Department of International Trade and Business offers competent, exciting, unique, and concentrated coverage of highly relevant international topics in a curriculum designed for global managers and entrepreneurs in the world trade language English.
Program Description
Department of International Trade and Business offers competent, exciting, unique, and concentrated coverage of highly relevant international topics in a curriculum designed for global managers and entrepreneurs in the world trade language English. In a more globalized economy, not only private businesses but also governments, public institutions and NGOs need specialists who will support the process of internationalization. By studying application-related degree in Department of International Trade and Business students will learn the knowledge and gain the tools required to make economic and financial, business and marketing decisions within their future organisations. Students will also be instructed in decision-making authority, management skills and international business skills. In view of a future-oriented international labour market the students will be educated scientifically, practically and in an interdisciplinary manner by highly qualified member of academics.
As students acquire the skills to lead their future organizations to meet the growing demand for highly trained managers in the international arena, they will also obtain the ability to work in the international institutions involved in transactions and international cooperation. That is why the education in our department concentrates on the analysis of the international economy and learning languages, especially English. In the structure of the Department of International Trade and Business, we as faculty will combine different components, such as.
- In the Foreign Trade component, students will study theories and practices in the economic and trade conditions in the wider global context within which these operate,
- In the International Business component, students will focus on aspects of business communication such as marketing, finance, and management in the national, international, and intercultural context.
- The programme in English as a foreign language aims to develop students' competence in English language.
Aims and Objectives.
This Department aims to produce graduates who are well qualified in business studies and who are prepared to meet the challenges of international business in the 21st century. In addition to this aim, International Trade and Business graduates will also be:
- capable of developing effective international business strategies in the major trade regions of the world.
- knowledgeable about the conduct of business in the global marketplace
- cognisant of the social, legal, and ethical complexities in international business
- able to communicate solutions for international business in a credible, articulate, and confident manner to stakeholders.
Career Opportunities
Graduates from the International Trade and Business programme can expect to gain employment in a wide range of careers encompassing positions in many areas such as Finance, Marketing, Tourism and Human Resource Management in both national and international fields. Firstly, they can become administrators in international companies (management, human resources, accounting, foreign trade, international marketing) as Accountants Consultants, Financial Analysts, Human Resource Officers Marketing Managers and Corporate Buyers in Multinational Companies. Secondly, they can work in public administrations and institutions, in areas like cooperation or the promotion of transnational trade. Thirdly, students may work in many national and international NGOs. Finally, they can work in consultancy and guidance in the public and private sectors.
Graduate Attributes
The intent of the course is for graduates to have well-developed attributes that will equip them for their early career and life. Specifically graduates will potentially be:
- capable in their chosen study areas
- entrepreneurial in contributing to innovation and development within their business, workplace, or community.
- effective and ethical in work and community situations
- adaptable and able to manage change.
- aware of the local and international environments in which they will be contributing to (e.g., socio-cultural, economic, natural)