Business Management, BSc (Hons)

The BSc Business Management degree at Swansea University is the most established programme within the School of Management, known for producing highly skilled and commercial thinking business managers. Graduates have gone on to work for the world's biggest brands including Shell UK, Marks & Spencer, Bloomberg, and Tata.

Key Course Details

• UK/EU students: £9,535 (2026 entry)
• International students: £20,600 (2026 entry)
• Mode of study: Full-time
• UCAS code: N100
• Typical offer: ABB-BBB
• Location: Bay Campus

Course Overview

Do you see yourself playing a key role within a successful brand? Are you looking for a degree to make you stand out from the crowd with the innovative skills to manage a global, national, or local business?

The BSc Business Management degree delivers a range of expert teaching across marketing, operations management, finance, accounting, strategy, and human resource management, as well as specialist optional modules.

Modules

The course is divided into three years, with various modules offered in each year.

Year 1

• Compulsory modules:
  • Accounting for Managers
  • Managing People
  • Key Skills for Business
  • Operations Management
  • The Global Context of Organisation
  • Managing in the Digital Age
• Optional modules:
  • Marketing
  • Marchnata (Marketing)
  • Choice of Compulsory Module for Semester 2:
    • Finance for Managers
    • Essential Analytic Skills for Business
    • Enterprise and Creativity: Entrepreneurship in Practice

Year 2

• Compulsory modules:
  • Economics for Business
• Optional modules:
  • Strategic Analysis
  • Dadansoddi Strategol (Strategic Analysis)
  • Semester 1:
    • Corporate Governance and Ethics
    • Corporate Finance 1
    • Digital Marketing
    • Change Management
    • Information Systems
    • Organisational Behaviour
    • Management Science
    • Global Business Environment: International Political Economy
    • Critical Thinking in Entrepreneurship
    • Contemporary Issues in Tourism
    • Business and Employment Law
    • Investments: Assets; Equities and Bonds
    • Principles of Management Accounting
    • The Customer Experience
    • Marketing Research
    • Decision Making and Analysis
    • Opportunity-driven Enterprise
  • Semester 2:
    • Financial Markets and Institutions
    • Maths for Business
    • Human Resource Management
    • Management Consulting
    • International Business
    • Supply Chain Management
    • Business Information Systems
    • Statistics for Business
    • e-Business
    • Business Analytics
    • Social Aspects of Organisation
    • Entrepreneurship for Tourism Experiences
    • International Marketing
    • Principles of Financial Accounting
    • Integrated Marketing Communications
    • Programming for Finance
    • The Entrepreneurial Workplace

Year 3

• Compulsory modules:
  • Final Year Project
• Optional modules:
  • Semester 1:
    • Financial Market Efficiency
    • Investment Banking
    • Financial Services
    • International Human Resource Management
    • Power and Organisation
    • Innovation Management
    • Project Management
    • Lean Operations
    • Data Mining
    • Application Development
    • Strategic Implementation
    • Rheoli Prosiectau (Project Management)
    • Sustainable Tourism
    • Tourism Planning
    • Digital Marketing Management
    • Asset Management
  • Semester 2:
    • Financial Economics
    • Derivatives and Risk Management
    • Risk Management in Banking
    • Business Ethics
    • Leadership
    • Corporate Social Responsibility
    • Information Technology Service Management
    • International Standards
    • Sustainability and Environmental Management
    • Spreadsheets and Databases for Business Analysis
    • Business and Employment Law
    • Law of International Corporate Governance
    • Forensic Accounting
    • Strategic Sales Management
    • Enterprise Life Cycle
    • Contemporary Issues in Marketing
    • Managing Crisis in Organisations

Entry Requirements

We consider all applicants on their own merits and welcome applications from students with a wide range of qualifications.

• A level (or equivalent) typical offer: ABB-BBB
• BTEC: DDM
• UK Access: minimum of 33 Distinctions and 9 Merit from Level 3 Subjects
• T Levels: Merit
• Mixed Qualifications: 120-128 UCAS tariff points from 3 highest qualifications
• International Baccalaureate: 32 points

How You're Taught

At Swansea, you will benefit from a high-quality, research-informed education that combines a range of effective and inclusive teaching methods, carefully tailored to suit the needs of your course.

