BSc (Hons) International Business Management

Key information

Degree

Types of study

Full time

Duration

Three or four years depending on entry qualifications

Start date

September 2023

Faculty

Nottingham University Business School China

Study model

4+0

Note: For the 2+2 study model courses, the student will spend the last two years at our UK campus. For the 4+0 study model courses, the student will spend the entire degree programme in Ningbo, China with 'study abroad' opportunities from year three.

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Entry requirements

Entry requirements for our programmes vary depending on your school qualifications, which determine your entry into either the preliminary year (Year 1) or qualifying year (Year 2). Please visit here for more detailed information.

*Entry for Mainland Chinese students is through the National Higher Education Entrance Examination, commonly known as Gaokao.

Course overview

The course focuses on the concept of the organisation and its operating environment. It provides an understanding of the way in which organisations might be able to operate more effectively in the modern world.

The degree’s core subjects include organisational behaviour, strategic management, marketing, finance and accounting, economics, and international business. Around these compulsory modules, you will assemble a suite of optional modules from the business school or other academic divisions to match your own academic and career interests.

This course will equip you with a range of skills and knowledge that can be of practical use in your future career. Your international experience will also improve your employability among global corporations.

Special features

Ideal for students who wish to acquire invaluable business/organisation-perspective and macro-environment analytical skills required for understanding and responding strategically to business opportunities and challenges in a globalized world.
Students have the option of broadening their international outlook by exchanging out for one or two semesters to a number of partner universities located in the UK, mainland Europe, Asia-Pacific (Australia and New Zealand) as well as North America (the US and Canada).
IBM students have historically been very successful in getting accepted to top postgraduate study destinations in the US, the UK, Australia and elsewhere. Top postgraduate majors have for example been in Strategic Marketing, Business Analytics as well as Management and Finance and Accounting.

Course structure

The degree is offered as a three or four-year programme depending on your entry qualification.

For domestic students the course structure follows the Chinese higher education system and is based on a four-year program. For international students, with relevant qualifications, the course structure follows the UK higher education system and is based on a three-year program.

Preliminary year modules

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The preliminary year is designed to help you develop your English language skills so that you can make the most of your degree programme.

This special English language programme designed by the English for Academic Purposes experts at the University's Centre for English Language Education is carefully integrated with academic content modules so that you are prepared fully for years two to four of your degree programme.

*Note: This year is not compulsory for students with appropriate qualifications for year two entry.

Module Code	Module Title	Credits	Taught
CELEN048	Undergraduate Reading and Writing in Academic Contexts	20	Autumn
CELEN069	Oral Communication Skills A	10	Autumn
CELEN042	Introduction to Business Economics	15	Autumn
CELEN045	Introduction to Analytical Thought	15	Autumn
CELEN082	Oral Communication Skills B	10	Spring
CELEN051	Undergraduate English in Specific Academic Contexts A: Arts & Social Sciences	20	Spring
CELEF002	Introduction to Information Technology	15	Spring
CELEN041	Introduction to Business & Management	15	Spring

Qualifying year modules

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The qualifying year provides a foundation for Parts I and II of the degree.

All credits of language modules selected must be within the same language. Students may only choose a language in which they have no prior experience.

The following is a sample of the typical compulsory modules. There are also optional modules, from which you can choose to develop a combination that fits your career interests. Please refer to the module catalogue for more information.

Compulsory

Students must take all modules in this group

Module Code	Module Title	Credits	Taught
BUSI1113	Fundamentals of Financial and Management Accounting	20	Full Year
BUSI1116	Entrepreneurship: Theory and practice	20	Full Year
BUSI1114	Business Economics	20	Full Year
BUSI1086	Organisational Behaviour	10	Spring
BUSI1088	Work and Society	10	Autumn
BUSI1090	Consumers and Markets	10	Spring
BUSI1085	Managing Operations in the Digital Enterprise	10	Autumn

Restricted

Group:1

Students must take 10 credits from this group

Module Code	Module Title	Credits	Taught
BUSI1087	Quantitative Analysis for Business	10	Autumn
BUSI1074	Quantitative Methods 1b	10	Autumn

Group:2

Students must take 10 credits from this group

Module Code	Module Title	Credits	Taught
BUSI1070	Business Finance	10	Spring
BUSI1073	The Digital Economy	10	Spring
BUSI1091	Humanistic Philosophy in Modern Business	10	Spring

Year 3 modules

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Compulsory

Students must take all modules in this group

Module Code	Module Title	Credits	Taught
BUSI2178	Marketing Management	20	Autumn
BUSI2179	Human Resource Management with International Perspectives	20	Autumn
BUSI2181	Technology and Organization	20	Spring
BUSI2131	Marketing analytics	10	Spring

Restricted

Group:1

Students must take a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 30 from this group.

Module Code	Module Title	Credits	Taught
BUSI2157	Management Accounting	20	Autumn
BUSI2180	Industrial Economics 1: Economics of Organisation and Innovation	20	Autumn
BUSI2105	Quantitative Methods 2A	10	Autumn
BUSI2120	Corporate Entrepreneurship	10	Autumn
BUSI2128	Analysing Organisations	10	Autumn
BUSI2124	Introduction to Management Science for Business Decisions	10	Autumn

Group:2

AND students must take a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 40 from this group.

