Modern Languages (Arabic and German) and Management

Modern languages, in this case Arabic and German, combined with management is a degree that brings together two of the world's most commercially significant languages with the analytical and strategic tools of management education. Arabic is the most widely spoken language of the Middle East and North Africa, essential for anyone seeking to engage with these regions commercially, politically, or diplomatically. German is the most widely spoken native language in Europe and the language of one of the world's largest economies.

Management provides the frameworks for understanding how organisations are led, how strategies are formed and implemented, and how decisions are made in complex commercial environments.

At the University of St Andrews, this four-year full-time programme takes Arabic in combination with German and management, which allows for comparative analyses between very different language families, literatures, cultures, histories, politics, and economies. Studying Arabic alongside a European language and a management discipline gives you a genuinely unusual combination of skills, one that is directly relevant to international organisations, multinational businesses, diplomatic services, and international development bodies operating across the Arabic-speaking and German-speaking worlds. A year abroad gives you the opportunity to develop your language skills through immersion and to gain firsthand understanding of the regions and cultures your studies address.

With a typical entry tariff of 232 points, the programme is demanding and attracts students with broad intellectual capabilities and serious linguistic ambition. Graduates are sought in management, consulting, international business, diplomacy, government, finance, and NGO roles where the combination of Arabic, German, and management expertise is genuinely rare and highly valued.