Welsh Provision

There are opportunities for Welsh speakers to study some elements of this course through the medium of Welsh but there is not yet enough provision to reach 40 credits in each year.

Professional Body Accreditation

Our BSc Business Management degree at Swansea University is accredited by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).

Meet Your Lecturers

You will be taught by a team of experienced academics from research, academic, and industry backgrounds.

Tuition Fees

• 3 Year Full Time:
  • UK: £9,535 (2026 entry)
  • International: £20,600 (2026 entry)
• 4 Year Full Time With a Year Abroad:
  • UK: £9,535 (2026 entry)
  • International: £20,600 (2026 entry)
• 4 Year Full Time With a Year in Industry:
  • UK: £9,535 (2026 entry)
  • International: £20,600 (2026 entry)

Funding and Scholarships

You may be eligible for funding to help support your study. To find out about scholarships, bursaries, and other funding opportunities that are available, please visit the University's scholarships and bursaries page.

Additional Costs

Access to your own digital device/the appropriate IT kit will be essential during your time studying at Swansea University.

Careers and Employability

The Careers and Employability Team will support you at each stage of your career journey, helping you build a bright future.

Academic Support

As well as subject-specific support by college teaching staff and your personal tutor, the Centre for Academic Success provides courses, workshops, and one-to-one support in areas such as academic writing, maths and statistics, critical thinking, time management, digital skills, presentation skills, note taking, revision, memory, and exam techniques.

Study Abroad and Global Opportunities

To learn more about study abroad, visit our Go Global webpages. Enrolment on a programme with a semester/year abroad does not guarantee you a semester/year abroad placement.

How to Apply

Apply now – UK, EU, and international students.

Application Deadlines

We recommend that you submit your application to our courses as early as you can in advance of our application deadlines.

Year in Industry

This course offers you the opportunity to spend a Year In Industry, in the UK or overseas, giving valuable workplace experience.

Degree Overview:

• The BSc Business Management degree at Swansea University is the most well-established programme within the School of Management.
• The course offers an ideal balance of core management principles alongside a range of optional modules.
• Graduates have gone on to work for world-class organizations such as Shell UK, Marks & Spencer, Bloomberg and Tata.
• The program is accredited by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), the only organization that can award Chartered Manager status – the highest accolade for managers and leaders.
• With CMI accreditation, graduates are in an exceptional position to create a successful business career.

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Objectives:

• The aim of the BSc Business Management program is to enable you to fully understand key issues in business, learn essential management skills and gain a practical grounding in research that will allow you to build a successful business career in today’s dynamic global environment.
• You will explore a wide variety of topics, including accounting, finance, marketing, human resource management and operations management.
• The course is designed to provide you with a rich, transformative, and varied learning experience, through traditional lectures and tutorials, as well as seminars, workshops and group projects.

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Outline:

The BSc Business Management program provides a flexible structure allowing you to tailor your degree to suit your interests and career goals.

• In the first year, students take a core set of modules providing a solid foundation in business with modules encompassing: accounting, economics, marketing, human resource management, operations management and business communication.
• Students will also develop on their key skills in mathematics, statistics, computing and academic writing.
• In subsequent years, you can focus your studies in specific areas through pursuing optional modules.
• The optional modules on offer include: entrepreneurship, finance, human resource management, marketing, operations, and research methods.
• The BSc Business Management program structure also includes:
• A dissertation project, which enables you to work independently on a substantial piece of work in an area that interests you.
• The opportunity to undertake a work placement or a period of study abroad.

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Assessment:

• Business Management is a broad-based degree in which you'll learn a range of practical and theoretical aspects of business.
• Assessment is via a mixture of examination and coursework.
• Coursework might include assignments such as essays, presentations, reports, and projects, depending on the specific requirements and learning objectives of a particular module.
• Examinations in the School are held at the end of each semester, typically during a two-week period in January and May/June.
• There is a re-sit assessment period in late August/early September and an exam period for level five progression in May/June.

