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Business Management with Entrepreneurship with Placement

Course details
  • BSc
  • 4 Years
  • Full-time
  • 21/09/2026
  • Undergraduate
Course location
Main Site
Awarded by:
Solent University

Course summary

This degree is designed to equip you with the practice-led skills and industry insights needed to launch and grow innovative ventures. The versatile programme offers a dynamic curriculum that aligns with current industry demands, preparing you to excel in a fast-paced and ever-evolving business environment after graduation.

The entrepreneurship pathway allows you to tailor your learning journey to your specific career goals, interests and aspirations. This could be starting your own business, preparing to take over a family-owned company, working in an innovative and dynamic enterprise or building a social enterprise for a better and more just society. This personalised approach ensures that you can develop a unique skill set to set you apart in the competitive career market.

You will study a range of areas including project and operations management, marketing principles, talent management and workforce planning, market trends, and real-world skills.

By engaging with real-world scenarios and industry-led learning, you'll gain practical experience that goes beyond theoretical knowledge. This approach fosters an entrepreneurial spirit and prepares you to tackle complex business challenges with confidence and creativity.

If you’re looking to study our business management with entrepreneurship degree but don’t have the relevant qualifications or experience, the business and law foundation year will help you develop the core skills and knowledge to progress. Find out more about the business and law foundation year.

This course also offers the option of a placement year. A placement year allows you to put what you've learned in your first and second years into practice in the workplace, gaining valuable real-world work experience before you graduate. Our course and placements teams will help you find the perfect industry placement in your chosen field.

Modules

FOUNDATION YEAR
CORE MODULES

Pathway Lab
Behind the Court Room Door
Know the Numbers: Financial Fundamentals
Business Today

YEAR ONE
CORE MODULES

Innovation in Contemporary Management
Data Analysis and Cyber Essentials
Marketing Principles with Financial Tools for Business
Developing Professional Practice

YEAR TWO
CORE MODULES

Project and Operations Management
Innovation Management (Entrepreneurship pathway)
Enterprise, Ideation and Market Trends (Entrepreneurship pathway)
Values Driven Talent Management and Workforce Planning

OPTIONAL MODULES - Please note: Not all optional modules are guaranteed to run each year.

Study Abroad
Work Placement
Real-World Skills in Action: Elevate Your Expertise

FINAL YEAR
CORE MODULES

Strategic Management
Global Supply Chain Management
Consultancy Project
Business Start-up

OPTIONAL MODULES - Please note: Not all optional modules are guaranteed to run each year.

Real World Skills in Action: Mastery Unleashed

Assessment method

You may be assessed at the end of each block by:
Individual presentations
Blogs
Live briefs
Blogs
Portfolios
Essays
As part of this course, you will study one module at a time, giving you the chance to build a deeper understanding and see the results of your hard work more quickly. With regular assessments and feedback, rather than exams all at once, you’ll also benefit from improved focus, and a more manageable workload.

How to apply

Apply by
14 January

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:
BME3
Institution code:
S30
Campus name:
Main Site
Campus Code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Foundation
  • Year 1

International applicants

For information about applying to Solent as an International applicant, please visit https://www.solent.ac.uk/how-to-apply/entry-requirements/help-for-international-students

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Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

UCAS Tariff - 48 points

A minimum of two completed A-levels, a BTEC Extended Diploma at PPP or BTEC Diploma at MP, T-level Pass (D or E) or equivalent. We will consider mature students who haven't recently undertaken a formalised course of study at A-level or equivalent, but who can demonstrate relevant workplace or voluntary experience, indicating their ability to complete the course successfully.

Find out more about qualification requirements for this course.

English language requirements

TestGradeAdditional details
IELTS (Academic)6with a minimum of 5.5 in each of the four components

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.

We understand that each student is unique. At Solent we encourage individuality and have adopted a balanced approach to Admissions, by considering exam results alongside portfolios / interviews or auditions.

Our contextual offer scheme allows offers below our standard academic entry criteria to those who have faced challenges which has impacted their performance and predicted higher grades, by taking into account additional selection criteria such as a strong portfolio, interview or audition.

Learn more on the Southampton, Solent University website

Historical entry grades data BETA

This section shows the range of grades students (with UK A-Levels or Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diplomas) who received offers were previously accepted 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

LocationFeeYear
England£5760Year 1
Northern Ireland£5760Year 1
Scotland£5760Year 1
Wales£5760Year 1
Channel Islands£5760Year 1
Republic of Ireland£5760Year 1

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

While most course costs are covered by your tuition fees, some essential resources and optional extras may need to be paid for separately. These additional costs are listed below. For advice on budgeting and managing your money, please contact student.funding@solent.ac.uk.

The 2026/27 additional costs are not yet available. For guidance, previous costs have been:

Optional costs

While the CMI qualification is included within the course fees, undertaking the Project Fundamentals Qualification for the Association of Project Management will require an exam fee to be paid:

Members: £238.80
Non-members: £256.80

Sponsorship information

Solent University offers a number of bursaries, grants and scholarships. For more information, please visit https://www.solent.ac.uk/finance/grants-bursaries-scholarships/bursaries

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