Bachelor's degree in International Business

Introduction

Objectives and competences

Objectives

Competences

General competences

• Commitment to ethical practice (critical and self-critical capabilities, and capacity to demonstrate attitudes consistent with accepted notions of ethical practice).
• Capacity to detect inequalities among people with the objective of designing, implementing and assessing the corresponding policies for eradicating discrimination in companies and institutions.
• Capacity for learning and responsibility (capacity for analysis and synthesis, to adopt a global approach, and to apply knowledge in practice)
• Ability to work in a team (capacity to collaborate with others and contribute to a common project, and capacity to work in cross-disciplinary and multicultural teams).
• Creative and entrepreneurial skills (capacity to conceive, design and manage projects).
• Concern for sustainability (capacity to assess the social and environmental impact of actions taken in a particular setting/capacity to adopt integrated and systemic approaches).
• Communication skills (capacity to understand and produce spoken and written English or other foreign languages, using the specialized terminology of the discipline).
• Capacity to interpret the evolution and adaptation of the environment.
• Capacity to use information and communication technologies (ICTs) in professional development.
  

   

Specific competences

• Capacity to analyse the operation of business organizations in their international environment to interpret their behaviour in response to international economic, social, cultural or legal factors.
• Comprehensive understanding of the international economic, legal and socio-political environment and ability to use this understanding to manage business decisions taken in this environment.
• Understanding of the operation and structure of international markets and ability to identify the implications of growing internationalization and the new global market.
• Understanding of global economic institutions and ability to assess their role in international economic relations.
• Capacity to apply the basic principles of international marketing and sales management.
• Capacity to evaluate processes and decision-making in international operations.
• Capacity to prepare, interpret and apply company accounting and financial information.
• Capacity to manage human resources from an international perspective.
• Capacity to apply quantitative methods to solve real problems in several company areas.
• Capacity to make decisions in an international business environment: planning and organization.
• Understanding of the culture and business of different countries and ability to adapt to and successfully interact in other geopolitical contexts.

Access and admission

Applicant profile and access requirements

Recommended applicant profile

• Interest in the economy and the corporate world in an international context.
• Natural ability in mathematics and statistics.
• Interest in culture and business in other parts of the world.
• Interest in and acceptance of different cultural perspectives.
• Knowledge of English (the degree is taught entirely in English; the minimum level required is the equivalent of secondary and upper secondary education or official certification of level B2 in the Common European Framework of Reference).
• Advanced knowledge of new information technologies

Access requirements and conditions

Admission for students with studies completed outside Spain.

Applicants holding higher educational qualifications from a university outside Spain should consult the page Admission with foreign qualifications to find out about specific admission requirements.
 

Pre-enrolment

Students that have studied abroad and who wish to study at the University of Barcelona may be admitted to EHEA bachelor's degree courses. Procedures for gaining admission will depend on the qualifications held by each applicant.

For further information about admission, consult the page Admission with foreign qualifications.
 

Enrolment

As a general rule, at the UB you will be required to enrol online via the Món UB portal. To find out the date and time you have been assigned, check the specific information for your course. Remember that you can lose your place if you do not enrol on the day you have been assigned.

Academic information

• Documents required for enrolment
• Procedure to formalize enrolment
• After enrolment
• Grants and financial aid
  

Welcome

Support and guidance

Pre-enrolment information and events

• Welcome portal
• Student Support Service (SAE)
• Open days
• Informative sessions

Course curriculum

Subjects and course plans

Distribution of credits

List of subjects

Pathways and specializations

Previous years

• Course plans 2023 - 2024
• Course plans 2022 - 2023
• Course plans 2021 - 2022

Teaching staff

Placements

Placements are supervised by tutors and subject to assessment.They are therefore included in the academic record.  There is also an option to complete non-curricular placements of up to 500 hours, which can be extended to 900 hours. For both curricular and non-curricular placements, an educational cooperation agreement is signed between the UB and the company, institution or other organization at which the placement will be carried out.
 

Institutional information

• Regulations on external placements
• FeinaUB

Career opportunities

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