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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)
98%
of our Management placement students achieved a 1st or 2:1 degree (2025 graduates)
£24,993
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
6th in the UK and 23rd in the world for Accounting and Finance (QS World University Rankings 2025)
7th in the UK and 45th in the world for Business & Management Studies (QS World University Rankings 2025)
BSc Management (International Business Economics) with Industrial/Professional Experience / Overview
Year of entry: 2026
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- Degree awarded
- Bachelor of Science (BSc)
- Duration
- 4 years
- 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
- N248
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Apply through UCAS
- UCAS course code
- N248
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Course overview
- Study management at a UK Top 6 university for Accounting and Finance, and top 7 for Business and Management Studies (QS World University Rankings 2025).
- Study core and specialist areas of business and management according to your personal or academic interests or career ambitions.
- Gain hands-on experience in your final year through a dissertation or a live consultancy project, working with real organisations to put your learning into practice.
- This pathway is ideal for students who wish to specialise in International Business Economics within management and enhance their career prospects. Upon completion of the course, your chosen specialism will be reflected in your final degree title.
- Undertake a work placement in your penultimate year to gain practical experience.
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Fees
Fees for entry in 2026 have not yet been set. For entry in 2025 the tuition fees were £9,535 per annum for home students, and are expected to increase slightly for 2026 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
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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-management-international-business-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 .
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