On this site, you can read about the experiences of former students from your study in regard to their qualifications and how they use them in the job market.
The list is by no means exhaustive – there are plenty of students who have used their education to learn many other things and who have created a future that no one could have seen coming. But remember, the list is never ending.
In the midst of study preparation, exam assignments and other teaching and learning activities, it can be difficult to see how all your work with your education programme actually pays off in terms of competencies.
An education in International Business Administration and Foreign Languages is a long learning process where you learn many things, including:
- communicating academic issues and solutions to both peers and non-specialists,
- analysing complex issues and work contexts in a global organisation on the basis of a solid knowledge of basic business economics disciplines,
- systematising complex knowledge and data in a business context,
- understanding texts in German/Danish and English from a business context,
- carrying out comparative analyses and assessments of linguistic and business economics issues in connection with international activities,
- handling internal and external communication tasks,
- demonstrating accountability and professional ethics in solving practical issues in a company or an organisation,
- handling practical issues/situations in internationally oriented companies, organisations or institutions.
You may find yourself thinking that your programme includes many other and exciting competences – and that’s a good thing, because you’re the expert and can continue adding things to the ‘list’ while studying.
What do you become when you finish your education? You’ve probably often been asked this question at family gatherings without knowing exactly what to answer. Perhaps you’ve been asking yourself the very same question. If you’re looking for some inspiration for an answer, keep on reading. Your skills give you a host of options.
Specifically, you can take up a position where you:
- design and participate in the implementation of action programs,
- identify and analyse business economic issues within a company,
- engage in a professional conversation in Danish/German and English,
- prepare strategies, action plans and basis for decisions for specific issues in a business context,
- collaboration with others on the implementation of strategies and action plans.
Altogether, the programme gives you professional competences to analyse, assess and solve tasks in connection with companies’ national and international activities as well as the communication and dissemination tasks that arise in connection with companies activities. Your job may require you to seek out new export markets or to negotiate with authorities about export opportunities, agreements or contracts. You can disseminate information between companies, solve tasks or take part in projects in organisations and public institutions.
Several times during your studies, you may doubt what you’re doing - and if you have chosen correctly. Although doubts can be uncomfortable, doubts are a chance to think about what choices you have doing your studies. The options can help to tune your profile in the direction you think is exciting and makes sense in your career plans.
Perhaps you think it might be exciting to work at International companies in Europe, in sales and advertising, service and tourism or something else entirely, but you don’t know if you have what it takes. Luckily you have a chance to figure it out during your studies.
It may be that you find it exciting to try a work placement/company-based internship and / or try studying abroad to get to know another culture, test your competences and discover new possibilities.
Or maybe you are considering trying a student job in which you can get the opportunity to solve tasks where you make use of some of your competences from your studies and discover new career opportunities that you didn’t know would be an opportunity for someone with your skills.
These and many other activities are the kind of possibilities that can help you profile yourself and shed new light on your career opportunities.
If you need an overview of your career opportunities or get feedback on how to get there, please contact our career advisors.
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