Module Code	Module Title	Credits	Taught
BUSI2156	Corporate Finance	20	Spring
BUSI2158	Intermediate Corporate Reporting	20	Spring
BUSI2182	Industrial Economics II: Pricing and Decision Making	20	Spring
BUSI2183	Firm Strategy and Internationalisation	20	Spring
BUSI2107	Introductory Econometrics	10	Spring
BUSI2109	Introduction to Business Operations	10	Spring
BUSI2140	Principles of Taxation	10	Spring
BUSI2132	The consumer Psychology of Brands	10	Spring
BUSI2129	Managing Across Cultures	10	Spring
BUSI2184	Trends in HRM and Organisational Development	10	Spring

Group:3

AND students must take a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 20 from this group.

Module Code	Module Title	Credits	Taught
LANG1062	Inter Faculty French 1a	10	Autumn
LANG1064	Inter Faculty German 1a	10	Autumn
LANG1066	Inter Faculty Japanese 1a	10	Autumn
LANG1068	Inter Faculty Spanish 1a	10	Autumn
LANG1084	Mandarin Listening and Speaking 1A	10	Autumn
LANG1070	Inter Faculty Korean 1A	10	Autumn
LANG1063	Inter Faculty French 1b	10	Spring
LANG1065	Inter Faculty German 1b	10	Spring
LANG1067	Inter Faculty Japanese 1b	10	Spring
LANG1069	Inter Faculty Spanish 1b	10	Spring
LANG1085	Mandarin Listening and Speaking 1B	10	Spring
LANG1071	Inter Faculty Korean 1B	10	Spring

Year 4 modules

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Compulsory

Students must take all modules in this group.

Module Code	Module Title	Credits	Taught
BUSI3188	Strategic Management: Perspective, Process and Practice	20	Full year
BUSI3189	Business Ethics and Sustainability	20	Full year
BUSI3194	International Business Environment and Strategy	20	Autumn
BUSI3198	International Alliances	10	Spring

Restricted

Group:1

Students must take a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 50 credits from this group

Module Code	Module Title	Credits	Taught
BUSI3191	Advanced Corporate Reporting and Analysis	20	Full Year
BUSI3192	Advanced Management Accounting	20	Full Year
BUSI3190	Financial Markets: Theory and Computation	20	Full Year
BUSI3087	International Finance	10	Autumn
BUSI3101	Corporate Restructuring and Governance	10	Autumn
BUSI3115	Logistics and Supply Chain Management	10	Autumn
BUSI3118	Marketing Services	10	Autumn
BUSI3119	Advanced Calculus for Business, Economics and Finance	10	Autumn
BUSI3122	Introduction to Data Science: Big Data Analytics in Business	10	Autumn
BUSI3123	Derivatives	10	Autumn
BUSI3195	Globalization and innovation in China	10	Autumn

Group:2

AND students must take a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 40 credits from this group

Module Code	Module Title	Credits	Taught
BUSI3196	Economics of Regulation and Public Choice	20	Spring
BUSI3116	Management of Quality	10	Spring
BUSI3145	Digital Marketing	10	Spring
BUSI3124	Stochastic Calculus and Numerical Analysis	10	Spring
BUSI3120	Strategic Innovation Management	10	Spring
BUSI3146	Brand Management	10	Spring
BUSI3199	Managing Headquarters – Subsidiary Relationships	10	Spring
BUSI3144	Issues in Contemporary Leadership	10	Spring

Group:3

AND students must take a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 20 credits from this group

Module Code	Module Title	Credits	Taught
LANG2055	Inter Faculty French 2a	10	Autumn
LANG2057	Inter Faculty German 2a	10	Autumn
LANG2059	Inter Faculty Japanese 2a	10	Autumn
LANG2061	Inter Faculty Spanish 2a	10	Autumn
LANG2077	Mandarin Listening and Speaking 2A	10	Autumn
LANG2063	Inter Faculty Korean 2A	10	Autumn
LANG2056	Inter Faculty French 2b	10	Spring
LANG2058	Inter Faculty German 2b	10	Spring
LANG2060	Inter Faculty Japanese 2b	10	Spring
LANG2062	Inter Faculty Spanish 2b	10	Spring
LANG2078	Mandarin Listening and Speaking 2B	10	Spring
LANG2064	Inter Faculty Korean 2B	10	Spring

Group:4

AND students must take a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 20 credits from this group

Module Code	Module Title	Credits	Taught
BUSI3088	Business School Dissertation	20	Full Year

Careers and further study

The majority of our graduates were employed by leading global companies such as Citi Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, The Royal Bank of Scotland, Bank of China, PwC, KPMG, Deloitte & Touche, L’Oreal, Wrigley, Siemens, Mars, Ogilvy & Mather, Nestle, Neilsen, McKinsey.

For those who pursue further study in the class of 2018, 40.7% were admitted by World Top 50 universities according to QS Ranking. Examples of further study destinations include Imperial College London, University of London, Columbia University and the University of Edinburgh.

Fees

Mainland Chinese students

100,000 RMB / year

Hong Kong, Macau & Taiwan students

100,000 RMB / year

International students

110,000 RMB / year

Scholarships, sponsorships and bursaries

To encourage academic excellence, we offer a comprehensive and expanding range of full and partial scholarships.

Historically nearly 30% of our undergraduate students were awarded scholarships for their entry. Once enrolled, current students are eligible for additional merit and/or performance-based scholarships and awards, which covers approximately 32.5% of our whole student body.

Please check here for scholarship types and policies for applicants from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and overseas countries. If you are a mainland Chinese student, please visit the Chinese language prospectus.