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BSc (Hons) International Business, Finance and Economics with Industrial / Professional Experience
96% of our IBFE placement students achieved a 1st or 2:1 degree (2025)
£24,790 is the current average starting placement salary with some earning up to £36,000
Optional language study - choose from 15 languages
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BSc International Business, Finance and Economics with Industrial/Professional Experience / Overview
Year of entry: 2027
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- Degree awarded
- BSc
- Duration
- 4 years including a work placement
- Typical A-level offer
- AAA
- Typical contextual A-level offer
- ABB
- Refugee/care-experienced offer
- BBB
- Typical International Baccalaureate offer
- 36 points overall with 6,6,6 at HL
- How to apply
- UCAS course code
- N1N4
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Apply through UCAS
- UCAS course code
- N1N4
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Course overview
- 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.
- Gain a global perspective on business by exploring how international markets, trade policy, and political environments shape organisational decision-making and business performance.
- Benefit from a flexible curriculum, with optional course units and the opportunity to broaden your studies through language units in your second and third years.
- Build career-ready skills through applied learning, including real-world case studies, financial and competitor analysis, report writing, and data-driven decision-making.
- Graduate with a global mindset, prepared for careers in business, finance, and related fields in the UK and internationally, supported by professional exam exemptions on selected units.
- Complete a full-year work placement in your penultimate year of study.
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Fees
Fees for entry in 2027 have not yet been set. For entry in 2026 the tuition fees were £9,790 per annum for home students, and are expected to increase slightly for 2027 entry.
You will receive a significant tuition fee discount for the placement year. UK students with a household income of up to £35,000 are also eligible to receive a cash bursary worth up to £2,000.
Additional expenses
All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme.
Policy on additional costs
All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).
Scholarships/sponsorships
We know that student finance can be complicated. The links below provide further information to help guide you.
Learn more about student finance options for UK students.
Learn more about fees and finance for international students.
As an international student you may be eligible for our Global Futures Scholarships . This is open to students starting their studies in September 2026.
Contact details
- School/Faculty
- Alliance Manchester Business School
- Telephone
- +44 (0)161 306 3095
- ugadmissions.ambs@manchester.ac.uk
- Website
- https://www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/bsc-hons-international-business-finance-and-economics-with-industrialprofessional-experience/
- School/Faculty overview
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Alliance Manchester Business School was established in 1965 as one of the UK's first two business schools. Today, we are the UK's largest campus-based business and management school, and 'Original Thinking Applied' is at the heart of everything we do. Find out more .