Business Administration (Study Abroad) : BBA Hons : N201

A key focus of the course is the development of essential managerial skills such as:

Team working
Leadership
Problem solving
Effective communication
You will also put your learning into practice in a ten-week team project for a local business in your second year looking at a real issue and providing recommendations to the organisation.

On this Study Abroad degree, you will spend the second year of your course undertaking similar modules in one of our partner universities, allowing you to gain an international perspective.

In the final year you apply your knowledge to a strategic management simulation exercise where your team is in charge of an airline company, providing you with experience of running a business.

Our degrees open the widest variety of career pathways in national and international firms, both private and public, as well as in small and medium companies around the world. Some graduates also go on to start businesses themselves.

Graduates have begun their careers as trainee graduate managers, project managers, brand managers, and hotel and property managers. Our alumni are working for a wide variety of employers – from established corporates like BP, IBM, Johnson & Johnson and Sellafield to modern brands like Innocent Drinks.

Our courses are designed to develop your conceptual understanding and provide practice-based insights. You will develop your personal competencies including communications and mathematical abilities. Such skills have helped recent graduates find work in a wide variety of roles in banking, retail, consultancy, sales and marketing and data analysis.

Some former graduates are pursuing their studies with PGCE teacher training or professional qualifications. Many have stayed at Lancaster for Masters degrees.

A Level AAB

GCSE Mathematics grade B or 6, English Language grade B or 6

IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 5.5 in each component.