Business is constantly evolving – and so are the skills needed to lead within it. This business management degree gives you a practical, industry-grounded foundation in management, strategy and research, preparing you to work confidently across organisations of any size and shape, from your own start-up to a multinational.
Why study this degree?
This Business Management course in London will empower you to apply innovative methods to efficiently manage a business of any size and scope - from your own start-up business to working in a multinational organisation.
Guided by industry professionals, the curriculum mirrors modern business practice, to prepare you for further study or employment. You’ll develop practical skills in business planning, marketing, finance, data analysis, and pitching. In your second year, you can take on live industry briefs or a placement. Your final year focuses on strategic research to support your major project.
Integrated Foundation Year
On the Integrated Foundation Year on this course, you will start with an introduction to the fundamental principles of studying and working in the creative industries. Your foundation year gives you the time, space and support to explore your strengths, build confidence and prepare for the demands of project-based, industry-focused learning.
Modules include:
Critical & Creative Thinking
Academic & Professional Writing & Communication
Contexts of Creative Industries
Digital Literacies & Skills
Contemporary Issues & Culture
Creative Ventures
Year 1
Year 1 introduces operations, management, and business finance - building a solid grounding in core business principles and exploring how strategy shapes organisational decision-making at management level.
Modules may include:
Rave Beginnings
Personal Effectiveness for Managers & Entrepreneurs
Markets, Customers and Sales Practice
Digital Literacies and Creative Skills
Professional Effectiveness for Managers & Entrepreneurs (Employability)
Finance for Decision Making
Year 2
Year 2 develops your ability to critically evaluate and apply global business theories - alongside the opportunity to complete a work placement or professional project.
Modules may include:
Business Law
Ops and Project Management
Business Ethics, Governance and Responsibility
Sustainable Supply Chain Management
People, Culture and Performance
Market Growth: Strategic Communication and Commercial Execution
Year 3
Final year brings everything together, applying your knowledge to real-world business challenges through in-depth research and a professional-standard project. Collaborate across subjects to deepen your understanding of business growth and build an entrepreneurial network for life after graduation.
Module may include:
Entrepreneurship
The Future of Work and Organisations
Global and Creative Strategy in Practice
Consultancy Project
Leadership and Digital Intelligence
Individual Project: Dissertation, Industry or Work-Based Research Project
All modules are subject to revalidation.
You'll explore operations and management, business finance, how strategy is incorporated into management, critically evaluating global business practice, identifying solutions to business problems, responsible business practice and career coaching. For more information, please visit the course page on our website.
You will be continually assessed throughout the course using a variety of methods including but not exclusively: pitches/presntations, oral assessments, pratical assignments, reflective written documents, marketing, business and industry-focused reports. Each module has a Formative and a Summative assessment point, where feedback and advice are provided to develop and complete projects and a final grade is awarded. For more information, please visit our website.
To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:
This course is available in Clearing. If you have submitted an application, you can add this course. If you haven’t sent us an application yet, you can do this until 24th September 2026.
This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.
Ravensbourne University London has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
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The following entry points are available for this course:
| Test | Grade | Additional details |
|---|---|---|
| IELTS (Academic) | 5.5 | IELTS: 5.5 overall with 5.5 in each component of the test. |
| TOEFL (iBT) | 72 | TOEFL iBT: 72 points overall including minimum Reading 18, Listening 17, Speaking 20, Writing 17. We cannot accept TOEFL iBT Home Edition test. All tests must be taken in person at a test centre. |
| PTE Academic | 59 | PTE Academic or SELT: 59 overall with minimum 59 in each component of the test. |
| Trinity ISE | Pass | Trinity College London B2 SELT ISE II: Pass overall with Pass in each component of the test. |
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Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.
Fees for UK, Republic of Ireland, and Channel Islands students will rise to the maximum capped level permitted by the UK Government for subsequent years of the course (currently £9,790).
Fees for EU and International students will be subject to an inflationary-linked rise for subsequent years of enrolment.
Email:clearing@rave.ac.uk
Phone:020 3040 3991
Clearing places are still available and it's really easy to apply.
To apply, please call our clearing hotline on 020 3040 3991, or complete our online application form.
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