International Business

Studying bachelor’s in International Business at Linnaeus University in Sweden:

This is a dynamic programme in business administration with a specialization in international business. Through integrating theoretical frameworks in international marketing and entrepreneurship with the tools for business interactions and practitioners insights regarding business sales, procurement, and business development, it focuses on how to create, nurture and develop business relations in an international context.

 

Necessary information:

• Duration: 3 years
• Degree awarded by: Linnaeus University
• Admission criteria: Highschool degree
• Language of instruction: English
• Format: Full-time
• Semester: Autumn
• Tuition fee: 54,900 SEK (First payment)
• Tuition fee, total: 340,500 SEK
• Application Fee: 900 SEK

 

Curriculum:

The degree programme in International Business comprises 180 credits. All mandatory courses are taught in English. The core subject of the programme is business administration that specializes in international business studies and complemented by the courses in international business law, statistics, and economics.

• During the first year, the degree programme focuses on the business environment of an international firm as well as on the internal processes therein.
• During the second year, the program highlights the market and international business processes of the firm.
• The third year offers multiple alternatives. Semester five covers optional courses to be taken at the School of Business and Economics or elsewhere.
• The final semester is dedicated to the specialization of the programme and provides the degree program participants with a capstone course in international business strategy. That sums up and bridges the studies so far into the final courses in a scientific method and the degree project, resulting in a bachelor thesis in international business.

 

Career opportunity:

Linnaeus University Career Counselling Service: The career counselling service at Linnaeus University offers support and advice when you try to figure out how your education, your experience, and your personal qualifications can best be summarized into a powerful job application. You will get help pinpointing your skills and experience and tips and guidance on how to best design your CV and cover letter.

 

Application Requirements:

• Have successfully completed your upper secondary (high school) education (post-16)
• Be able to demonstrate proficiency in English. The entry requirement for bachelor’s studies in Sweden is to have studied the equivalent of the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.
• For students who received their final school grades after 31 December 2009, there is an additional mathematics requirement. You must have successfully completed courses equal to the Swedish courses Mathematics 1a, 1b or 1c.
• Record of completed upper secondary (high school) education
• Copy of the page in your passport with your personal data and photograph, or a similar identification document.
• You must upload your documentation both in the original language and in an official translation. Accepted languages for translations are Swedish and English.

 

English language requirements:

Exam	score
IELTS Academic	6.5
TOFEL IBT	90
Pearson PTE Academic or PTE Academic Online	62

 

 

Deadlines and intakes:

• Mid-August: Application deadline for courses starting in the Spring semester.
• Mid-January: Application deadline for courses and programmes starting in the Autumn semester. (January 16)