BA Modern Languages and Business Studies
About this course
BA Honours in Modern Languages and Business Studies, an undergraduate degree combining language acquisition with commercial management and operational principles. Core topics include Mathematical Modelling, Research Methods, Accounting, Marketing, and Entrepreneurship. The four-year programme includes an optional third-year placement year and an optional year abroad. The first year covers core subjects through compulsory modules such as Introduction to Management and Organisation and Academic Study and Research Skills, alongside a wide range of optional language and business modules. Year 2 offers further choice in developing language proficiency and management knowledge through optional study in areas like Interpreting Company Accounts, Human Resource Management, and Strategic Marketing. Students can choose to study one or two languages including Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish from beginner or intermediate levels. Optional modules span various cultural and economic topics, allowing tailored specialisation across the duration of the course.
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Entry requirements
A level: ABB IB: 32 points
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Admissions (2022 entry, home applicants)
Offer rate 91%: 176 offers from 194 applications, from the university's Freedom of Information return.
What students say
Based on about 25 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 73%
- Learning opportunities: 71%
- Assessment and feedback: 63%
- Academic support: 81%
- Organisation and management: 81%
- Learning resources: 92%
- Student voice: 74%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 15 students who started, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 90%
- Left higher education: 10%
What graduates do next
Based on about 22 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 65%
- Working and studying: 10%
- Further study: 10%
- Unemployed: 10%
Most common jobs
- Business and public service associate professionals: 22%
- Teaching Professionals: 14%
- Sales occupations: 10%
- Administrative occupations: 10%
- Elementary occupations: 8%
- Find their work meaningful: 45%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 75%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 35%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 50 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 20%
- North West: 5%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 10%
- East Midlands: 5%
- West Midlands: 5%
- London: 35%
- South East: 10%
- South West: 5%
- Northern Ireland: 5%
Who gets in
Based on about 40 students who started
- A levels: 100%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Bronze for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Case Studies in Finance, Accounting and Business
- Contemporary Issues in International and Comparative Business
- International Human Resource Management
- Critical Issues Human Resource Management: Pragmatic Dilemmas in Managing the Workplace of the Future
- Contemporary Chinese Society: Issues and Challenges
- China and its Peripheries: Repression, (In)stability and Conflict in the 21st Century
- Chinese Independent Documentaries: Alternative Archive and Video Activism
- Level C (HE Advanced) Chinese I
- Level C (HE Advanced) Chinese II
- Level D (HE Further Advanced) Chinese I
- Level D (HE Further Advanced) Chinese II
- Current Economics Affairs
- Enterprise and Entrepreneurship with Lean Innovation
- Creativity and Innovation
- Management of Creativity, Design and Innovation
- International Entrepreneurship
- Classic French Cinema
- Paris: Aspects of History and Culture
- Linguistic Variation in French
- Level C (HE Advanced) French
- Occupation and Resistance: Literary and Cinematic Responses to the Second World War in France
- From Experimental to Explicit: Translating Women's Writing in French
- Global France: Intercultural Relations in French Literature and Film
- Social Justice in French and Francophone Culture
- Level D (HE Further Advanced): French for Professional and Academic Purposes
- Berlin: culture and society from the Weimar to the Berlin Republic
- Radicalism, Revolt and Revolution in German Thought
- Level C (HE Advanced) German
- A Comparative History of German and English: phonology, morphology, syntax and lexicon
- Society, Media, Identities in contemporary Germany and Austria
- Level D (HE Further Advanced): German for Professional and Academic Purposes
- Contemporary Japanese Popular Culture
- Literary and cultural expressions in contemporary Japan
- Level C (HE Advanced) Japanese I
- Level C (HE Advanced) Japanese II
- Level D (HE Further Advanced) Japanese I
- Level D (HE Further Advanced) Japanese II
- Cultura y poder en América latina: debates desde la antropología
- Inter-American Relations from the Spanish-American War (1898) to the end of the Cold War (1989/1991)
- Language Endangerment and Revitalisation in Latin America
- Latin American Art
- Cultura y Política en Colombia
- Global Advertising and Brand Promotion
- New Product and Service Development
- Cultural and Heritage Marketing
- Career Development for final year students
- Identidades Pós-Coloniais Luso-Afro-Brasileiras
- Level C (HE Advanced) Portuguese
- Cities in East Asian Cinema: Culture, History and Identity
- Advocating and Teaching Languages in Schools
- Italian language and culture II