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Teaching:

• The program is taught by a team of experienced academics who are actively engaged in research.
• The teaching staff have extensive experience in the workplace and bring this into the classroom.
• The School is also committed to providing innovative teaching that keeps students actively engaged within their learning.
• The program is dedicated to help students develop the skills and knowledge to become effective business managers and leaders.
• Students are encouraged to use the support services available, such as the Employability Team, Career Hub and the Academic Support Unit, to enhance their skills and competencies.
• Students have opportunities to engage with the business community and local employers through field trips, guest speakers, and events.

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3 Year Full Time Start Date UK International September 2023 £ 9,000 £ 17,750 January 2024 Start Date UK International September 2023 £ 9,000 £ 17,750 January 2024 N/A £ 17,750 September 2024 £ 9,000 £ 18,650 January 2025 N/A £ 18,650 4 Year Full Time With a Year Abroad Start Date UK International September 2023 £ 9,000 £ 17,750 September 2024 £ 9,000 £ 18,650 4 Year Full Time With a Year In Industry Start Date UK International September 2023 £ 9,000 £ 17,750 January 2024 N/A £ 17,750 September 2024 £ 9,000 £ 18,650 January 2025 N/A £ 18,650 Fees for full time Undergraduate UK students may be increased in subsequent years of study by an inflationary amount determined by Welsh Government. Fees for full time Undergraduate EU/International students will increase by 3% for each subsequent year of study. During a sandwich year (e.g. year in industry, year abroad or placement year) a lower fee will apply. For more information visit our tuition fees page. You can find further information of your fee costs on our tuition fees page. You can find further information of your fee costs on our tuition fees page. You may be eligible for funding to help support your study. To find out about scholarships, bursaries and other funding opportunities that are available please visit the University's scholarships and bursaries page. Current students: You can find further information of your fee costs on our tuition fees page.

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Overview:

• Founded in 1920 as University College of Swansea
• Received its Royal Charter in 1948, becoming Swansea University
• Consistently ranked among the top 30 universities in the UK
• Home to over 20,000 students from over 140 countries
• Notable achievements include:
  • 2019 Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education for its work in developing and delivering innovative teaching methods
  • 2018 Times Higher Education Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Local Community
  • 2017 Research Excellence Framework (REF) results showed that 90% of Swansea University's research was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent

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Student Life:

• Over 150 student clubs and societies
• Sports teams in a variety of disciplines, including rugby, football, and basketball
• Student support services include:
  • Counseling and mental health support
  • Disability support
  • Financial advice
  • International student support
• Campus facilities include:
  • Bay Campus: Modern campus with state-of-the-art facilities, including a library, sports center, and student union
  • Singleton Campus: Historic campus with a mix of traditional and modern buildings, including the iconic Singleton Abbey
  • Tycoch Campus: Home to the College of Engineering and the School of Management

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Academics:

• Academic resources include:
  • Over 400 undergraduate and postgraduate programs
  • World-class research facilities
  • Extensive library resources
• Faculty:
  • Over 1,000 academic staff, including internationally renowned researchers and industry experts
• Teaching methodologies:
  • Focus on student-centered learning
  • Use of innovative teaching methods, such as problem-based learning and flipped classrooms
• Academic support services:
  • Academic skills workshops
  • Writing center
  • Math and statistics support
• Unique academic programs or initiatives:
  • Swansea Employability Academy: Provides students with opportunities to develop employability skills
  • Swansea University Global: Offers international study and research opportunities

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Top Reasons to Study Here:

• Top 30 UK university
• Excellent teaching and research
• World-class facilities
• Strong industry connections
• Vibrant student life
• Notable alumni include:
  • Michael Sheen, actor
  • Catherine Zeta-Jones, actress
  • Sir Terry Matthews, entrepreneur

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Services:

• Counseling and mental health support
• Health center
• Housing services
• Library resources:
  • Over 1 million books and journals
  • Access to online databases and e-resources
• Technology support:
  • Free Wi-Fi across campus
  • Computer labs and printing facilities
• Career development services:
  • Career counseling
  • Job search assistance
  • Employer networking events