The Business and International Management (Top-up award) BA (Hons) program at Northumbria University, Newcastle is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the practices and principles concerning international business management. As a top-up program, it is ideally suited for students who have already completed a related foundation degree, HND or equivalent qualification, and want to gain a full bachelor’s degree. The program covers a range of relevant topics such as global economic environments, business strategy, international marketing, and human resource management. Its curriculum enables students to gain hands-on experience in international business scenarios, helping them to understand the challenges and opportunities of global trade. Moreover, the course is complemented with the inclusion of real-world case studies and guest speakers from industry, fostering a practical understanding of the global business landscape. By graduating from this program, students will be well-equipped with the necessary skills and knowledge to succeed in a broad range of business and management roles across different sectors on a global scale.

Northumbria University (legally the University of Northumbria at Newcastle) is a public university located in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East of England. It has been a university since 1992, but has its origins in the Rutherford College, founded in 1877.

Northumbria University is primarily based within City Campus located in Newcastle upon Tyne city centre and at Coach Lane campus on the outskirts of the city centre, London and Amsterdam. It is organised into four faculties—Arts, Design and Social Sciences; Business and Law; Engineering and Environment, and Health and Life Sciences. Northumbria University has approximately 37,000 students.

According to the 2021 Research Excellence Framework, Northumbria University was rated 23rd in the UK for research power (the grade point average score of a university, multiplied by the full-time equivalent number of researchers submitted).This determines how much funding is awarded to universities to spend on research activity and represented the largest percentage-point rise in market share since the previous exercise.The annual income of the institution for 2021–22 was £307.2 million of which £19.9 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £308 million.

Northumbria was named the Times Higher Education University of the Year for 2022. The university is ranked top 25 in the UK for the number of graduates entering professional employment, with nine out of ten graduates working or studying six months after graduation.