This article was published before we became the Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade on 10 July 2024, and this is reflected in references to our old brand and name. For more information about us becoming Chartered, visit our dedicated webpage on the change here.

 

Ticking the right boxes: the IOE’s new range of export qualifications. Photography by Glen Lowe Photoworks

If you want to boost your exporting career, the IOE – the UK’s only professional body providing recognised, formal qualifications in International Trade – offers a series of professionally enhancing educational courses, which start in January 2016 or have rolling entry.

Providing a viable, cost effective and flexible opportunity for higher educational study, the IOE’s wide-ranging qualifications meet the needs of all students, regardless of age or experience, by improving job performance and advancing their careers.

The Institute has recently introduced BSc and MSc courses to cover the full range of education and professional progression.

Our qualifications are created by a team of industry experts, designed to fit around a full-time career and delivered through distance learning or part- and full-time study. Complemented by tutor and mentor support, webinar and online tutorials, they benefit those already working in international trade, along with inexperienced learners and students wanting to embark on a business degree.

With a suite of qualifications covering all areas of international trade, our expertise is steeped in best practice and all our course content is linked to practical and commercial scenarios. Our qualifications include:

• BSc (Hons) Management Practice – International Trade, Plymouth University – January 2016 and September 2016 enrolments

• MSc in International Trade, Strategy and Operations, University of Warwick – January 2016 and October 2016 enrolments

• Foundation Degree – Professional Practice in International Trade, Anglia Ruskin University – January 2016 and September 2016 enrolments

• Advanced Certificate in International Trade – rolling entry

• Certificate in International Trade – rolling entry

• Diploma in International Trade – rolling entry

Diploma in World Customs Compliance and Regulations – rolling entry

Premier Foods international business manager – Europe, Nick Rowlands, who has achieved the Advanced Certificate in International Trade, said: “Quite simply, the course helped me understand the nuts and bolts of international trade.”

Renowned worldwide for our educational excellence, the IOE has highly impressive pass rates for students on its distance learning programmes and has seen steady increases in enrolments over the last 12 months.

As the leading UK authority on trading globally, we know that education is the key to international trade success ….isn’t it time you unlocked your potential?

Listen to the first FdA Professional Practice in International Trade graduate, Locunda Karam, talk about her experiences studying via distance learning.

For additional information, or if you have any questions, contact qualifications@export.com, call us on +44 (0) 1733 404400 or visit the IOE website for more about our trainingqualifications and business membership.