
Global Business Management BA (Hons)
City of London, United Kingdom
DURATION
3 up to 5 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
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STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
Develop a range of competencies and skills required to function as a manager or business leader in a global business environment.
Course Overview
Explore various business functions such as operations, marketing, accounting, human resource management and entrepreneurship.
- Gain a solid grounding in the key business areas within a global context using teaching material sourced from many continents.
- Increase your understanding of organisations and their management, the economy and the business environment.
The January start for this course is condensed in Year 1.
Why you should study this course
- Real business experience
Gain a real business experience in the heart of the City of London. The real business experience will be delivered in the classroom through real-world case studies, live projects, and simulations, and complemented by city trips and opportunities for work placements. - London location
A university in the City of London, one of the world’s premier business locations and a leading financial centre. You will find a diverse range of exciting businesses from innovative start-ups to huge multi-nationals. - Industry insight
The course is taught by experts in the field of business, from both academic and professional backgrounds (please note staff are subject to change). There are extensive links to the industry through networking events, client-based projects, and an exciting programme of industry speakers. - Global learning experience
This course is considered from a global perspective to help you understand international business management issues, with the aim of preparing you for your career prospects upon successful completion. - Prepare for your future
Your course is designed to prepare you for the fast-paced but exhilarating world of business. If you’re interested in starting your own business, you could get business start-up advice and support from our Enterprise Hub.
If you choose to start this course in January you will study exactly the same course but over a slightly shorter timescale in Year 1. This is ideal if you missed the September start, want to transfer from a different university or course or just need a bit more time to prepare for life at university.
Admissions
Curriculum
Year One
In the first year you will consider the global nature of business, including the issues that impact strategy and how organisations behave and can be managed. Finance and marketing form two of your practical business disciplines, and you’ll be encouraged to develop skills enabling you to access, gather, interpret, present and communicate business information. You’ll also have the opportunity to develop your own professional skills and explore entrepreneurship, a key theme of this course.
Modules:
- Working in Global Diverse Teams
- Data Skills for Business
- Business Accounting
- The Economic Environment of Business
- Principles of Marketing
- Introduction to Entrepreneurship
Year Two
In the second year, you will explore how to create local and international opportunities for your future ventures through gathering information, critically evaluating options, and planning carefully. Tensions can exist between entrepreneurial leadership styles and you can explore these and more measured, traditional approaches to business opportunities. In all cases, you’ll learn to develop and recommend viable solutions to business opportunities and challenges.
Modules:
- Entrepreneurship in a Global Context
- Leading and Managing People
- Digital Marketing
- Management Accounting
- International Trade
- Operations Management
Placement Year
There’s no better way to find out what you love doing than trying it out for yourself, which is why a work placement2 can often be beneficial. Work placement or study abroad years usually occur between your second and final year of study. They’re a great way to help you explore your potential career path, whilst developing transferable skills for the future.
Modules:
- UK Work Placement
- International Study/ Work Placement
Final Year
In the final year, you will have the opportunity to develop your strategic capabilities while also polishing the vital skills you may need for job applications and interviewing. You will focus on project management and research skills, which may be useful not only throughout your career but will also be particularly helpful as you undertake your 11-week final major project. (A choice of an internship, a dissertation, an Entrepreneurship Business plan or a software-based business simulation.)
Modules:
- International Business Strategy
- Project Management
- Business Research Skills
- Managing a Global Workforce
- Final-term project
We regularly review our course content, to make it relevant and current for the benefit of our students. For these reasons, course modules may be updated.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
On successful completion of this course, you will:
- be able to understand and apply core business functions and processes in the global context.
- develop knowledge, skills and experience necessary to manage people, and physical and financial resources.
- evaluate and provide data in order to make informed business management decisions and manage complex strategic and management issues of global and local businesses.
- be equipped with investigative and analytical skills in order to examine the impact of risk on global companies.
- develop international management competencies required to operate in multicultural environments and diverse communities.
- be able to appraise, critically analyse and apply contemporary theories to real-world scenarios.
- be able to analyse specific global business situations to identify areas of good practice and use creative solutions.
This course provides the flexibility to help you build a career in one or more of a wide range of business functions and to work confidently internationally. It will help you to develop into a career-ready, globally aware graduate with management, communication, numerical and information technology skills, and will also help develop the entrepreneurial skills you need to start your own business or run an innovative project within a large organisation.
Where our graduates work
Our previous graduates have gone on to work at:
- Shell
- RASCO
- Think Mahogany, a creative-forward thinking communications agency
- Monzo – an online bank