Bachelor in International Business & Management Studies

Introduction

IBMS (International Business & Management Studies) of Saxion offers a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), which is widely recognised as the premier Bachelors’ Degree in Business Administration. It provides grounding in all subjects relevant to running a business: broadening the business knowledge and skills of the graduate. The qualification BBA is becoming a necessity for those who wish to effectively develop a career as a manager in business. It is also a good stepping-stone for a follow-up in studying the Master of Business Administration (MBA).

As such, the emphasis is moving from technical skills and business theory to working in a multi-cultural and diverse business environment. Saxion Universities of Applied Sciences offers this fulltime BBA course in close co-operation with industry and therefore it is highly practical oriented.

Course content

Each semester of the IBMS is thematic which means that students concentrate entirely on one business subject. There is one central project, which is assessed at the end of the semester. All of the learning activities (groupwise or individual, internal or external) contribute to this central project.
Some subjects are assessed as well. The goals of the exams are dual: they are developed to prepare students for the project but they also test individual knowledge and skills.

The first propedeutic year is a year for orientation and (self) selection. Students will also learn how to deal with the intercultural setting, how to co-operate and how to plan their study. To that excursions and a team building session will be organised. IBMS aims to train independent and competent students who are creative in problem solving, committed, a team player, co-operative, aware of intercultural processes and ethical.

• Semester 1 – International Marketing
  • Export Marketing
  • Intercultural management
  • Cost accounting
  • Personal development
  • Communication skills

• Semester 2 – Organization Analysis
  • Organization & management
  • Human resources
  • Finance
  • Foreign language
  • Personal development.
  • Communication skills

• Semester 3 – Information Management
  • Business processes
  • Administrative organization
  • E-business
  • Finance
  • Foreign language
  • Communication skills

• Semester 4 – Supply Chain Management
  • Inbound logistics
  • Material management
  • Category management
  • Cost accounting
  • E-business
  • Foreign language
  • Communication skills

• Semester 5 – Internship
  • Management skills
  • Personal development

• Semester 6 – Business Development
  • Strategic management
  • Financial management
  • Strategic Marketing
  • Business planning

• Semester 7 – Minor
  • Elective course

• Semester 8
  • Graduation Assignment

Next to this programme we offer the Academy Camp, Communication Training, Management Game and excursions in Europe.

Specific requirements

Are you interested in different cultures, do you speak English fluently and do you have the ambition to go global? Then IBMS is the right choice for you!

International Business and Management Studies is an English-language course with students from all over the world training you for a management position in an international environment.
After finishing this course you may call yourself Bachelor of Business Administration.

You can check the general entry requirements for this course here.

Career prospects

With the BBA degree students are able to operate in an international setting as a product manager, export manager, information auditor, purchaser, channel manager or even business developer all over the world.
Of course it is also possible to start an own business or participate in family business with this degree.