Teesside University
Middlesbrough
Tees Valley
TS1 3BX
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Indicate point of entry as Year 3 when applying for this top-up degree.
Course overview:
This international business with marketing top-up course allows student with a Higher National Diploma or Foundation degree in business to study for one year and achieve an honours degree in business with a marketing focus. Marketing is at the heart of any international organisation and plays a central role in influencing consumer behaviour. You explore the fundamental values that connect people, brands, and stakeholders, looking at a range of areas such as digital marketing, brand awareness and strategic marketing.
Join a community of learners from over 100 different countries to develop your management knowledge in a cross-cultural context. The emphasis is on you taking control of your own learning, advancing you as a business thinker and decision maker through workshop-based, interactive and developmental activities.
Top reasons to study this course
After the course:
We provide an environment that allows you to build on and further develop the ‘extra’ practical employability characteristics that will make you more interesting to employers in the job market once you graduate.
Our staff use their extensive business connections to provide many and varied opportunities to engage with potential employers through fairs, guest lecture sessions, live projects and site visits. In addition we offer a series of workshops and events that ensure all students are equipped with both degree-level subject knowledge plus the practical skills that employers are looking for in new graduate recruits.
Our award-winning careers service works with regional and national employers to advertise graduate positions, in addition to providing post-graduation support for all Teesside University alumni.
Access course information through Teesside University’s website using the course page link provided (or visit www.tees.ac.uk).
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The following entry points are available for this course:
Higher National Diploma, Foundation Degree or equivalent qualification in a business-related subject.
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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Details of 2026-27 fees, scholarships and awards are available from our course pages. Additional information is provided on fees and funding if you are from the UK or Ireland here: tees.ac.uk/fees, or if you are an international student here: tees.ac.uk/international/fees. If you live in the Channel Islands or Isle of Man contact your education authority: gov.uk/student-finance.
Middlesbrough
Tees Valley
TS1 3BX
Visit our website Visit our course page
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