Learn important business skills and knowledge that will help you start and grow your own business. In this course, you'll study everything from marketing strategy and human resources to management accounting and business analytics.
Register your interestThis one year course is a shorter, top-up version of our popular BA (Hons) Business and Management degree. It builds on what you've learned in your foundation degree, focusing on entrepreneurship and the skills you'll need to start and run your own business.
You'll learn how to critically analyse business plans and make choices that will grow the value of your company. It covers how to plan and pitch an idea and the steps that go into creating new businesses.
The course includes work-based practice in a company you choose and a range of assessments for each module.
Read the programme specifications to learn more about the BA (Hons) Business Management and Entrepreneurship (Top-Up) course.
You'll be taught through lectures, seminars, group work and e-learning. Marks will be given based on written exams, case studies, assignments and reports.
Plus you'll need to do independent work, taking on more responsibility for your studies and focusing your learning around your interests and career goals.
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To study this course you need a foundation degree or similar, including:
You'll also need:
You must meet the minimum English language requirements to join the course.
*If you have studied for a new GCSE that awards numerical grades, you need grade 4 or above.
The annual, full-time, fee for this course is:
The annual, full-time, fee for this course is:
From August 2021, EU students who are resident in the EU or elsewhere outside the UK will be charged international fees. Find out more information on how Brexit will impact EU, EAA and Swiss citizens studying in the UK.
Please note: Fees may be subject to change in the next academic year.
Find out more about paying tuition fees, methods of payment, or read about the scholarships and discounts that might be available to you.
This information was correct at the time of publication.
As a graduate from this course, you'll come away with excellent skills and knowledge in all areas of business, management and entrepreneurship.
You'll learn how business become successful, how to manage business operations, how to make informed decisions, how to lead change in organisations and how to start your own business.
When you finish your degree, you'll be able to create and run your own company or step into leadership and management roles in a wide range of industries around the world.
This can include high-level positions in business analysis, account management and financial analysis.
Our guest speaker programme introduces you to business leaders who are in the roles that you might one day have yourselves. They can help you connect what you're learning in the classroom with real-world experiences to prepare you to not only succeed at University but in life too.
Past speakers include Maurice Duffy, CEO of Global Blackswan, Mike Johnson, CEO of Castrol and Executive Vice President of BP, Uday K. Dholakia, Senior Partner of Global Consulting, Neil Stephenson, CEO of ONYX, James Ramsbotham, CEO of the North East Chamber of Commerce and many more.
It’s all about going forward and taking advantage of the technologies people are using now.
I have to wait until my son is asleep to get my studying done.
I was excited by its great reputation as a friendly and welcoming place to study.
The course is exactly what I was looking for.
I like to think one day when I’ll use the knowledge that I’ve gained here to open my own business.
I’m really looking forward to graduation. It’s quite exciting, a celebration of all our hard work
Everything I’m learning I’ll be able to secure a brilliant future for myself and my family.
I would honestly encourage anyone with a passion for business to come and study here.
The Top-Up degree is helping me understand how to manage a business successfully.
I wanted to take all the opportunities I was offered. I wanted to better myself in every way.
The University of Sunderland (which includes the University of Sunderland in London) has received a coveted Silver award in the latest Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) for the ‘very high quality’ of its teaching and learning.
Learn about our Silver award
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