Study location	Hungary, Budapest
Type	Bachelor, full-time
Nominal duration	4 years (240 ECTS)
Study language	English
Awards	BSc

Tuition fee	€2,750 per semester Please note that the tuition fees for the academic year 2024/2025 will be annonced a bit later. You can expect a small increase in price, please consider your application accordingly
Application fee	€150 one-time

Entry qualification	High school / secondary education (or higher) The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English. Often you can get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original.

Language requirements	English

More information	international.uni-bge.hu/..iness-economics

Overview

The Bachelor’s degree programme in international business economics is designed to explore the connections between world economic processes, trends and international trade and to transfer the knowledge of foreign economic policy instruments necessary for setting up and implementing international transactions (transactions in goods and services). The knowledge acquired from the programme enables students to analyse and devise the foreign trade strategy and export-import structure of national economies, to design and manage global supply chain, and to create trading, logistics and financing contracts that enable companies to enter international markets. The programme prepares students for work in the fields of international business development, international sourcing, and sales and logistics both in domestic and international business environments.

Students graduating from the Bachelor’s programme in International Business Economics

• can carry out, manage and organize international entrepreneurial activities, either in self-employment or integrated into a large corporate structure;
• can monitor and interpret the processes in the world economy and international business, the changes in economic policy and the policies and legislation relevant and related to their special field, as well as the effects of the same, and take these into account when developing analyses, proposals and decisions;
• are prepared to determine the complex consequences of forwarding and foreign trade processes, plan and organize economic activity in business organizations related to forwarding activities and foreign trade processes;
• know and understand the basic functioning and goals of economic policy, foreign trade processes, foreign economic policy and their effects.
  are equipped with knowledge related to the functioning of the European Union, as necessary for efficient work.
• have clear understanding of the specific characteristics of working in an international multicultural environment.

Students can also pursue their studies in a double-degree programme, allowing them to earn two degrees in the same educational cycle.

Programme structure

In the course of the programme, students learn the basics of economics, social sciences, methodology and business.

(e.g. mathematics, statistics, information technology, economics, international economics, finance, business economics, marketing, accounting, management, business communication, political science, sociology, law)

The programme is focused on professional studies in international business.

(in the field of macroeconomics: international relations and institutions, world economy and international trade, the EU’s organisation and policies, Hungarian foreign economic policy; at the corporate level: international finance, international transactions, international logistics, international marketing, international business communication).

After four completed semesters, students can choose from the recommended specializations, even in a foreign language, depending on their existing knowledge and future goals.
In addition to the foregoing, it is also possible to acquire advanced professional language and IT skills.

We are offering double-degree opportunities as part of this programme with the following partner universities:

• Avans University of Applied Sciences (The Netherlands),
• Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences (Germany),
• Karel de Grote University of Applied Sciences and Arts (Belgium),
• Shih Chien University (Taiwan),
• Thomas More University (Belgium),
• Université de Picardie Jules Verne (France),
• Würzburg-Schweinfurt University of Applied Sciences (Germany)

Career opportunities

Graduates from the programme can find employment practically in all areas of domestic and international companies and enterprises and fill middle and senior management positions in different technical and functional areas. Their advanced language skills and understanding of economics also make it easy for them to work abroad (or for international companies operating in Hungary).