BSc International Business and Management with a Modern Language with Study Year Abroad
About this course
BSc International Business and Management with a Modern Language with Study Year Abroad, a business management degree centered on international commerce, corporate strategy, and language acquisition. Core topics include Data Analysis, Statistics, Project Management, Accounting, Marketing, Legal Analysis, Policy Analysis, Critical & Analytical Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Design & Creative Practice, and Global & Comparative Perspective. The course includes a compulsory study year abroad. After the first year, students can transfer to specialist pathways including BSc Business and Management (Human Resources and Organisational Behaviour), BSc Business and Management (Entrepreneurship and Innovation), BSc Business and Management (Data Analytics and Digital Business), BSc Business and Management (Marketing), and BSc International Business and Management. The first year covers foundational concepts through Developing Professional Excellence, Business in Practice: Markets, Marketing and Management, Business in Practice: Accounting for Managers, and Business in Practice: Data Analytics, alongside language study in French, German, Italian, or Spanish. The second year builds expertise with Building Competitive Advantage: Business Strategy and Operations, Managing Work and People: Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources Management, and Social Responsibility in Action, alongside language modules and optional choices such as Firms in the Global Economy, Practice of Entrepreneurship, Sales and Business Development, Understanding Leadership, Marketing Essentials, Consumer Behaviour, Comparative International Management, and Introduction to Machine Learning. The third year is spent abroad completing a work placement or studying at a partner institution. The final year advances expertise through Developing Personal Leadership and Modern Languages for Management and Business, alongside advanced language instruction and optional modules covering Financial Statement Analysis, Strategy and International Business, Managing Service Operations, International Marketing, Private Equity and Venture Capital, Project Management, Intellectual Property Law, Commercial Law, Company Law, and Advanced Data Analytics for Business.
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Entry requirements
A level: ABB IB: 32 points, including 4 in SL English and Maths.
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What students say
Based on about 15 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 88%
- Learning opportunities: 87%
- Assessment and feedback: 81%
- Academic support: 93%
- Organisation and management: 79%
- Learning resources: 83%
- Student voice: 83%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 15 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 90%
- Left higher education: 15%
What graduates do next
Based on about 8 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 75%
- Working and studying: 10%
- Unemployed: 10%
Most common jobs
- Business and public service associate professionals: 37%
- Administrative occupations: 11%
- Finance Professionals: 8%
- Managers, directors and senior officials: 7%
- Sales occupations: 4%
- Find their work meaningful: 80%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 65%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 55%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 55 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 1%
- North West: 3%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 2%
- West Midlands: 4%
- East of England: 13%
- London: 28%
- South East: 33%
- South West: 11%
- Wales: 3%
- Scotland: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 10 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 100%
Accreditation & quality ratings
- Accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
- Accredited by the EFMD Quality Improvement System.
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Silver for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Developing Professional Excellence
- Business in Practice: Markets, Marketing and Management
- Business in Practice: Accounting for Managers
- Business in Practice: Data Analytics
- Ideas of Frenchness 1
- The Making of Contemporary Germany
- Making Italians: A Journey in the History and Culture of Modern Italy
- The Making of Modern Spain and Latin America
- Beginners French, German, Italian or Spanish Language
- Intermediate French, German, Italian or Spanish Language
- Advanced French, German, Italian or Spanish Language I
- Building Competitive Advantage: Business Strategy and Operations
- Managing Work and People: Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources Management
- Social Responsibility in Action
- How to Think in French
- The First World War: Then and Now
- Cinema of Germany
- Glorification, Denial and Contempt: Reconstructing Austria's Past
- Culture and Revolution in Modern Latin America
- Literature and Society in the Modern Hispanic World
- One country, many languages. Linguistic variety and society in contemporary Italy
- Italian Fascism: Ideologies, Resistance, Legacies
- Intermediate French, German, Italian or Spanish Language
- Advanced French, German, Italian or Spanish Language I
- Advanced French, German, Italian or Spanish Language II
- Firms in the Global Economy
- Practice of Entrepreneurship
- Sales and Business Development
- Understanding Leadership
- Unity, Nationalism and Regionalism in Europe
- Marketing Essentials
- Culture, Communication and Conflict: Contemporary Challenges in the Interconnected World
- Consumer Behaviour
- Comparative International Management
- Introduction to Machine Learning
- Study Year Abroad
- Developing Personal Leadership
- Philanthropy à la Française: The History of Ideas and Practices in the French Third Sector
- French Popular Music and Society
- The German Language and National Identity
- Modern Languages for Management and Business
- War on Screen - Germany and its films about WWII
- Language, Diversity, and Inclusion: The representation of the otherness in the Italian context
- Where Truth Lies: Reality, Fiction and Storytelling in Contemporary Italian Media and Culture
- Memory, Dictatorship and Cultural Resistance in the Southern Cone
- Narrating the Colombian Conflict
- Writers and Publishers in Spain
- Advanced French, German, Italian or Spanish Language I
- Advanced French, German, Italian or Spanish Language II
- Advanced French, German, Italian or Spanish Language III
- Financial Statement Analysis
- Strategy and International Business
- Institutions and Emerging Firms
- Managing Service Operations
- New Directions in Business and Corporate Social Responsibility
- International Marketing
- International Human Resource Management
- Marketing Communications
- Optimising Marketing Performance
- Financing Entrepreneurship
- Communication and Persuasion in Business
- Private Equity and Venture Capital
- Information Systems and Digital Business
- The Dark Side of Marketing
- Global Ethics for International Management
- Social Enterprise
- Corporate Strategy
- Project Management
- Cross Cultural Marketing
- Intellectual Property Law
- Commercial Law
- Company Law
- Advances in Digital Marketing
- Management in Media Industries
- Digital Marketing
- Advanced Data Analytics for Business
- Introduction to Supply Chain Analytics
- Business and Management Consultancy Skills
- Contemporary Issues and Trends
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BSc International Business and Management with a Modern Language with Study Year Abroad at University of Reading earn?
The median salary is £28,000 after 15 months, £27,000 after 3 years, £34,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £27,000 and £44,000.
What do graduates of BSc International Business and Management with a Modern Language with Study Year Abroad at University of Reading do next?
85% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BSc International Business and Management with a Modern Language with Study Year Abroad at University of Reading?
88% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BSc International Business and Management with a Modern Language with Study Year Abroad at University of Reading?
The typical offer is ABB at A level, or 32 points in the IB. The average entrant had 146 UCAS points.
Is BSc International Business and Management with a Modern Language with Study Year Abroad at University of Reading accredited?
Yes. Accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). Accredited by the EFMD Quality Improvement System.
Does BSc International Business and Management with a Modern Language with Study Year Abroad at University of Reading include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has a compulsory year abroad.
How many students continue on BSc International Business and Management with a Modern Language with Study Year Abroad at University of Reading?
90% of students continued into their second year, and 15% left higher education.