Program Overview

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Business Management and Finance BSc (Hons)

Overview

Excel in a finance-based management career with our London-based Business Management and Finance degree. Build an organisation for success with St Mary’s hands-on Business Management and Finance degree. You will focus on critical skills and the latest developments, covering topics like finance, marketing, strategy, and human resources.

Why St Mary's?

Study in the world’s financial capital

Our campus is located in the green and picturesque London borough of Richmond-upon-Thames, so you’ll have opportunities to explore the global financial capital and a hub for enterprise.

Gain extra qualifications as you study

During your business management and finance course, you can complete specific modules to achieve extra qualifications (subject to validation) from:

• Chartered Management Institute (CMI)
• Chartered Institute of Management Accounting (CIMA)

A supportive environment

Our campus feels like a community. Your lecturers learn your name and are here to support your needs.

Course Content

Modules

Business Management and Finance will help you to understand the financial and economic aspects of businesses, how to manage and motivate people and how to build an organisation for success.

Management and development of a business requires an understanding of the changes taking place in the business world, society, consumer markets, financial issues, organisational strategy, global economies and digital technology. You will learn how all these factors combined with the ability to understand key financial aspects are critical to the sustained development of a business.

It is possible to gain professional accreditations and certificate exemptions by successfully completing selected core and optional Business Management and Finance modules.

Professional bodies include:

• Chartered Management Institute
• Chartered Institute of Management Accounting

Year 1

• Contemporary Marketing Practice
• Introduction to Management
• Organisational behaviour
• Introduction to Accounting
• Financial Management
• Professional Skills

Year 2

• Corporate Finance
• Behavioural Economics
• Business Economics
• Business Law
• Management Accounting
• Leadership in Organisations
• Global People Management
• Experience and Employment in Business
• Contributing to the Community
• Financial Markets and Institutions

Year 3

• Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility
• Strategy
• Financial Reporting
• Consultancy Project
• Independent Study
• Social enterprise
• Managing in the workplace

How the Degree is Taught

Contact Time

• 50% contact time
• 50% independent study

Teaching Methods

You'll be taught on our beautiful and historic campus located in Twickenham, London.

As well as highly interactive lectures and you’ll receive presentations from leading researchers and top management professionals and practitioners.

Seminars will deepen your understanding of the skills you’ll need to be an effective finance manager and individual tutorials offer you one-to-one support. This is all supplemented by an online virtual learning environment where you can find additional learning materials.

Assessment Methods

Assessments are designed to test knowledge, understanding and skills development throughout your degree.

The programme uses a broad range of assessments including business reports, essays, practical exercises, presentations, case studies, examinations, assessed blogs, seminar and simulation exercises and traditional exam-based assessments.

Entry Requirements

2025 and 2026 Entries

• Start date: September 2026
• Standard offer: 112 UCAS points
• Contextual offer: 96 UCAS points

GCSE

• GCSE Maths grade 4/C, or equivalent evidence of numerical skills, is also a requirement.

International Requirements

• International students should check our country-specific pages for equivalents.
• If English is not your first language you will need to achieve an IELTS score of 6.0 overall with no less than 5.5 in any section (or equivalent).

Fees & Funding

Tuition Fees

• Home: £9,535
• International: £17,100

Additional Costs

• Your tuition fees will cover the cost of all mandatory elements of your programme.
• Additional costs could be incurred depending on optional modules chosen and other projects undertaken.

Scholarships

• Find out more about our range of scholarships and bursaries available to undergraduate students.

Career Opportunities

Our Business Management and Finance degree will help you develop essential transferrable skills, such as teamwork, critical thinking, and time management.

Some examples of job roles and areas of work for graduates of Business Management and Finance BSc (Hons) include:

• banking
• insurance
• law
• business consultancy
• marketing
• leisure and sport
• human resources