BSc in Global Business Management

Course Overview

The BSc in Global Business Management at LSIBM is a three-year UK honours degree written for people who want to build careers running international programmes for UK multinationals, exporters and scale-ups. Sitting in the Business & Management faculty, it combines the core business curriculum with a global-business specialism — internationalisation theory, cross-cultural leadership, trade finance and global operations.

You will complete a global-business placement year in year two (a UK exporter, a London subsidiary of an overseas HQ, or a country desk), select an optional language strand, and defend a full international strategy dissertation in front of a working regional director. The BSc in Global Business Management is available on-campus in central London, fully online with cohort calls scheduled across UK and APAC time zones, and by distance learning from 2026.

Key Features

• Curriculum reviewed against IOE&IT, CMI and CIM international competencies.
• Three study modes — central London campus, fully online with UK / APAC cohort calls, or distance learning.
• Placement year with a UK exporter, subsidiary, or country desk.
• Optional language strand — Mandarin, Spanish, Arabic or French.
• Live cross-border consulting briefs in every year.
• Dissertation supervised by a working regional director.

What You Will Learn

The degree teaches global business management as it is actually practised inside UK multinationals — through language, culture, treasury, compliance and the operating rhythm of a country desk. You finish able to run an early-career international programme.

• Internationalisation theory — Uppsala, Eclectic paradigm, born-global firms.
• Global operating models — matrix, hub-and-spoke, functional.
• Cross-cultural leadership — Hofstede, GLOBE, Trompenaars.
• Trade finance and UK Export Finance schemes.
• Foreign exchange, treasury and international financial management.
• International HR, global mobility and expat policy.
• Sanctions, export controls, anti-bribery and Modern Slavery Act.
• Global marketing and brand globalisation under CIM practice.
• Sustainable global business and Scope 3 responsibilities.
• Research methods and dissertation craft.

Who This Course Is For

• A-level leavers targeting UK graduate schemes at multinationals and exporters.
• International students seeking a UK honours degree with cross-border relevance.
• Family-business successors preparing to run cross-border relationships.
• Career switchers from languages, area studies or law entering international business.
• Mature applicants with international work formalising their credentials.

Career Pathways

Graduates typically enter international-programme roles at UK multinationals, exporters and scale-ups, and junior country-manager or regional-programme seats. The degree supports applications but does not by itself guarantee outcomes. Typical destinations include:

• International Business Manager
• Country Analyst (Junior)
• Global Operations Coordinator
• Export Manager
• Regional Programme Coordinator
• Cross-border Business Development Executive

The BSc in Global Business Management is the natural step onto the MSc in Global Business Management or the IOE&IT Level 6-7 route.

Entry Requirements

• Three A-levels at BBC or above, or equivalent UK / international qualification (IB 28+, BTEC DMM, Access to HE, Foundation Year pass, or a relevant Higher Diploma with confirmed credit transfer).
• GCSE English Language at grade 5/C and Mathematics at grade 4/C (or equivalent).
• IELTS 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0) for non-native English speakers.
• A personal statement showing cross-border curiosity (languages, travel, work, family) — mature applicants (21+) may enter with a portfolio and a short interview.

Why Study at LSIBM

The London School of International Business and Management (LSIBM) is a specialist business-education provider based in central London and part of Harold International College. Undergraduate cohorts sit in small groups so every student is visible to their tutor, run a single intake schedule students can rely on, and every degree route is reviewed against UK professional-body competencies — ACCA, CIMA, CIM, CIPD, CMI, CIPS, CFA UK and IOE&IT — so graduates carry a credential that City recruiters engage with.

London puts the City, Canary Wharf, Whitehall, Companies House, the FCA, the Bank of England and the West End within a short tube ride of every classroom. Undergraduate students access a fortnightly practitioner clinic, at least one industry-careers day per academic year, a structured placement route and one-to-one application coaching in the final year.

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