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Business Management and Marketing (with Foundation Year)

Study level:
Undergraduate
Awarded by:
University of the West of England, Bristol

Course summary

Accredited by the Institute of Data and Marketing (IDM), our BA(Hons) Business Management and Marketing provides a solid foundation in business with a specialist focus on marketing. Experience a range of business and marketing disciplines and shape your degree to design your own career.

Why study business management and marketing?
Marketing is crucial to any business and one of the most exciting sectors in a fast-paced global economy. A degree in business management and marketing gives you an understanding of organisations and their management, and how marketing is used to demonstrate the quality and value of products, brands, and services.

Why UWE Bristol?
BA(Hons) Business Management and Marketing provides a solid foundation in both business and marketing, allowing you to experience a range of disciplines and choose your career path as you progress.

You'll develop an understanding of the core subjects relevant to both business and marketing disciplines operating within a global context. Working both collaboratively and independently, you'll develop key employability skills including improved digital literacy, critical thinking, creativity, ethical values, an entrepreneurial outlook and confident communications skills.

You'll have the opportunity to specialise in an area of interest, including exploring the world of digital communications and artificial intelligence, agency marketing, brand management, project management, research, analytical skills and the importance of social value and sustainability.

You'll be encouraged to embrace emerging technologies and industry practices that are helping to shape a more sustainable future.

You'll analyse real business issues and learn about the market process, including traditional and digital marketing methods and global approaches.

Gain real-world experience which could include a placement, internship, paid work, volunteering, cross-cultural teamwork, overseas study, attending pitches, guest lectures, and networking opportunities.

Graduate 'career-ready' to step into your first business or marketing role. Alternatively, you may choose to progress your academic studies further.

Where can it take me?
As a highly employable graduate, you may secure employment as a marketing executive, fundraiser, brand manager, digital consultant, analyst, social media expert or even start your own business. Alternatively, you may choose to progress your academic studies further.

Professional bodies

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

  • Institute of Data and Marketing

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:
NN5F
Institution code:
B80
Campus name:
Frenchay Campus
Campus Code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Foundation

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

Course options

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Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

UCAS Tariff - 48 points

A level

No specific subjects required. Points from General Studies and AS-Level subjects (not taken onto full A-Level) can be included towards overall tariff. You must have a minimum of one A-Level.

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

No specific subjects required.

Access to HE Diploma

No specific subjects required.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

No specific subjects required. We accept the IB Career-related Programme in conjunction with other Level 3 qualifications.

WJEC Level 3 Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales

We accept tariff points achieved from the Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales in conjunction with other Level 3 qualifications. This qualification cannot be used to satisfy any subject specific entry requirements.

GCSE/National 4/National 5

Grade C/4 in English and Mathematics, or equivalent.

OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma

No specific subjects required.

T Level

No specific subjects required.

We recognise the individual nature of each application and our typical offer should be viewed as a guide. UWE Bristol welcomes interest from applicants who may not have the standard entry requirements. We will consider evidence of your relevant personal, professional or educational experience where it demonstrates an ability and potential to succeed on the course. Please include details of any relevant experience in your application.

Find out more about qualification requirements for this course.

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 UWE Bristol we are committed to ensuring all applicants can fulfil their potential.

We make contextual offers for this course that are lower than our standard entry criteria.

We use a range of information from your UCAS application to consider your background and experiences as an individual and the impact these may have had on you. You do not need to provide us with any additional information to be considered for a contextual offer.

Learn more on the Bristol, UWE 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.

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Student Outcomes

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70 Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs)

85 Go onto work and study

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

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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.

Additional fee information

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