About Msc International Business (dual Award) in Nottingham Trent University

Our unique MSc International Business (Dual Award) degree gives you an exceptional opportunity to gain two Master degrees in just 15 months, providing you with a clear competitive advantage. Featuring a highly valuable international internship, as well as the opportunity to study in the UK and abroad, and an in-depth academic project, this is a career-defining degree that will change the way you see the world!

This course is designed to address the competitiveness of the global context compacting the time needed to develop a truly international experience. You will begin by exploring the core areas of International Business here at Nottingham Business School. You will then build on this by studying at one of our acclaimed partner institutions:

• ISCTE Business School in Lisbon, Portugal;
• KEDGE Business School in Marseille, France
• ESC Clermont Graduate School of Management in Clermont-Ferrand, France;
• The University of Brescia in Brescia Italy; and
• National Sun Yat-sen University in Kaohsiung, Taiwan

This is followed by a valuable 12-week internship and a business research report based either in the UK or overseas, giving you first-hand experience in an internationally focused role. It is an excellent opportunity to immerse yourself in a different culture or get involved in the international activities of a UK business.

This degree offers you the opportunity to make a major impact on your career in a relatively short period, broadening your horizons and giving you sought-after international exposure.

What you’ll gain from this degree?

• graduate with two degrees – one from Nottingham Business School and one from a partner University.
• critically understand and evaluate the influence used by culture on the way businesses operate internationally.
• 12 week internship in the UK or abroad – putting you even further ahead of your peers.
• understanding the external and internal environmental aspects of international business behaviour and strategy.
• evaluate the strategic challenges faced by companies in the global business environment.
• apply knowledge, tools and techniques to resolve issues in new and diverse situations within the international business discipline.

Careers and employability

At Nottingham Business School, we’re focused on your employability from the start of your postgraduate degree. We provide you with a learning experience that integrates theory and practice.

Graduates from this course have gone onto roles within the public, private and third sector, undertaking positions such as:

• Foreign Trade Manager
• Project Manager
• Acquisitions Sales Representative
• Manager
• Senior Policy Advisor

Employability Team

We have a dedicated Employability Team who not only help you during your time with us but also following graduation, they’ll continue to support you by providing a number of services that will help kick-start your career.

Our Employability Team offer a wide range of support from one-to-one appointments with our specially trained consultants, to arranging recruitment fairs and skill building workshops.

Services they provide include:

• Finding placements, internships and part-time work
• Helping you to pursue self-employment
• Advice on taking gap years and time out
• Information and help on getting into volunteering
• Providing advice on further study.

As a student you will have access to our virtual learning environment, where you will be able to get in touch with our Employability team for CV support, application, interview and job hunting advice, career ideas and employer videos.

You can visit the Employability Team on your local campus every day during term time. They are also open outside of term time too, except on University closure days. So drop in, say hello, and get help with quick enquiries or book an appointment with a careers consultant from your school.

Entry requirements

• Any university degree of the relevant subject

English language requirements

IELTS : 6.5

• With a minimum of 5.5 in each component

PTE:62

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Nottingham Trent University Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses

The cost of attendance is governed by factors like the tuition fee and the cost of living.

Nottingham Trent University Admission Procedure 

• Application: The UG applications are accepted through ‘Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS)’ and PG applications through the ‘NTU applicant portal’.
• Application fee: One needs to pay £13 for 1 UG course and £24 for multiple UG courses.
• Application deadlines: For UG students the last date to apply is June 30, 2019. The PG programs don’t have any official deadline, however, it is better to apply one month prior to course start date.
• General requirements: Completed application form, academic transcripts, and English proficiency tests.
• Additional requirements: Birth certificate, passport copy, LOR.

English Proficiency Test: Majority of the courses require IELTS score ranging between 6.0 and 6.0 for entry. However, other equivalent English test scores are also acceptable.