French with Management Studies

French with management studies is a degree that combines serious linguistic and cultural engagement with French with a substantive education in the principles and practice of management. French is one of the world's major diplomatic, literary, and commercial languages, spoken across five continents and the working language of many international organisations. Management studies provides the analytical frameworks for understanding how organisations work, how they create value, and how they can be led and developed effectively.

Studied together at UCL, the two disciplines develop a graduate who is both culturally fluent and commercially capable.

At University College London, this four-year full-time programme is taught within one of the world's great research universities, with exceptional resources in both French studies and management. You will develop genuine proficiency in French, reading literature, engaging with cultural and contemporary texts, and developing the communicative fluency needed for professional use. The management component gives you a grounding in the core disciplines of management, including strategy, marketing, finance, organisational behaviour, and operations, alongside the analytical and critical thinking skills that business education at this level develops.

France and the French-speaking world are major economic partners of the UK, and the combination of French language competence and management knowledge opens specific opportunities in French companies, in international organisations where French is a working language, and in multinational businesses operating across Francophone markets. UCL's location in London and its international networks add further professional context.

Graduates in French with management studies move into careers in international business, management consulting, marketing, finance, the cultural industries, the European institutions, journalism, the diplomatic service, and professional services firms with French-speaking clients or offices. The degree's combination of linguistic depth and business literacy makes it particularly attractive to employers with international operations. Postgraduate study in management, French, European studies, or a professional qualification such as an MBA or an accounting designation are all natural next steps.