BSc in Multinational Business Operations
Course Overview
If you want to run a regional operations desk or manage the day-to-day inside a UK multinational, London-based subsidiary of an overseas group or a mid-market exporter, the BSc in Multinational Business Operations at the London School of International Business and Management (LSIBM) is built for you. Sitting in the International Business & Trade faculty, this three-year honours degree combines the core business curriculum with multi-country operations planning, shared-service design, cross-border governance and the post-Brexit UK trading rulebook — Incoterms 2020, the Border Target Operating Model, and the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
You will undertake a placement year with a UK multinational or a mid-market exporter, produce a live regional operations case in year two and defend a final-year capstone on a multi-country operations question in front of a working regional COO. The BSc in Multinational Business Operations is available on-campus in central London, fully online with UK / APAC cohort calls, and by distance learning from 2026.
Key Features
- Curriculum reviewed against CMI, IOE&IT and Institute of Business Ethics competencies, so the credential lands with UK employers.
- Three study modes — central London campus, fully online with UK / APAC cohort calls, or distance learning.
- Placement year with a UK multinational, a mid-market exporter or a London-based overseas subsidiary.
- Live regional operations case from a UK multinational each cohort.
- Cross-border governance module mapped to UK Corporate Governance Code implications and section 172 duties.
- Final-year capstone defended in front of a working regional COO.
What You Will Learn
The degree organises multinational business operations around the working questions a regional COO or country desk actually faces: how to plan across five time zones, where to place shared services, what to escalate to head office, and how to keep a legal-entity map, a supply chain and a compliance officer aligned at the same time.
- Multi-country operations planning — regional S&OP, follow-the-sun design, hub-and-spoke choices.
- Shared-service centre design — captive versus outsourced, transition planning, service levels.
- Cross-border supply chains — logistics, BIFA freight practice, ethical sourcing.
- Trade and customs — Incoterms 2020, Border Target Operating Model, customs declarations.
- Comparative operations regulation — HSE, environmental compliance, modern-slavery reporting.
- Cross-cultural team leadership — Hofstede, GLOBE, matrix reporting relationships.
- Transfer pricing basics for operations managers.
- Regional finance for operations — working capital, FX exposure on inventory.
- Sustainability, ESG and scope-3 reporting in multinational value chains.
- Capstone research on an original multi-country operations question.
Who This Course Is For
- A-level leavers aiming for graduate schemes in multinationals, mid-market exporters and shared-service centres.
- International students who want a UK honours degree useful across regional operations roles.
- Working professionals in logistics, procurement or country operations moving into management responsibility.
- Career switchers from retail, hospitality or manufacturing moving into cross-border operations.
- Family-business successors managing multi-country supplier and customer relationships.
Career Pathways
Graduates typically progress into regional-operations, country-operations and cross-border programme roles across UK multinationals, mid-market exporters and shared-service centres. The degree supports applications but does not by itself guarantee job offers or visa outcomes. Typical destinations include:
- Regional Operations Manager
- Multinational Programme Lead
- Country Operations Analyst
- Shared-Service Centre Analyst
- Cross-Border Programme Coordinator
- Regional Compliance Analyst
The BSc in Multinational Business Operations is the natural step onto the MSc in International Management, the MSc in Multinational Business Operations, or a professional-body track with IOE&IT.
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 genuine cross-border operations curiosity (travel, languages, work in logistics or trade). 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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