university of surrey

Course Details

Business Management and French BSc (Hons)

Course Description

All our four-year programmes give you the opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge and an appreciation of the societies and cultures in which your target languages are spoken. Your third-year work or study placements enable you to put your language skills into practice and experience a different way of life. At the end of the programme, you will have a high level of linguistic and cultural competence and will be well prepared for the professional world.

Course Duration

NumberDuration
4year

Career outcomes

Our graduates do exceptionally well in the employment market as a result of their academic excellence and their experience abroad. Our students’ proficiency in languages, combined with their significant understanding of intercultural processes and socio-political contexts, gives them a distinct advantage in an increasingly competitive international employment market. Our emphasis on transferable skills such as presentation and research techniques, and communication across linguistic and cultural boundaries, ensures that our graduate profile fits the expectations of prospective employers. Language graduates from the University of Surrey have gone into a wide range of careers. Some examples of companies in which our graduates have found employment in recent years include: Electricité de France; Santander; Bouygues UK; Crédit Lyonnais; Eurosport; Goldman Sachs; BMW; Siemens; Mazda Motors Europe; BAE Systems; BT; Eurotexte (translation company); L’Oréal; LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy); JP Morgan. Many students go on to further study across Europe. Examples include: MSc in Development Studies at SOAS; ESCPEAP (Madrid/Berlin); MBA European Business, University of Reutlingen, Germany; MBA International Marketing, Sorbonne, Paris; MA European Studies, Cambridge/Sorbonne; PGCE/CAPES. Our own Department offers a broad range of postgraduate degree programmes in Translation Studies. Graduates of our internationally recognised programmes are well prepared for the professional market, as well as for further research. We are proud that the MA Translation programme has been selected to join the European Commission’s European Masters Network (EMT).




Business Management and French BSc (Hons) university of surrey