Modern Languages (Persian and Spanish) and Management

Persian and Spanish combined with management is a programme that brings together two linguistically and culturally distinct traditions with the analytical and practical frameworks of management education. Persian, also known as Farsi, is spoken across Iran, Afghanistan, and parts of Central Asia, and carries a literary tradition of extraordinary depth stretching back over a millennium. Spanish connects you to one of the world's most widely spoken languages and to cultures across Europe and the Americas.

Management gives you the strategic, financial, and organisational understanding needed to operate effectively in commercial and institutional settings in any of these regions.

At the University of St Andrews, this four-year programme includes a year abroad, giving you the opportunity to develop your language skills and cultural understanding in a country where your chosen language is spoken. St Andrews offers Persian as part of a joint or combined degree, and the programme develops both languages alongside the management content, allowing you to build genuine competence in two linguistically very different traditions. You will study the culture, history, and contemporary society of Persian and Spanish-speaking regions alongside the management disciplines that give your languages professional utility.

Graduates with Persian and Spanish alongside management knowledge are exceptionally well placed for careers in diplomacy, international trade, energy, humanitarian work, development agencies, journalism, translation and interpreting, and any context where engagement with Persian or Spanish-speaking communities is required. The rarity of Persian expertise in particular, combined with Spanish and management, creates a genuinely unusual and professionally valuable profile. Further study in Persian studies, Hispanic studies, area studies, or international management is a natural direction for those wishing to develop specialist or research careers.