BSc International Business, Finance and Economics with Industrial/Professional Experience at University of Manchester

Combine global business study with a professional placement for real-world experience. Study a broad, academically rigorous business degree at one of the UK’s longest-running centres for the study of economics, combining the strengths of Alliance Manchester Business School and the School of Social Sciences. Develop core business expertise across finance, accounting, economics, strategy, business analysis, innovation, and political economy, gaining both business insight and economic depth.

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities  |  Department: Alliance Manchester Business School  |  Duration: 4 years including a work placement  |  Study mode: full-time (includes placement year)  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Manchester, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

All students take BMAN10931 Finance and Innovation in International Business, BMAN10501 Financial Reporting, ECON10221 Microeconomics 1, BMAN10512 Introductory Management Accounting, BMAN10522M Financial Decision Making (M), ECON10252 Macroeconomics 1, and BMAN10780 Academic And Career Development. These together form 80 credits. Year 1 compulsory units include Fundamentals of Technological Change, Financial Reporting, Introductory Management Accounting, Financial Decision Making M, Academic and Career Development, Finance and Innovation in International Business.

Career pathways

What jobs do our IBFE graduates go into? Examples of jobs recent IBFE graduates have gone onto include: assurance associate, audit trainee, commercial strategist and logistics graduate scheme.

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