都柏林城市大學

The BA in Global Business combines a broad understanding of international business with intercultural experience and work placements. This degree is unique in that you’ll have the chance to participate in two work placements and earn two business degrees in two countries.

In your four years, you’ll gain the necessary knowledge and skills to meet the challenges of the diverse worlds of global and local business.

You’ll spend your first two years in DCU (including a work placement in Ireland), and then your final two years in Brock University (Ontario), our partner in Canada, where you’ll study North American history, politics and business practice, and also have the option to study a second language. Brock University, founded in 1964 at the centre of Canada’s Niagara Peninsula, is the only university in Canada based in a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.

You’ll graduate with two qualifications, one from DCU and one from the partner institution. Students are responsible for their own accommodation, travel and insurance costs for their 2 years abroad.

About the course

This degree is the only one of its kind in Ireland. You’ll spend the first two years in DCU, including a work placement, and the final two years in the relevant partner institution abroad, where you study through that country’s language and university system, and do a second work placement.

In your first two years, you’ll gain an understanding of the principles of business by studying subjects such as accounting, finance, economics and marketing. You'll also study North American history, politics and business practice, and also have the option to study a second language.

On transferring to the partner institution in Year Three, you will focus on international business and in Year Four, you have the opportunity to specialise in a variety of business areas.

You’ll graduate with two qualifications the BA in Global Business from DCU, and a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) from Brock University (Canada).

Careers

This degree is designed to develop future leaders in an increasingly international and diverse business environment.

Graduates from this course work around the world in:

• Banking
• European Affairs
• European Law
• European Regulation
• Finance
• International affairs
• International Marketing Management

In these areas

• Commerce
• Finance
• Human Resource Management
• International Management
• Marketing