In this combined degree your study of management is combined with learning Europe's most widely spoken native language. Germany boasts Europe's largest and the world's fourth-largest economy and has strong trade links with the UK. Over 1000 British companies do business in Germany, with UK exports to Germany worth over €30billion a year, and over 2,500 German companies have invested in the UK, totalling almost €100billion (Foreign Office 2011). Professionals in international corporations enjoy an advantage if they know German. In Management Sciences you study managerial decision-making processes, investigate commonly used management science techniques and assess the means by which people and systems can be managed to improve organisational performance. On the German side of your degree you will study the language and be able to select from a range of modules on the culture, literature and history of the German-speaking world. Language learning will be a core component throughout your course.

Employability is embedded into modules from the first year onwards, right from the first lecture. We offer a number of optional employability modules. A year abroad can also give you the chance to achieve something away from education-centred activity, such as gaining relevant work experience to help form your future plans. With many employers now expecting extracurricular or voluntary experience, this can prove vital. Your specialist skills in intercultural communication, listening and language will be highly valued by employers.