Business Management
UCAS Code: N201
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Entry requirements
A level
Pass Access to HE Diploma in a relevant subject with a minimum 106 UCAS Tariff points
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
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**OVERVIEW**
Every organisation across the planet, no matter what its size, sector or purpose, needs people with strong business skills. By the time you finish our course, you’ll be the kind of person they want – a business professional with a global mindset, confident about running teams, managing operations, developing strategies, aware of key sustainability challenges, and making the kind of decisions that come with leadership.
We’ll teach you how to spot opportunities, adapt to change, assess impact on stakeholders, and understand when and how to take risks. You’ll gain a broad understanding of the business world, together with fundamental skills like team-working and problem-solving. Later, you’ll have the opportunity to specialise, looking into the areas that interest you most, such as marketing, finance, people, technology, start-up and consultancy.
It’s a degree that also includes the chance to spend a year gaining valuable experience – whether studying abroad in Europe, Asia, Australia or the USA, or developing real-world skills on a placement with an employer – before returning for your final year.
**FEATURES AND BENEFITS**
- **Location** – study in the engine room of the Northern Powerhouse. Manchester has one of the fastest growing economies in Europe and is home to a range - of global businesses and innovative start-ups.
- **Add to your degree** – gain experience in the business world through our extensive network of industry connections, study abroad, or choose to study a foreign language in your final year.
- **Placement or study abroad flexibility** – you will enrol on the three year course and decide if a placement or overseas study is right for you once you have started your studies, so you don’t have to decide now.
- **Business expertise** – learn from teachers who carry out cutting-edge research, inform policy and consult organisations. We’ve also set up Innospace, our base for new ventures, so you can find a mentor and make your business plans a reality.
- **Regular industry events** – attend guest lectures and networking events, take part in the Young Enterprise competition, or join the Business and Management Society for social events throughout the year.
- **Employability** – develop the skills employers are looking for. You’ll be ready for business roles in a range of industries. Employers know our graduates can hit the ground running.
- **Path for entrepreneurship** - engage with our entrepreneurship (IOEE) and sustainability (SEEG) centres - you can also join both as a student member.
The Uni
Manchester Metropolitan University
Strategy, Enterprise and Sustainability
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What do graduate employment figures really tell you?The number of business studies graduates fell significantly last year after a long period of increase. But there were still more than 14,000 degrees awarded and this is the third most popular subject for new graduates. Because so many graduates get business studies degrees, you can find them everywhere in the economy, and very few jobs are completely out of reach for a good business studies graduate. Around 40% go into jobs in finance, sales, recruitment, management (particularly retail) or marketing. There is also a small (but well paid) group who take their technical skills into computing and IT. Thousands of graduates from this subject go into professional jobs every year, and average starting salaries are above the average for all subjects and particularly healthy in London where they top £25k. Graduates with good degree grades in business studies are much more likely to get good jobs, so don’t be complacent, and keep a close eye on your grades.
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