International Business  voltijd hbo-opleiding

In year 1 you study the principles of global marketing, supply chain management, international trade and identifying business opportunities. You attend workshops to improve skills such as critical thinking, problem solving and communication. In quarter 1, you attend taster sessions in Chinese, French, German or Spanish. You will then choose your preferred language, which you study from quarter 2 onwards. In semester 2 you start looking for an internship that takes place at the start of year 2.

Important courses:

• International Business Design
• Supply Chain Mapping
• Marketing Mix
• Financial aspects of International Business
• Cross-cultural skills
• Project management
• Sustainability
• Foreign Languages: English and Chinese, French, German or Spanish

In year 2 of the IB study programme you start with a 20 weeks fulltime internship at an international organisation in the Netherlands or abroad. An ideal chance to get exposure to the world of international business. After your internship, you study a choice module of your preference in quarter 3. This can be in your own study programme or another study programme within Avans. What topic do you want to know more about? In the final quarter you do an International Expansion project.

Important courses:

• Internship
• Elective module
• International expansion
• Language

In year 3 you continue exploring the world of International Business. And further develop your professional skills and language skills. You will do an interdisciplinary module and work with students from a different field of study on a joint project.

In the second half of year 3 you will do elective modules at Avans or another university in the Netherlands or abroad. You choose the university of your preference. We have partners all over the world, have a look at the overview.

Important courses:

• Elective modules
• International business
• Interdisplinary modules

The first quarter you choose the modules you want to study. Modules in your own study programme or another within Avans. Then you prepare the graduation project that you execute in the second half of the year. About a problem for a real organization, related to at least 2 of the central themes: solving or redesigning supply chain issues, identifying international business opportunities, setting up and executing international trade activities or developing strategies for global or local delivery.

Important courses:

• International business
• Elective modules
• Graduation

Bij voltijd- en duale opleidingen van Avans volg je de eerste 1,5 jaar binnen je eigen opleiding onderwijs, zodat je een vaste thuisbasis hebt en de benodigde basiskennis opdoet. Daarna krijg je de mogelijkheid om een groot deel van je resterende opleiding zelf in te vullen. Dit is 25% van de gehele 4-jarige opleiding, je kiest dus in totaal 1 jaar zelf. Dit doe je met (vrijekeuze) modules vanuit je eigen opleiding of andere opleidingen die het beste passen bij wat jij wilt leren. Maar je kunt ook een route volgen die dicht bij je gekozen opleiding ligt en voor verdieping in je vakgebied zorgt. Het maken van deze keuzes doe je niet alleen, je wordt hierbij begeleid door onze studieloopbaanbegeleiders en docenten.

The first year is a general introduction to International Business topics and consists of 4 quarters of 10 weeks. During the first year you will learn more about themes such as the principles of Marketing, Sustainability, Internationalisation, Relationship Management and Supply Chain Discovery. You will increase and develop your professional knowledge base, cross-cultural capabilities and professional and personal skills.

Year 2 at IB Den Bosch starts with an IPE internship (The International Professional Experience). You will work for a period of 20 weeks abroad. This internship is designed to give you the opportunity to apply and further develop skills in an international/internationally-oriented organisation.

Then you can pick your preferred choice module. This can be a module within your own study programme or another within Avans. Finally, you finish year 2 with a module on selecting business partners.

In year 3 of International Business you deepen your understanding and skills. You collaborate with peers from diverse academic backgrounds through joint projects during the interdisciplinary module. You also learn to assess the resilience of an international organisation through consultancy reporting during the module Future-Proof. Year 3 ends with an elective module either in the Netherlands or internationally. You are obligated to do 1 out of 2 graduation internship/elective module abroad.

In year 4 of International Business you can choose your own study module. This can be either from your own programme or another within Avans. You then continue on with your graduation project preparation module and the graduation semester. This project includes completing a business challenge and recommending a solution in the area of International market opportunities, International Business Transformation or Relationship Management. This internship can be done in the Netherlands or abroad.

Bij voltijd- en duale opleidingen van Avans volg je de eerste 1,5 jaar binnen je eigen opleiding onderwijs, zodat je een vaste thuisbasis hebt en de benodigde basiskennis opdoet. Daarna krijg je de mogelijkheid om een groot deel van je resterende opleiding zelf in te vullen. Dit is 25% van de gehele 4-jarige opleiding, je kiest dus in totaal 1 jaar zelf. Dit doe je met (vrijekeuze) modules vanuit je eigen opleiding of andere opleidingen die het beste passen bij wat jij wilt leren. Maar je kunt ook een route volgen die dicht bij je gekozen opleiding ligt en voor verdieping in je vakgebied zorgt. Het maken van deze keuzes doe je niet alleen, je wordt hierbij begeleid door onze studieloopbaanbegeleiders en docenten.