Program Description

This course will give you the chance to examine in depth critical issues in international business economics, together with the complexities of, and challenges facing, today’s world markets.

You’ll have opportunities to:

• Focus on practical economic analysis, policy formulation and market efficiency in a real-world context.
• Get up-to-speed with challenges facing modern businesses through a range of learning environments.
• Develop your quantitative skills to evaluate outcomes of economic policies and interventions, and make evidence-based decisions.
• You will have the option to apply for a ‘professional experience’ opportunity2, designed to further develop your skills and knowledge with the aim of maximising your employability prospects (see modules for more information).

On successful completion of this course:

You will have knowledge of:

• The concepts and theories in economics and international trade, and their application to real-world situations.
• Financing arrangements, strategies and governance structures of business, voluntary and governmental organisations.
• Mathematical and econometric techniques for economic analysis.
• The complex operation and function of markets in different regulatory settings.
• The contemporary and controversial issues in economics and business in emerging markets.

You should be able to:

• Use diagnostic and decision-making skills in dealing with economic and international business problems.
• Select and apply modelling and quantitative techniques in economic policy and international business contexts.
• Search for relevant data and information sources, manage gathered data and use it to systematically and creatively comprehend, analyse and synthesise complex issues.
• Demonstrate self-direction and originality in approaching, tackling and finding solutions to economic and analytical problems, and identifying relevant data and information patterns.
• Critically assess and evaluate the conceptual and theoretical frameworks in economics and international business, as well as challenge their assumptions.
• Exercise judgement in the selection of different theoretical frameworks and methodological approaches to analyse issues and problems in real-world economic contexts.
• Find, extract, manipulate, analyse and interpret economic data from various sources and develop reasoned conclusions.
• Critically assess, compare and contrast the economic environment and policy outcomes in national and international contexts.

Admission Requirements

• Applicants should hold a good honours degree 2:2 or above in a relevant academic discipline, such as finance, accounting or economics. Applications from candidates with relevant experience will be considered on an individual basis. 
• General Requirement :-
  • Indian Students-Students must achieve 60% in a 3 Year Undergraduate Degree or 55% in a 4 Year.Undergraduate Degree Students from the following Universities will be considered with 55% in a 3 Year Undergraduate Degree (unless applying for Health and Life Science courses): Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai (Madras), Anna, Amity, Andhra Pradesh, Aligarh Muslim, Pune, Bangalore and JNTU.
  • Arab Students-Students who hold a Bachelor’s Degree should have an average grade of 60% or above. Students who have an average grade of 70% or CGPA of 2.5 out of 4 for the Postgraduate Research programmes with a satisfactory research proposal.

IELTS Requirements

Listening	Reading	Writing	Speaking	Overall
5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	6.5

Remarks:

Indian Students IELTS Waiver:-65% in Standard XII English language from certain examination boards only (Central boards, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Uttarakhand)