Are you keen to understand how businesses and managers operate? Lancaster University courses are designed to develop your conceptual understanding and provide practice-based insights. You will also develop your personal competencies, including communications and mathematical abilities. 

Such skills have helped recent graduates find work in a wide variety of roles, within sectors such as banking, retail, consultancy, sales and marketing, and data analysis.

In Leipzig, this course will look at international trade and industry, as well as focusing on real life examples from the thriving German economy.

Programme Overview: 

Our broad-based Business Management programme gives you the expertise to understand the changing world of business on national and global levels.

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.

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.

Did you know? Lancaster University Management School (UK) is quadruple-accredited by AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA and the Small Business Charter.

Course structure: Information contained on the website with respect to modules is correct at the time of publication, and the University will make every reasonable effort to offer modules as advertised. In some cases changes may be necessary and may result in some combinations being unavailable, for example as a result of student feedback, timetabling, staff changes and new research. Not all optional modules are available every year.

Careers: 

A degree in business management can open up a range of exciting career avenues, including the following roles: 

• Actuarial analyst
• Arbitrator 
• Business adviser 
• Business analyst 
• Business development manager 
• Chartered management accountant 
• Corporate investment banker 
• Data analyst 
• Data scientist
• Forensic accountant 
• Insurance underwriter 
• Management consultant 
• Project manager