International Business (Top-up) BA(Hons)

Business is becoming truly global. This one-year top-up course is designed to help you understand the global factors driving business today. You will explore international business activities and strategies and the organisational, cultural and institutional factors that shape them. Management studies was ranked in the top quart in England in 2025 for organisation and management. (National Student Survey 2025).* This top-up degree course will help you build a greater understanding of how commerce operates and give you an opportunity to explore in-depth the issues that affect it, with a particular focus on the international markets. The top five job titles advertised in the UK for graduate roles associated with International Business BA(Hons) are Project Managers, Human Resources Advisors, Marketing Executives, Data Analysts and Data Scientists.** You will learn through practical application and delivered lectures, workshops, seminars, group work sessions and independent study.

Entry requirements for this course are normally one of the following: Higher National Diploma in Business. Overseas equivalents such as two years post baccalaureate at 55% average. Successful completion of two years of Higher Education with 120 ECTS credits (or equivalent). If your first language is not English, you will need to meet the minimum requirements of an English Language qualification. The minimum for IELTS is 6.0 overall with no element lower than 5.5, or equivalent. Read more about the University’s entry requirements for students outside of the UK on our International Entry Requirements page.

IELTS 6.0 overall with no element lower than 5.5

International students: £17,600

UK students: £9,535

UK/Home: £9,535

International: £17,600

21 September 2026; 11 January 2027

28 June 2026

• University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, United Kingdom