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BSc (Hons) Management (International Business Economics) with Industrial/Professional Experience

Gain the skills required to become a dynamic manager and focus on your chosen specialism from second year onwards.

Study core and specialist areas of business and management according to your personal or academic interests or career ambitions. Specialise in international business economics whilst still benefitting from a huge amount of choice across this flexible course, which includes a work placement in your penultimate year of study.

Focus on the international dimension of organisations' economic, financial and investment operations.

Course statistics

93%

of students in employment or further study within 15 months (Discover Uni)

92%

of our Management placement students achieved a 1st or 2.1 degree (2022 graduates)

£19,000

is the current average starting placement salary, with some earning up to £36,000

2nd

most targeted by leading graduate employers (source: The Graduate Market in 2024, High Fliers Research)

World University Rankings

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6th in the UK and 22nd in the world for Accounting and Finance (QS World University Rankings 2024)

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7th in the UK and 39th in the world for Business & Management Studies (QS World University Rankings 2024)

BSc Management (International Business Economics) with Industrial/Professional Experience / Careers

Year of entry: 2025

Career opportunities

The University has its own dedicated Careers Service  that you would have full access to as a student and for two years after you graduate.

At Manchester you will have access to a number of opportunities to help boost your employability .

What jobs do our Management graduates go into?

Examples of jobs recent graduates have gone onto include audit graduate, HR graduate analyst, internet consultant, and management trainee.

Who employs them?

A wide range of companies including Balfour Beatty, Deutsche Bank, KPMG, Microsoft, and Tesco.

What about further study?

Graduates have gone onto further study in business, economics, enterprise, and branding at institutions across the UK and internationally, including London Business School, the University of Jiao Tong, and the University of Lausanne.

Accrediting organisations

Individual students have been able to obtain part-exemption from some examinations from accounting organisations in the UK and Ireland, depending on the course units chosen in the second and third years. 

It may be possible to obtain exemption from statistics, economics and accounting, but each institute has its own regulations that are subject to change. 

It is best to contact the institute direct for details of its exemption policy.

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