You will find that along with your acquired language skills, knowledge of French culture and experience from a year-long work placement that you will have built a professional network and will be all the more prepared for employment in a multinational environment. This degree programme will prepare you for responsible and professional managerial roles in both the public and private sectors. You could enter careers in marketing, banking and finance, consultancies, management accountancy, the civil service, retailing and other service industries. Gaining a strong grounding in the functional areas of business and exploring the key themes and emerging challenges facing business in a global context is central to the course. This encompasses both the 'internal' environment of the firm- such as human resources, organisational behaviour and utilising financial and accounting information, ethical management, IT management and entrepreneurship - and the 'external' environment - such as markets, marketing, strategy, corporate finance, corporate social responsibility, the cultural context in which firms operate and entrepreneurial direction. Throughout the degree you will develop a high level of understanding of your chosen country's written and spoken language and gain a deep understanding of the country's culture and business practices. In the fourth and final year there are no core modules which focus on business and management, instead you will examine areas already studied at a more advanced level, selecting from a wide range of optional modules, allowing you to tailor your degree programme to suit your individual interests and ambitions.

Ranked 5th in the UK for graduate career prospects, we recognise that undergraduate study is an important investment in your future career and we are therefore very proud of our outstanding graduate employment record, reflected in our consistently strong performance in national university league tables. In the latest university league tables we are ranked 5th in the UK for careers in 'business and management studies' by The Guardian and 4th in the UK for careers in 'accounting and finance' by The Times.