Business Management and Marketing (with Placement Year)

Understand people, build brands and lead businesses on our Business Management and Marketing degree.

Learn what makes business work well and grow. The BSc Business Management and Marketing degree at St Mary's University London gives you a practical grounding in the skills employers actually want. You'll study finance, strategy, marketing, AI and digital tools.

Designed by working marketers and expert academics, the course builds the capabilities that get you a job and career as you learn how to:

• Apply business and marketing thinking to real situations

• Work confidently with AI, data, and digital platforms

• Lead with strong ethical and professional standards

Study business and marketing in the capital
Our Business Management and Marketing degree is based at our Twickenham campus in the beautiful London borough of Richmond-upon-Thames, close enough to tap into one of the world’s biggest business hubs. You’re also on the doorstep of some of the largest marketing companies and smaller local businesses that need fresh strategic thinking, something you can bring them.

Achieve extra qualifications as you study
During your Business Management and Marketing course, you can complete specific modules to achieve extra qualifications (subject to validation) from The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM).

Gain recognised certification
As part of your degree, you can choose from a range of short, focused micro-credential courses designed to help you develop valuable skills in a flexible and accessible way. Covering topics such as presentation skills and Microsoft programmes, these courses offer a great way to enhance your academic abilities and improve your employability.

By taking a micro-credential course, you’ll:

• Quickly learn or improve key skills that are essential for academic success and career development.

• Gain official recognition for your efforts with a Moodle badge and an official certificate upon completion.

• Demonstrate your commitment to lifelong learning – a quality highly valued by employers.

Hear from our students
Lauren, Business student - "The staff here are really helpful and are always on hand when help is needed, both in lectures and tutorials."

About the Placement Year
A placement year enables you to undertake a year of experience in an organisation between your second and final year.

It will enable you to:

• apply the knowledge and skills you gain from your course in a work setting

• build your commercial awareness and insights into organisations and industries you might want to work in

• develop your professional skills through company training, networking skills and confidence in the workplace

• get some great experience for future job applications or even land a graduate job.

Support from St Mary’s every step of the way
Securing a placement can really help you develop your job search skills and the Employability Service placement and Careers Teams can support you to find and apply for available opportunities.

Please note: in the event that you cannot secure a placement you will be able to transfer onto the three year version of your degree programme.

Why St Mary’s?
You will gain skills and support to make a positive impact – for yourself and for others – through high-quality teaching, real-world experience, and a community that lifts each other up. Our campus is a London oasis – blending city energy with open green spaces to think, connect, and grow.

Year one modules include Contemporary Business Issues, Financial Decision Making, Human Resource Management, Introduction to Management Theory, Organisational Behaviour and Contemporary Marketing Practice

You will be assessed in a variety of ways to test knowledge, understanding and skills development throughout your degree. The programme uses a broad range of assessments including business reports, essays, practical exercises, presentations, case studies, examinations, seminar and simulation exercises. As well as traditional exam-based assessments and coursework, the programme makes use of assessed blogs. Wherever possible, you’ll be assessed using digital methods and feedback.