Program Overview

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Key information

Start date

September

Duration

3 years

Attendance mode

Full-time

Location

On Campus

Fees

Home: £9,535 International: £22,870

Course code

4G55

Entry requirements

ABB Contextual: BBB Subject required: Applicants without A level Maths (or equivalent) must have a minimum of grade B in GCSE Maths (or grade 6 in the new structure)

Course overview

Our BSc Management programme will provide you with a strong grounding in business and management, as well as the skills needed to be an effective manager in a changing world.

You will take modules in principles of management, organisational behaviour, international human resources management, accounting, finance, managerial economics, marketing, business law, corporate governance, business ethics and corporate social responsibility, research methods and international business and financial strategy, together with specialist modules that draw on SOAS’s knowledge of management and finance on China, Japan, Korea and Middle East and North African as well as optional language and cultural modules.

Structure

Year 1 - Core

• Principles of Management I: The Origins of the Firm - 15 credits
• Principles of Management II: The Evolution of the Modern Organisation - 15 credits

Year 1 - Compulsory

• Introduction to Accounting - 15 credits
• Principles and management of marketing - 15 credits
• Quantitative and analytical techniques for managers - 15 credits
• Organisational Behaviour - 15 credits
• Management and Society - 15 credits

Year 1 - Guided options - List A

• 15 credits from List A
• Business Law - 15 credits
• Introduction to Business in China - 15 credits
• Introduction to Business in MENA - 15 credits

Year 2 - Core

• International business strategy - 15 credits

Year 2 - Compulsory

• Managerial economics - 15 credits
• International Marketing (UG) - 15 credits
• Trends, Forecasts and Decision-making - 15 credits
• Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility - 15 credits

Year 2 - Guided options - List B

• 15-45 credits from List B
• Analysing Company Financial Statements - 15 credits
• Corporate Finance - 15 credits
• FinTech for Accounting and Finance - 15 credits
• Project Management (UG) - 15 credits

Year 3 - Compulsory

• Financial strategy - 15 credits
• Independent study project in international management - 30 credits
• International human resource management - 15 credits

Year 3 - Guided options - List C

• Corporate governance - 15 credits
• Finance in the Middle East and North Africa - 15 credits
• Fraud and Financial Crime - 15 credits
• Consumer Behaviour (UG) - 15 credits
• Political Economy of Development and Change in the Middle East - 15 credits
• China and World Development - 15 credits
• Strategic Leadership - 15 credits

Teaching and learning

The majority of the student’s time will be through their own independent study. Students become more active in class through their reading and essay-writing and should greatly enhance their participation in discussion groups.

Contact hours

In the Department of Finance and Management, most undergraduate modules have a one or two hour lecture and a one hour seminar every week. Lectures and seminars are often taken by different teachers to provide a variety of angles on the subject.

The Independent Study Project (ISP)

These are usually taken by final-year students only, its aim is to provide an opportunity for students to conduct original historical research on their own initiative, to engage in in-depth analysis of particular subjects and to use a range of primary historical sources. It is assessed by a single 10,000-word dissertation (including notes but excluding bibliography).

Learning resources

SOAS Library is one of the world's most important academic libraries for the study of Africa, Asia and the Middle East, attracting scholars from all over the world. The Library houses over 1.2 million volumes, together with significant archival holdings, special collections and a growing network of electronic resources.

Fees and funding

Fees for 2025/26 entrants per academic year

Programme| Full-time
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UK students| Overseas students
BA, BSc, LLB| £9,535| £22,870BA/BSc Language year abroad| £1,385| £11,430

Employment

Graduates from the School of Finance and Management leave SOAS with a coherent and solid knowledge of management and finance, with skills in statistics and computing, critical reasoning and analytical thinking.

Recent graduates have been hired by:

• Christian Aid
• Dagong Global
• Deloitte
• Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Elbus Group
• Financial Times
• FM Capital Partners
• HM Treasury
• Houlihan Lokey
• Huaxia Bank, China
• IDB (Islamic Development Bank)
• Investec
• J.P. Morgan Asset Management
• KPMG
• Lloyds Banking Group
• Santander
• UBS
• University of Oxford
• White & Case LLP
• World Food Programme

Key staff

Dr Eunsuk Hong

Senior Lecturer in International Business & Management (China)

Foreign Direct Investment, Emerging-Market Multinationals, Applied spatial econometrics, Chinese management/economy

Research

Developing financial systems to support sustainable growth in China: Innovation, diversity and financial regulation

Developing understanding of the Chinese financial system and its crucial role in supporting the future development and continued growth of the Chinese economy.

UK-India Bilateral Trade in FinTech and FinTech-Enabled Services: Emerging trends and potential for growth

Assessing the role of fintech in the expansion of UK-India bilateral trade in goods and financial services.

The Inclusive Finance project

Identifying workable policies to help make the financial sector an effective instrument in promoting financial inclusion and sustained growth in low-income countries.

AXA Chair in Global Finance

Identifying and monitoring mega trends in global finance, allowing for dynamics of competitive conditions, which are engendered by the interplay between institutional economics and technological innovations.

Improving climate-change risk management in Shanghai and Hangzhou

Contributing to the mitigation and adaptation efforts against devastating natural hazards in the Yangtze River Delta region.

Managing climate risk and the cost of capital in climate-vulnerable countries

The first systematic analysis of the relationship between climate vulnerability and the cost of capital in developing countries

Events

Global trade at a crossroads: Tariffs, investment, and power in transition

Seminar on global trade at a crossroads: tariffs, investment, and power in transition

Trade and development in an uncertain and changing world - masterclass with Julius Sen

Trade and development in an uncertain and changing world - masterclass with Julius Sen

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