Modern Language and Business & Management

Portuguese combined with business and management is a degree that reflects the growing strategic importance of the Portuguese-speaking world. Portuguese is the fifth most widely spoken language on Earth, the national language of Brazil, Portugal, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, and several other nations, and the language of dynamic and fast-growing economies across South America and Africa. Combining high-level Portuguese language skills with a rigorous business and management education prepares you to work effectively across a range of international business contexts where this combination is both rare and genuinely valued.

The University of Manchester's four-year full-time degree includes a sandwich year, giving you a professional placement in a business or organisational context before your final year. Manchester is one of the UK's leading research universities and its business school and modern languages provision are both distinguished, providing a programme of real depth and breadth. You will develop advanced communicative competence in Portuguese alongside study of Brazilian and Lusophone cultures, histories, and contemporary societies, combined with business strategy, marketing, finance, organisational behaviour, international business, and management studies.

The sandwich placement allows you to apply your language and business knowledge in a professional environment and to develop the skills and networks that graduate employers value.

Graduates from Portuguese and business programmes go on to work in international trade, investment banking, management consulting, marketing, logistics, and supply chain management across the Brazilian, Iberian, and Lusophone African markets. The rarity of high-level Portuguese alongside business expertise makes graduates distinctively attractive to employers with interests in these regions. Many graduates continue to postgraduate study in international business, management, or area studies, and some use their combination of skills to work in diplomacy, development, or international organisations.