Prepare for a career with global impact.

Major Roadmap

Explore your options with the International Business Major Guide — classes, internships, research and study abroad. Find what interests you, discover what you love, and create a major experience that jumpstarts your future. 

With a degree in International Business, you’ll be ready to collaborate across cultures, customs, time zones, and languages to achieve your goals.

You’ll get a well-rounded business education with courses like accounting, finance, marketing, business law and macroeconomics — and you’ll learn the nuances of management, marketing and trade in an international context. Specialize in the politics and government of Latin America, Asia or Europe, and develop language fluency so you can communicate across cultures. Develop a deep understanding of corporate social responsibility, and learn how business can make a difference.

Study or intern abroad at one of St. Edward’s 24 partner universities or at one of nearly 1,000 other programs in more than 90 countries. You’ll graduate prepared to work for a global company, international government, nongovernmental organization — or any career that requires a global mindset, business acumen and a spirit of adventure.

Earn Two Degrees in Five Years

Complete your BA in International Business and Master's Degree (MBA) with our pathway to receive two degrees in five years.

Success Coaches and Academic Advisors guide students through undergraduate and graduate courses to maximize benefits. Learn More.

What do our graduates do?

International Business majors go on to a variety of careers and graduate schools from St. Edward’s. Here’s a sample.

  • Economic development specialist for the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce
  • Business development representative for Tableau Software
  • Product specialist for HomeAway
  • Market research associate for Accruent, an Austin-based software company
  • Coordinator of strategic alliances for First Book, a nonprofit organization that supports access to quality education for all children
  • Law students at Loyola New Orleans College of Law and Texas A&M University School of Law

Broaden Your Worldview

Follow Stephen Reyes ’21, a Digital Media Management and Internal Business major, as he studies abroad at the university’s flagship international partner university in Angers.

The Classroom and Beyond

As an International Business major, you’ll have the chance to study or intern abroad, applying your language skills and learning how business works in an international context. Closer to home, you’ll take classes that engage you with active learning, and you’ll have the opportunity to intern at an international organization based in Austin.

Experiential Education

In Social Responsibility of Business, you’ll participate in a service activity in the community and write a paper about the experience. You’ll also work in a team to create a new product or service for a company that will meet a social need for an underserved community.

In Organizational Behavior and Leading Teams, students work in teams to analyze an organization, seeing organizational behavior come alive. Students recently worked with Keweenaw Mountain Lodge, a wilderness resort in Michigan, and with Austin businesses and nonprofits.

Study Abroad

Sharpen your language skills, immerse yourself in a new culture and learn how business works by studying or interning abroad. Choose from among St. Edward’s 24 partner universities or nearly 1,000 other programs in more than 90 countries.

Student Organizations

Delta Sigma Pi is the coed business fraternity that is both a professional and social club. In recent semesters members have attended a panel presentation about digital marketing and a talk about real estate investment careers; traveled to a leadership conference in Kansas City; networked at a happy hour with alumni; and made sandwiches for people living on the street.

Develop your startup ideas with the help of a professional mentor and practice pitching them at 3-Day Startup, the iChallenge Pitch Competition and the Business Plan Pitch Competition.