International Business - Bachelor's Programme

Globalisation creates new demands on both the employer and the employee. Companies and organisations that operate in an international context need employees with international competence and skills, including a solid understanding of cross-border, cross-cultural international business, trade, law, and economics. 

Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM) offers a three-year Bachelor's programme in International Business. The programme is taught in English and aimed at recent high school graduates with a strong academic background, international career ambitions, and the drive to gain knowledge and skills in the international business field. 

The purpose of the programme is to prepare you for a career in international business. You will train in advanced problem solving in an international context, and learn theoretical concepts, models, and tools derived from relevant research. Throughout the programme, this be related to real and complex business problems. You will work with team-based projects together with students from around the world, enhancing cross-cultural learning. There are also opportunities to do an internship or exchange studies abroad.

Semester 5: elective courses

The programme includes one semester where you study elective courses according to your own preferences. You can study courses at Lund University or at other universities in Sweden. You can also choose to do an exchange semester or complete an internship in Sweden or abroad.

The programme starts by introducing you to basic concepts and theories within central areas of the programme, including general skills such as, for example, working in teams, academic writing, and oral presentations. The courses that follow the first semester add additional perspectives and models that provide further, in-depth insights into the practical and theoretical areas that are related to the broad field of international business. As a final part of the programme, you will conduct your own research project in a small team and demonstrate your ability to independently apply the different ideas and theories introduced by the different courses.

This programme will enable you to compete in the international business labour market and add value to domestic employers with international relationships. The skills you develop by studying international business are attractive to a number of different employers. Your strength lies in the ability to work with analysis and strategy in an international environment.

After graduation, you will be well equipped for junior management positions at large international companies, government institutions or other organisations. Functional areas can include export, import, finance, controlling, business development, sales, marketing and customer care, for example. Or why not go the entrepreneurial route and manage your own international startup? 

Prerequisites

General requirements and studies equivalent to Swedish Upper Secondary School courses English 6/English level 2, Mathematics 3b or 3c/Mathematics further level 1b or further level 1c (which denotes knowledge of how to solve mathematical problems involving polynomial, rational, exponential and logarithmic functions, and knowledge of the derivative of those functions and the relation of the derivative to the slope of a curve) and Social Studies 1b or 1a1 + 1a2/Social Studies level 1b or level 1a2

Selection criteria

In the early international admissions round seats are allocated entirely through the general average (GPA) of your higher secondary school leaving certificate. In the later national admissions round seats are allocated according to the following: The general average (GPA) of your higher secondary school leaving certificate: 66 %, The Swedish national university aptitude test: 34 %. The University board has decided that applicants with equal merits (in the GPA group) should be separated by the use of a valid result from the Swedish national university aptitude test.

Tuition fees for non-EU/EEA citizens

Citizens of countries outside:

• The European Union (EU)
• The European Economic Area (EEA) and
• Switzerland

are required to pay tuition fees. You pay an instalment of the tuition fee in advance of each
semester.

Tuition fees, payments and exemptions

Full programme/course tuition fee: SEK 390,000
First payment: SEK 65,000

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Note that you may also need to pay an application fee, or provide proof of exemption.

Application fee

No tuition fees for citizens of the EU, EEA and Switzerland

There are no tuition fees for citizens of the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland.

Lund University Global Scholarship Programme

The Lund University Global Scholarship Programme is a merit-based and selective scholarship aimed at top academic students from countries outside the EU/EEA. It is primarily available for Master’s applicants. However, students applying to certain Bachelor’s programmes are also eligible. The current selection of programmes is Development Studies, Mathematics, Physics, and Physical Geography.

Lund University Global Scholarship

Country-specific scholarships and funding options

Lund University has agreements with scholarship organisations and funding bodies in different countries, which may allow applicants to apply for funding or scholarships in their home countries for their studies at Lund University. Most agreements are intended for Master’s applicants, although certain opportunities may also be available to Bachelor’s students.

Country-specific scholarships

External scholarships

In addition to scholarships offered by Lund University or through its partner agreements, there are external opportunities. On the page below, you’ll find examples of organisations that may provide financial support for international students from specific countries.

External scholarships