International Management BSc

University of Manchester · honours · 4 years · optional placement year · year abroad · UCAS 1309course page ↗

AAA at A level; graduates earn a median £30,500 three years on.

Typical A level offer
AAA

80% of entrants came with A levels · 97% stay on after year 1 · Manchester course page, Discover Uni

Year 13 · applying

What do you need to get in?

AAAtypical A level offer

Typical offer — the grades most applicants are asked for. Contextual offer: AAB-BBB, for applicants from under-represented backgrounds.

Manchester course page, read 19 September 2026 · Discover Uni entry profile

Who actually got in: 80% with A levels, 11% with the IB. 15% arrived with 208 or more UCAS tariff points — roughly A*A*A or better. Based on 95 entrants.

UCAS tariff points — a points scale for grades: A* = 56, A = 48, so A*A*A = 160. Entrants’ totals include extra subjects.

Other qualifications1
QualificationTypical offerRequired subjects
IB36 pointsin Higher Level subjects
Years 1–4

What do you study?

10compulsory modules in year 1

Module — one course unit, usually a term or a year long; “core” means everyone takes it. One UK credit is about ten hours of study; a full year is 120 credits.

Manchester course page · optional modules vary by year

Year 2 · 0 core, 26 optional
Year 4 · 0 core, 42 optional
42 optional modules
After graduating

Where does it lead?

£30,500median pay three years after graduating
Lower quarter£25k
Median£31k
Upper quarter£40k

Median — the middle earner: half earned more, half less. Pay is for graduates of this subject at this university who finished in 2016-18, not adjusted for inflation; based on 110 graduates.

Discover Uni dataset (HESA and Office for Students, CC BY 4.0, contains HESA data); earnings from the Longitudinal Education Outcomes data (Department for Education) · aggregation level 13, 24, 23

Half of graduates earned between £24,500 and £40,000. Five years on, the median is £39,500. 85% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing; 90% of those in work were in professional or managerial jobs.

All outcome figures7
MeasureValueBased on
Continue after year 13% left97%90
In work or study, 15 months on0% studying85%15
Professional or managerial job90%20
Pay 15 months on, median£32,00015
Pay 3 years on, median£30,500110
Pay 5 years on, median£39,500115
Money

What does it cost?

£9,790a year for UK students, 2026/27 entry

Tuition fee loan — paid straight to the university; repayments start the April after you leave, at 9% of income above the threshold. UK fees are capped by government and rise with inflation; placement and study-abroad years are usually charged at a lower rate.

Manchester fees page · source

About £39,160 in fees over 4 years, covered by a tuition fee loan you repay only when earning above the threshold. International students: £33,100 a year (2026/27).

National Student Survey 2024-26

What do students say?

100%agreed the course was good overall (question 26)

NSS — a yearly survey of final-year students at every UK university; 86% of this course’s final year answered. Small groups can swing a lot year to year.

National Student Survey, via Discover Uni · 10 students answered

Highest: 100% agreed on question 1; lowest: 50% on question 14.

All questions26
QuestionAgree
Question 1100%
Question 292%
Question 392%
Question 483%
Question 592%
Question 692%
Question 783%
Question 875%
Question 9100%
Question 1050%
Question 1183%
Question 1283%
Question 1350%
Question 1450%
Question 1592%
Question 1692%
Question 1792%
Question 1875%
Question 1982%
Question 20100%
Question 21100%
Question 2267%
Question 2367%
Question 2458%
Question 2591%
Question 26100%

Question texts are published by the Office for Students; the dataset carries only the question numbers.

Modules, entry requirements and fees are facts read from University of Manchester’s course page on 2026-09-19 and may change; the university’s page is authoritative. Descriptions are not reproduced. Outcome figures are from the Discover Uni dataset. University of Manchester is a trade mark of the university; sch.today is independent of it.