International Business Administration focuses on key business disciplines within an international context.

Introducing the foundations of finance, marketing, supply chains, human resources and operations, International Business Administration covers the needs of all businesses.

The study of international business involves gaining an understanding of how: Culture, language, political systems, geography, and socio-economic factors influence a company’s business practices.

Studying international business allows you to see how globalisation has brought about an increasing ‘connectedness’ of businesses, markets, people and information across countries.

In a nutshell, students need to develop a global perspective in order to be successful in business.

International business also increases competition in domestic markets and introduces new opportunities to foreign markets. Global competition encourages companies to become more

innovative and efficient in their use of resources. For consumers, international business introduces them to a variety of goods and services.

The skills needed to be successful in International Business are cross-cultural communication skills, excellent networking abilities, collaboration, interpersonal influence, adaptive thinking, emotional intelligence, and resilience.

International Business careers that are extensively in demand in Ireland are Management Analyst, Marketing Manager, Executives, Human Resources Manager, Financial Analyst, Economist, Policy Analyst and many more.