International Business - English - 4 years - Full-time

Year 2

Delve deeper

In year two, you get to build on the knowledge and skills you acquired during your first year courses, but that’s not all. You can also attend courses like E-business, Sustainability and Business Ethics and Management Information Systems. Additionally, you’ll have the opportunity to learn a foreign language. You can choose from French, Dutch, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese, Korean and Russian. International Business (IB) students know the importance of working alongside other cultures in our international classroom and language electives. This intercultural approach adds value to everything we do.

Years 2 and 3 (semesters 3 to 6)

In years two and three, you get to build on the knowledge and practical skills you acquired during your first year courses. While some course in year two will help you gain deeper understandings of subjects that were covered in the foundation year, others will add to your business management tool kit.

IB works closely with a Business Advisory Council, a committee of international business professionals, alumni and industry experts to evaluate and update the curriculum.

Courses you can expect in semester 3 and 4

• Innovation and Creativity
• International Business Awareness
• Management of Information as Ditigal Citizens
• Ethics and Social Responsibility
• Intercultural Proficiency
• Marketing and Sales
• Finance and Accounting
• Operations and Supply Chain Management
• Organisation and People
• Business Research

Year 4

Final thesis

It’s year of the daunting thesis! Well, that might be the case if you were to write a 30,000-word masterpiece on a boring subject. But what if we told you that your thesis could possibly save an SME or international company thousands of Euros? And what if your thesis can land you a well-paid job after graduation? On IB, most students write their thesis about their internship company. One student analysed the Dutch consumer market to see if it was ready for Tom’s of Maine’s natural toothpaste. Another student researched RealeGroup’s cybercrime insurance market potential in Turin. Other graduates have landed themselves jobs at Karl Lagerfeld, Nike, BlueLynx, BMW and Boston Consulting Group on the strength of their final thesis.

Study Abroad

You’ll get to spend a semester on an exchange as an IB student. You won’t be stuck for choice with 170 partner universities in around 43 countries to choose from. During this semester you’ll experience different cultures, teaching and learning styles and take new business modules. This year, over 200 of our students took their exchange semesters in the USA, Canada, Australia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan, South- Korea, Brazil, Mexico, Spain, France, Germany and Sweden.
One of the IB students tells about her internship in Peru.

Internships

Once you have some theory under your belt and practical training in classroom projects, you are ready to put these to the test in the professional field on an internship. You can complete your internship at a company abroad or in The Netherlands. You’ll engage in the day-to-day running of a global business while developing your intercultural, personal and professional skills.