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Marketing

Course details
  • 2 Study options
  • Undergraduate
Course location
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Course summary

Become a marketing expert with industry ties and real-world feedback. Specialise in digital, social media, and trends to excel in marketing management, advertising, or research. Gain communication skills and strategic agility for a successful career.

No.1 UK marketing experience
At Plymouth you'll work with our experts and real clients, solving practical business problems from the start. Apply your knowledge to make your mark in the industry, graduating with sought-after experience.

Placement experience
With our leading industry connections we'll help you to add experience to your CV and build your own professional network in the marketing industry with a paid placement year.

Specialise in digital and social
Tailor your degree to your career goals by focusing on the latest digital marketing strategies and social media tools, making you expert in evolving industry trends

This course is for you if...

  • you're passionate about connecting with people and understanding consumer behaviour

  • you're eager to gain professional qualifications alongside your degree

  • you want to be the expert, in the know of latest industry trends and strategies

  • you aspire to work in dynamic fields such as marketing management, advertising, digital marketing, or market research.

Plymouth is a founding member of the Defence Universities Alliance, a collaboration between the Ministry of Defence, the UK Armed Forces and the higher education sector, helping equip you with specialist, in-demand skills.

Modules

Course Modules

Year 1
Examine marketing and business basics and develop effective practical approaches to complex situations – putting theory into practice with topics such as marketing, economics, accounting and workplace behaviour. You gain an appreciation of business operations and have the opportunity to take a professionally renowned digital marketing qualification.

Year 2
From analysis of consumer behaviours and market research, to product development and brand management, you explore marketing in more detail. Learn to use theory to create solutions to complex marketing problems with real companies.

Optional placement year
You are strongly encouraged to undertake a placement year. Placement opportunities are available in a wide variety of companies, from start-ups to blue chips, across the world. Alternatively, you could start or run your own business.

Final year
Focus on the theoretical and strategic aspects of marketing, investigating the issues. Undertake an independently researched dissertation project in a marketing subject of your choice.

For up to date details, please refer to our website or contact the institution directly.

Professional bodies

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

  • Chartered Institute of Marketing
  • Institute of Data and Marketing

How to apply

Application codes

Institution code:
P60

This course may be available at alternative locations, please check if other course options are available.

Course options

Entry requirements

Typical qualification requirements

A level

112 UCAS Tariff points, including a minimum of 2 A Levels

T Level
M

Any subject considered.

UCAS Tariff
Offer: 112

Including a minimum of 2 A Levels

Scottish Higher

Considered in combination with Advanced Highers.

Access to HE Diploma

Pass a named Access to HE Diploma in any subject with at least 33 credits at Merit and/ or Distinction.

Scottish Advanced Higher

112 UCAS Tariff points, including a minimum of 2 Advanced Highers.
English and Maths accepted within as GCSE equivalents

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

Considered in combination.

Extended Project

Considered in combination.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Certificate (first teaching from September 2016)

Considered in combination.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Offer: 28

To include Grade 4 in any subject at Higher Level.
English and Maths accepted within as GCSE equivalents

WJEC Level 3 Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales
C

This would be accepted in combination of other level 3 qualifications

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
DMM

Any subject considered.

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)

112 points from Irish Leaving Certificate
English and Maths accepted within as GCSE equivalents

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Foundation Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

Considered in combination.

OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma
DMM

Any subject considered.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate (first teaching from September 2016)

Considered in combination.

Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015)
C

This would be accepted in combination of other level 3 qualifications

English language requirements

TestGradeAdditional details
IELTS (Academic)6With 5.5 in all elements.

Contextual admissions

Universities and colleges consider more than grades when assessing applications and may make offers based on a range of criteria. Learn more about contextual offers.

At the University of Plymouth, we believe in building a welcoming and inclusive community that supports every student to achieve their full potential.

With our contextual offer scheme, we may extend offers below our standard entry criteria to those applicants whose circumstances and experiences could have impacted their education and academic performance. You can check your eligibility for a contextual offer using our online postcode checker.

Learn more on the University of Plymouth website

Historical entry grades data

This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).

It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.

Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.

This course may have Historical entry grades data available, please select a course option to view.

Course options

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

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.

Additional fee information

For all information about tuition fees, please visit our fees and funding pages at www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/fees

  • Fees are correct at the time of publication and may be subject to change.
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