About Business and Management (NN21), BA (Hons) - at University of Portsmouth

Overview

Stand out in the job market with a BA (Hons) Business and Management degree that gives you the skills and knowledge you need to excel in today’s evolving global business landscape, as well as a professional qualification from the Chartered Management Institute (CMI).

Starting with a detailed core curriculum including marketing, finance, managing people and operations, this degree gives you strong foundations on which to build your business knowledge. After your first year you’ll decide which direction to take your degree.

You'll tailor your learning by choosing modules that develop knowledge in a specialism that employers are looking for — with options including enterprise, business intelligence, operational excellence, financial management, commercial transformation, and managing people.

You'll build your professional skills as you learn by working on live client projects and real industry problem-solving tasks throughout your course.

You’ll have support in every step of your journey with initiatives such as our mentoring scheme with industry professionals, and grow your confidence with client work and optional industry placements — including a paid placement year — so you’ll graduate ready to make an immediate impact in the workplace.

With opportunities to hear from industry guest speakers, join networking events, and take part in our 'Big Business Convo' topical discussions, you'll set yourself up for success in your career every step of the way.

Focusing on your interests

With a wide range of optional modules to choose from, you can tailor this degree to your interests. Module options cover a wide range of subjects, from new product development, to event planning, to public sector economics.

Course highlights

• Take your learning in the direction that suits your interests — with specialist pathways in business intelligence, operational excellence, financial management, people management, business transformation, and enterprise
• Graduate with a professional qualification from the Chartered Management Institute alongside your degree, to really make your CV stand out
• Feel workplace ready with dedicated professional skills development and practical learning opportunities throughout your course
• Get hands-on experience such as offering advice to local small businesses as part of our Business Consultancy Project
• Take a paid placement year with a business such as L'Oreal or BAE Systems, or take a study abroad year
• Benefit from a range of support, through initiatives such as our industry mentoring scheme
• Grow your own network by joining extra-curricular events with industry professionals  
• Get support for setting up your own business from our Entrepreneurs in Residence
• Opt to do a foundation year with ICP to get uni-ready ahead of this course, then take up a guaranteed place on this full Bachelor's degree when you successfully finish your foundation year

Accreditation

We have partnered with the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) so that you can gain a value added professional qualification alongside your degree. Students on our BA (Hons) Business and Management can be awarded a CMI Level 5 Certificate in Management and Leadership upon successful completion of their degree programme. Upon joining their degree course, students become members of the CMI and are able to access a range of benefits, resources and events to support their professional development.

The University of Portsmouth has earned business accreditation from the AACSB in recognition of the outstanding quality of its business and management education. Less than six percent of the world's schools offering business degree programs hold AACSB business accreditation.

Careers and opportunities

This degree will open doors to a wide variety of careers in the business world.

Depending on the modules you choose to study in your second and third years, you could develop specialism knowledge within the context of your generalist business degree, setting you up for careers across the business industry. 

Previous graduates of this course have secured jobs as:

• business transformation consultant
• marketing manager
• project manager
• army officer - squadron operations
• business development executive
• product marketing executive
• account manager
• personal banker
• compliance analyst
• supply chain manager

Graduates of this course have gone on to work for companies such as:

• Tesco
• British Telecom
• Deloitte
• HM Government
• IBM
• Disney
• BAE Systems
• NHS
• John Lewis Partnership
• Estée Lauder
• Volkswagen Group UK 
• Microsoft

(Data taken from HESA Graduate Outcome surveys)

This degree also offers options to improve your business research skills. You could go on to do a postgraduate qualification in a business-related area such as project management, digital marketing or human resource management.

You could also choose to set up your own business with our support.

Work placement year

You can boost your employability by taking an optional paid placement after your second or third year of study. Previous students have had placements in organisations such as:

• IBM
• SAP
• Hewlett Packard
• Lockheed Martin International
• Oracle
• Goldman Sachs

Many of our students are offered a graduate job by their placement employer.

The average salary for a 12-month paid placement is £19,800 for students in the Faculty of Business and Law. It could be more or less than this amount depending on your placement. You'll only pay a very small percentage of your tuition fee for this year.

You could also set up your own business, or take a voluntary placement.

If you don't want to take a whole placement year we offer plenty of other ways to get great work experience whilst you study, from summer internships to entrepreneurial support.

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Entry requirements for this course

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