International Business and Modern Languages BA (Hons)

University of Exeter

Overview- Equip yourself with business acumen, commercial understanding, intercultural skills, and linguistic ability in your chosen language- Open your career prospectus up to the global business community- Students will be able to study all 7 modern languages: Chinese, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish.- Study specialist modules in business and management, accounting, finance, marketing, and entrepreneurship, taught by our triple-accredited Business School- Spend your third year abroad, giving you an immersive language study experience- Delivered jointly by the University of Exeter Business School and our world top 100 College of Humanities- Students often get involved in activities outside class such as language societies, tandem partnerships, liaison work in schools and the community such as our Translation! Festival – the only public festival dedicated to translation in the UK.The BA International Business and Modern Languages is a natural fit for students wanting to give themselves an advantage in the global commercial world. It provides you with a potent combination of expertise that will give you the intercultural skills, business acumen, relevant commercial knowledge, and linguistic ability to really stand out from other graduates without this complementary combination of abilities.We anticipate that most graduates will move on to business-oriented careers – management, marketing, finance, etc – but that they will pursue these careers across the globe for a much broader range of international companies than usual.Skills developed during this collaborative degree – including the fully-integrated year abroad –include analytical problem solving, written and verbal fluency, managing and analysing information, cultural awareness, research, team working, and critical thinking, all of which are essential to modern global business.