Our degree gives you an edge in a competitive job market.
Are you thinking about the Bachelor of International Studies?
Note: This is a combined degree, so you cannot do it as a stand-alone course.
Going overseas for a year gives you the confidence to tackle challenges. You will do a major project, and employers value the time and project management skills you will develop there. You will develop language skills, and the skills needed to be able to operate in intercultural situations.
After a year overseas, you will return refreshed to the final years of your UTS studies, ready to outperform your peers who stayed at home.
Visit the Bachelor of International Studies webpage to find out more.
Offered in partnership with
28 other degrees from across the university.
The Bachelor of International Studies ensures that graduates bring skills such
as resilience, adaptability and critical
thinking to any degree or career.
Students choose one of six language programs
either Chinese, French, German,
Japanese, Italian or Spanish.
And language classes are streamed according to proficiency
level, from experienced to beginners.
The International Studies course offers a range of streams for students to choose
from, with a range of different options and times spent overseas.
I am super, super excited to study at the University of Bologna
in the language Italian, which is a massive challenge.
But I think it's the best way to learn a language is to just absolutely
throw yourself in the deep end.
My family is originally from Italy.
This degree was an opportunity for me to refind that language again
and learn it at a high level that I would have never been able to do by myself.
What typically happens is
that students are particularly attracted to what we call the professional degree.
So for example, they might become nurses
or join a start up or go into an NGO, for example.
But what international studies does is gives them that additional edge
in the market or in the industry that they want to join.
So, for example, having that experience of living overseas,
gaining those intercultural skills, that really helps them to be more competitive.
I sat beside while studying the last couple of years
I've been really lucky to work in industry, so I've just finished
up a job working for a not for profit charity called Stand Tall,
where I have kind of had the opportunity to be a part
of an international community
and part of my management and international studies degrees
hand in hand.
I've always wanted to be a part of an international community.
I want to I want to work in an industry where I'm always meeting new people,
and I would love the opportunity to use my language and cultural skills
depending on how my study abroad goes.
I would love to stay in Italy upon completion of my semester next year
and potentially look for work over there.
