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Business Management and Digital Marketing [with Placement year]

Course details
  • Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
  • 4 Years
  • Full-Time
  • 13 September 2027
  • Undergraduate
Course location
Cambridge Campus

Course summary

Build up your business acumen and become a qualified marketer to get the edge on the competition.

If you want to gain practical business and marketing experience and stand out from the crowd, this is the degree for you.

You’ll learn foundational concepts of business management alongside specialised knowledge in marketing. You'll cover marketing strategies, consumer behaviour, brand management, digital marketing techniques, and more.

This degree course will open the doors to a wide range of careers in the business sector and gives you the theoretical and practical knowledge you’ll need to work across a range of business areas.

You may find yourself wanting to become a Marketing Manager, the go-to PR person running your own agency, or even the name behind a successful brand. At ARU, we’ll help to guide you towards realising your career goals.

Modules

Course Modules

Year 1:

Elevate 1: How to do Business (30 credits)
Principles of Digital Marketing (30 credits)
Into ARU
Financial Environment and Analysis (15 credits)
International Business and Market Dynamics (15 credits)
Organisational Behaviour and AI (Future of Work) (30 credits)

Year 2:
Social Media and Experiential Marketing (30 credits)
Data Analytics and AI in Business (15 credits)
The Entrepreneurial Journey (30 credits)
International Operations and Supply Chain Management (30 credits)
Ruskin Module (15 credits)

Year 3:
Placement Year

Year 4:
International Marketing Communications (30 credits)
Sustainability and Responsible Business (30 credits)
Undergraduate Major Project (30 credits)
Strategic Management for Experience Sectors (30 credits)

Assessment method

Our first-year modules are designed to develop the knowledge you already have, and give you a broad understanding of the key concepts of business and organisational management.

In years 2 and 3, you’ll turn your focus to specialist marketing knowledge and skills as you learn about consumer behaviour, retail and experiences, and advertising. At the same time, you’ll continue to build your more general business know-how.

Finally, you’ll complete your major project, where you’ll work in an interdisciplinary team to address a current, complex business issue.

How to apply

Apply by
13 January 2027

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
N509
Institution code:
A60
Campus name:
Cambridge Campus

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

Entry requirements

Typical qualification requirements

UCAS Tariff
112-96

We accept A Levels, T Levels, BTECs, OCR, Access to HE and most other qualifications within the UCAS Tariff.

GCSE/National 4/National 5

3 GCSEs at grade C, or grade 4, or above, including English and Maths.

English language requirements

If English is not your first language you will be expected to demonstrate a certificated level of proficiency of at least IELTS 6.0 (Academic level) or equivalent English Language qualification, as recognised by Anglia Ruskin University.

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.

ARU operates a policy of making contextualised offers for this course which may be a reduced conditional offer or an unconditional offer, using data from UCAS to make our assessment. We consider that this approach promotes the equality of educational opportunity for applicants from low participation groups in HE. ARU welcomes students from diverse backgrounds and helping them achieve their full potential. The offer of a place through the contextual offer process is at the discretion of ARU.

Learn more on the Anglia Ruskin University 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.

Not enough data available

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

Per year tuition fees

LocationFeeYear
England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Channel Islands & Republic of Ireland£10050

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

Please visit our website for further information on fees for the Placement year:

https://www.aru.ac.uk/study/tuition-fees

https://www.aru.ac.uk/student-life/preparing-for-study/help-with-finances

International fee TBC

https://www.aru.ac.uk/student-life/support-and-facilities/careers-and-employability/placements

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