Bachelor of Arts - International Business (Honours) (with placement year)

The sandwich route through International Business inserts a paid placement year — commonly with exporters, freight and logistics operators, or the international functions of larger corporates — between the taught levels, extending the degree to four years. Academic content follows the standard pathway across global business, international marketing, trade operations and strategy, and students can sometimes combine the placement with the course’s study-abroad options for an unusually international CV.

Placement recruitment mirrors the wider scheme: applications through year two, faculty support on preparation, and success determined by the student’s persistence. International-flavoured placements reward flexibility on location and sector, and Midlands trade businesses — unfashionable but hiring — supply many of the seats. Hosts routinely set the returning student’s final-year consultancy project, tying the last academic year to a live commercial problem.

Timing detail from the export worth noting: this sandwich route lists only the September cycles, without the January windows some sibling variants carry, so applicants missing an autumn start face a full-year wait — a reason to lock documentation early. On costs, the four-year plan should assume three taught years at £16,800 plus a reduced placement-year charge, with the placement salary typically covering accommodation and living for that year.

For decision-making: the placement year is the difference between graduating with theory about trade and graduating having moved actual goods, and in a field built on practical documentation skill that gap is stark at interview. The four-year timeline concludes under the reduced Graduate Route settlement — 18 months of open work permission for post-2026 applicants — dependants stay excluded on taught routes, and placement-year tuition is customarily discounted, which DMU should confirm in the offer.