International Business

• The programme has been internationally accredited by the AACSB and EQUIS, ensuring a high-quality education, which only 1% of universities reach worldwide.

• The programme in Groningen is about linking theories of management to the reality of international business. It is the intellectual understanding and their sensitivity to differences in perceptions and approaches that equips international business students to correctly analyse situations and to determine effective responses. You will be challenged to approach various business cases from different economic, cultural, legal and political perspectives.

• There are more than 50 different nationalities represented in the programme and 37% of the student body is international.

• In your 3rd year, you will study abroad for one semester at one of over 200 exchange partners in 50 different countries.

You will spend one semester (30EC) in the third year studying abroad at one of our exchange partners. For an overview of university partners, please visit https://www.rug.nl/feb/education/exchange/partners/.

International Business is a broad programme that forms a solid foundation to pursue a broad range of Master's degrees. You might choose to specialize in Marketing or Operations, for example. Or you could build on your Bachelor's with a Master's degree in International Business and Management, which will give you the credentials to work for a multinational firm, governmental institutions and international organisations. You can work in export, marketing or sales for example.

Plenty of multinationals will be interested in students with an academic degree in business. Your position within this kind of organization can vary from export manager or international marketer to international sales manager, product manager or human resource manager. But numerous other career opportunities await. This, of course, depends on the choices you make during and after the International Business programme.

Many organisations also offer traineeships and junior positions which will introduce you to different types of activities. If you were to choose a two-year Research Master's you could move into academia, perhaps decide to go further and earn a PhD.

Top 5 sectors IB graduates work

• Consumer Staples
• Financial
• Consulting
• Utilities
• Government

Examples of organisations: ING, PwC, EY, Toyota, Philips, Unilever, Ministery of Economic Affairs and Climate. source: FEB Graduates report edition 2021 (nr. of respondents 117)

As a graduate, your degree will be highly valued in the labour market. The Faculty of Economics and Business is internationally accredited and belongs to the 1% of business schools around the world accredited by both EQUIS and AACSB.

FEB Career Services
When you become a student at the faculty, we want to support you in developing your career and strengthening your employability skills. You can count on a dedicated on-campus Career Services team offering you a wide range of courses, workshops, events and career-related support during your studies. Everything you need to enter the labour market.

Our education is strongly rooted in business practice and society. Also right from the start of your degree programme attention is paid to academic research and pre-professional development. Since an analytical and critical mind and problem-solving capabilities are important qualities in any career our students aspire to.

In collaboration with external partners, the faculty conducts research projects on e.g banking, local government, customer insights, leadership, energy, healthy ageing and lean operations. Read more about the research conducted at the Faculty of Economics and Business.