small businesses, social enterprises, sole traders and start-ups in the Tees Valley area through our business clinics. 2. Entrepreneurial opportunities: our students have created 500 new business start-ups through Launchpad and Microbiz – a start-up community who provide support and advice for students looking to start a new business venture. 4. United Nations’ PRME initiative – we’re a proud signatory of the United Nations’ Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) initiative, which aims to globally raise the profile of sustainability and responsible leadership to equip current and future leaders with the skills to deliver positive change for business and society. 3. International community – benefit from Teesside University Business School’s great international community to develop your management knowledge in a cross-cultural context.

After the course: Graduates from this programme are well placed to find employment in a wide range of business, management and administrative jobs, both in the UK and overseas.

We provide an environment that allows you to build on and further develop the ‘extra’ practical employability characteristics that will make you more interesting to employers in the job market once you graduate.

Our staff utilise their extensive business connections to provide many and varied opportunities to engage with potential employers through fairs, guest lecture sessions, live projects, and site visits. In addition we offer a series of workshops and events that ensure all students are equipped with both degree level subject knowledge, plus the practical skills that employers are looking for in new graduate recruits.

Our award-winning careers service works with regional and national employers to advertise graduate positions, in addition to providing post-graduation support for all Teesside University alumni.

Career Prospects

Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

1132 Marketing, sales and advertising directors
2431 Management consultants and business analysts
7220 Customer service supervisors
1150 Managers and directors in retail and wholesale
2435 Professional/Chartered company secretaries
2432 Marketing and commercial managers

Course Details

Qualification
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
1 Year
Start Date
2025
Academic Year
2025
Campus / Location
Middlesbrough
Scheme
Undergraduate
Subjects
Business and management studies