International Business and Languages (Hons) University of Portsmouth

Overview

Throughout the International Business and Languages (Hons) from University of Portsmouth you’ll build a strong foundation in business while developing fluency in your chosen language and the cultural awareness to navigate the international business landscape. Along the way, you’ll sharpen essential skills such as communication, adaptability and problem-solving, all of which employers value highly. By combining these strengths, you’ll graduate prepared for careers that take you across borders and into international companies.

Your degree is designed to connect learning with the real world, so you’ll have the chance to gain hands-on experience through an optional professional placement with leading employers. Our students have worked with brands like L’Oréal, Bentley and Bosch, as well as many other well known industry names. You'll also immerse yourself fully in another culture by studying abroad in a country where your language is spoken, from Spain or Germany to destinations further afield such as Latin America.

Whichever path you take, you’ll leave university ready for a career where languages open doors and cultural understanding sets you apart. Whether you’re helping a business expand overseas, collaborating with international teams or simply confident in working across cultures, you’ll graduate with the tools to shape your future in the global business world.

Career opportunities:

This degree will open doors to a wide variety of careers in the business world. Being able to talk about your international experience and global business learning will give you an advantage when applying to multinational companies in particular.

If you study this course as a dual degree, you'll graduate with two degrees as well as your university study and placement experiences to showcase your in depth knowledge of international business and your soft skills such as working with people. 

Graduates of this course could get jobs as:

• Business development manager
• Product manager
• Customer accounts manager
• Market analyst
• Multilingual project coordinator
• Bilingual consultant
• Translator/interpreter  

Graduates of our International Business course have gone on to work for companies such as:

• Virgin Media
• IBM
• NATS (air traffic control)
• Asia Pacific Inspection
• BAE Systems
• Liquid Hub (drinks marketing)
• Morgan Stanley
• Kitchen Cut (software)
• Prospect Capital (finance)
• GSMA (worldwide mobile)
• Microsoft