- Memory and Storytelling Across Borders
- Dissertation/T&I Project
- Language Diversity in the Hispanic World
- Food, Football and Fiction: Constructing Catalan Cultural Identity
- Level C (HE Advanced) Spanish
- Catalan II
- Cultura Popular en España y Cuba
- Spanish and Romance word analysis
- Level D (HE Further Advanced): Spanish for Professional and Academic Purposes
- Level D (HE Further Advanced): Spanish Translation and Interpreting
- Introduction to Management and Organisation
- Academic Study and Research Skills
- Introduction to Non-Specialist Accounting and Finance
- Global Business Environment
- Introduction to Chinese Culture and Society
- Level A (HE Entry Level) Chinese I
- Level A (HE Entry Level) Chinese II
- Level B (HE Intermediate) Chinese I
- Level B (HE Intermediate) Chinese II
- Mathematics for Economics
- Introductory Economics
- Introductory Mathematical Methods for Economics
- Understanding Business Growth
- France and the Francophone World
- Level A (HE Entry Level) French I
- Level A (HE Entry Level) French II
- Level B.1 (HE Intermediate) French
- Level B.2 (HE Intermediate) French
- Introduction to German history, culture and society
- Level A (HE Entry Level) German I
- Level A (HE Entry Level) German II
- Level B.1 (HE Intermediate) German
- Level B.2 (HE Intermediate) German
- Introduction to Japanese History and Culture
- Level A (HE Entry Level) Japanese I
- Level A (HE Entry Level) Japanese II
- Level B (HE Intermediate) Japanese) I
- Level B (HE Intermediate) Japanese II
- Introduction to Latin America
- Introduction to Marketing
- Level A (HE Entry Level) Portuguese I
- Level A (HE Entry Level) Portuguese II
- Introduction to Linguistics
- Introduction to International Film
- Introduction to Cultural Studies
- Language and Cross Cultural Communication
- Introduction to History, Culture and Society of the Iberian Peninsula
- Level A (HE Entry Level) Spanish I
- Level A (HE Entry Level) Spanish II
- Level B.1 (HE Intermediate) Spanish
- Level B.2 (HE Intermediate) Spanish
- Interpreting Company Accounts
- Human Resource Management
- Understanding Work and Organisations
- Contemporary Chinese Society: Issues and Challenges
- Level B (HE Intermediate) Chinese I
- Level B (HE Intermediate) Chinese II
- Level C (HE Advanced) Chinese I
- Level C (HE Advanced) Chinese II
- International Economics
- Ecological Economics and Environmental Policy
- Economics of Inequality and Disadvantage
- Business Enterprise
- Introduction to Innovation and Technology Management
- France and the Francophone World
- Level B.1 (HE Intermediate) French
- Classic French Cinema
- Paris: Aspects of History and Culture
- Linguistic Variation in French
- Level C (HE Advanced) French
- Introduction to German history, culture and society
- Level B.1 (HE Intermediate) German
- Berlin: culture and society from the Weimar to the Berlin Republic
- Radicalism, Revolt and Revolution in German Thought
- Dutch I
- Level C (HE Advanced) German
- Contemporary Japanese Popular Culture
- Level B (HE Intermediate) Japanese) I
- Level B (HE Intermediate) Japanese II
- Level C (HE Advanced) Japanese I
- Level C (HE Advanced) Japanese II
- Introduction to Latin America
- Cultura y poder en América latina: debates desde la antropología
- Comparative History of Hispano-America and Brazil: From Independence to the Mexican Revolution (1789/1810-1917)
- Services Marketing
- Strategic Marketing
- Consumer Behaviour
- Translation for Singing
- Cultures and Societies of the Portuguese-Speaking World
- Level B (HE Intermediate) Portuguese
- Introduction to Linguistics
- Introduction to International Film
- Introduction to Cultural Studies
- Cities in East Asian Cinema: Culture, History and Identity
- Italian language and culture I
- Reading in Translation
- Introduction to History, Culture and Society of the Iberian Peninsula
- Level B.1 (HE Intermediate) Spanish
- Catalan I
- Language Diversity in the Hispanic World
- Food, Football and Fiction: Constructing Catalan Cultural Identity
- Level C (HE Advanced) Spanish
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Modern Languages and Business Studies at Newcastle University earn?
The median salary is £27,000 after 15 months, £27,000 after 3 years, £38,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £29,500 and £61,000. The £38,000 median after five years is £6,000 more than the UK median for Business studies.
What do graduates of BA Modern Languages and Business Studies at Newcastle University do next?
80% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Modern Languages and Business Studies at Newcastle University?
73% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Modern Languages and Business Studies at Newcastle University?
The typical offer is ABB at A level, or 32 points in the IB. The average entrant had 131 UCAS points.
What is the offer rate for BA Modern Languages and Business Studies at Newcastle University?
91% of home applicants received an offer for 2022 entry: 176 offers from 194 applications, according to the university's Freedom of Information return.
Does BA Modern Languages and Business Studies at Newcastle University include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional placement year and an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BA Modern Languages and Business Studies at Newcastle University?
90% of students continued into their second year, and 10% left higher education.