Business Management (Study Abroad)

BSc Business Management (Study Abroad) gives you the expertise to understand the changing world of business on national and global levels. It is a comprehensive programme of study that draws from the full breadth of the Management School’s expertise, and allows you to build a personalised degree over the four years. Whether you want to work in large private organisations, the public sector or start up your own business, you can personalise your degree to acquire the analytical, quantitative, presentation and other transferable skills needed to succeed and stand out.

Course overview
Compulsory modules in your first year cover the broad foundations of management, developing your understanding of the functions and processes involved in managing complex organisations and establishing your leadership skills. You will study across our full-spectrum management school, learning from world-leading researchers and experts to develop fundamental skills in areas including management theory and organisational behaviour, accounting and finance, marketing strategies, business analytics, entrepreneurial thinking, and economic environments.

At the end of your first year, you can choose to follow a general management programme or follow a specialist programme in entrepreneurship.

In your second year, diverse optional modules allow you to tailor your course to best match your interests and career aspirations. You can either pursue a broad understanding of topics or specialise in your chosen field, choosing from subjects such as operations and risk management, business start-up, entrepreneurial mindset, human resources, finance, marketing, and economics.

You will study three core modules and choose from a range of optional modules, examples of which are outlined in the course structure below.

Your third year is undertaken at one of our global partner universities, building your global outlook and connectivity, with study areas including leadership, business and strategic management. Your learning here will be delivered in English, enabling you to focus on studying as well as enjoying your new surroundings.

Your final year allows you to customise your studies further, taking in areas such as organisational change, international management, strategy and leadership, organisational ethics, and social contexts of entrepreneurship. The course structure below shows examples of the types of optional modules you might take.

Key facts
Our careers team, including a dedicated departmental careers coach, will work with you from day one to help with internships, placements and graduate employment. We will supply training in CV writing, interview assessment centres and telephone interviews, helping you with your future career ambitions.

Lancaster University will make reasonable endeavours to place students at an approved overseas partner university that offers appropriate modules which contribute credit to your Lancaster degree. Occasionally, places overseas may not be available for all students who want to study abroad, or the place at the partner university may be withdrawn if core modules are unavailable. If you are not offered a place to study overseas, you can transfer to the equivalent standard degree scheme and complete your studies at Lancaster.

Lancaster University cannot accept responsibility for any financial aspects of the year abroad.

Course outcomes
Our graduates leave with the skills required to succeed in modern business. Not only will you possess functional competencies from studying modules in finance, accounting, marketing, business analytics, and entrepreneurship, you will also be able to look at business through an ethical lens, placing its activities firmly in the context of society. Our graduates have gone on to work for some of the world’s most important businesses and Non-governmental organisations.