Overview

This course adds a placement year to our Business Management degree programme. This provides valuable workplace experience and significantly improves your employability on graduation.

Course Details

• Award: BA (Hons)
• Start date(s): 15 September 2025
• UCAS Code: N203
• Course specifications: View course spec
• Course length: Sandwich (4 years)
• Campus location: University: City Campus
• School: Wolverhampton Business School

Why Choose This Course?

6th in the UK for Business and Management courses

The Guardian University Guide 2025

This course adds a placement year to our Business Management degree programme. This provides valuable workplace experience and significantly improves your employability on graduation. On a sandwich course, your third year will be a supervised placement, giving you the opportunity to apply and develop the knowledge and skills gained in the first two years of your course, before you move on to your final year.

This exciting and innovative general business programme is designed for students who want to embark on an in-depth study of business and management to develop analysis and evaluation skills that can be applied to real-world situations.

Innovation and enterprise; sustainability; responsibility and professionalism; and digitalisation underpin this programme: You will explore the functional areas of business, such as management, marketing, human resources, finance and operations, through the lens of these four main themes which run throughout the programme.

Entrepreneurship is a key force for successful economic growth and entrepreneurial thinking is at the heart of this programme in which you will develop knowledge and understanding of a range of management and business practices and the ability to apply them effectively in an entrepreneurial and innovative manner.

Independent and transferable personal development skills are vital in business, and you will have the opportunity to develop them through interactive learning activities and self-reflection to enable you to develop the professional skills required in the workplace. You will acquire core business skills through case studies, online activities and live projects, through interactions with entrepreneurs and business speakers, and through reflecting on your own practice.

The course aims to supply future managers and professionals to various business and management sectors as well as to provide key knowledge, skills and attributes that are vital to modern organisations.

The course aims to supply future managers and professionals to various business and management sectors as well as to provide key knowledge, skills and attributes that are vital to modern organisations.

The course offers you the option of specialising in your final year by opting for a bracketed award in human resources, enterprise, or marketing.

What's Unique About This Course?

• 6th in the UK for Business and Management courses (The Guardian University Guide 2025)
• Accredited by The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) is the Chartered Body for Management and Leadership disciplines.
• One of the main benefits of studying a CMI accredited qualification is that it enhances student employability; the body’s research suggests that 58% of graduates from a CMI Accredited degree were in professional roles within six months of degree completion.

Course Modules

Year 1 (Level 4) Modules

• The Digital Business
• The Innovative Business
• The Responsible Business
• The Sustainable Business

Year 2 (Level 5) Modules

• Customer Acquisition & Retention
• Managing Finance and Accounts
• Operations and Project Planning
• The Professional Manager and Leadership

Year 3 (Level 6) Modules

• Organisational Behaviour
• The Business Communicator
• The Professional Project
• The Strategic Business

Specialised Routes

• Enterprise: The course is designed for students who want to embark on an in-depth study of Business Management with the opportunity to specialise in the final year in Enterprise. The course provides students with the opportunity to study enterprise across wide and diverse disciplines; to learn enterprising skills and techniques; to enhance their employability potential and to aim for future success.
• Human Resource Management: The course is designed for students who want to embark on an in-depth study of Business Management with the opportunity to specialise in the final year in Human Resource Management. The course provides an opportunity for students to examine the importance of the human resources profession in developing the structure and strategy of organisations with an aim to prepare students for a professional career in Human Resource management.
• Marketing: The course is designed for students who want to embark on an in-depth study of Business Management with the opportunity to specialise in the final year in Marketing. While students develop analysis and evaluation skills as part of their overall BA Business Management course, this course is an opportunity to learn advanced marketing concepts and build a strong foundation for a career in Marketing.

Potential Career Paths

• Human resource management
• Marketing manager
• Project manager
• Consultant
• Freelance worker
• Strategist
• Operations manager
• Entrepreneur
• Business analyst

Additional Information

Everything you need to know about this course!

Why Wolverhampton?

Enhancing Your Employment and Career Prospects

Studying with the Business School gives you a head start in your career through offering the following:

• Internships: You can choose to gain valuable work experience through taking an internship (sandwich placement) as part of your programme of study. Full support in preparing and securing internships is provided through our dedicated support team.
• Study abroad: You can choose to undertake one semester or a full year study abroad at one of our EU partners, as part of your programme of study.
• Working with real managers: We find many opportunities for you to work with practising managers, from company projects, guest lectures and site visits through to short internships or full year long sandwich placements.
• Developing real business skills: Studying at Wolverhampton will allow you to develop the skills businesses demand including IT, project management, team working and leadership.
• Careers support and guidance: You will be able to gain an Employability Award. Having developed your CV and enhanced your interview skills you will be able to undertake a short internship to prepare yourself to gain employment on graduation.
• Volunteering: You can gain valuable employability skills through volunteering. Opportunities exist for you to work with voluntary organisations.
• Starting your own business: Not only will you develop the business acumen necessary to start and manage your own business but on-going support is available both during your studies and on graduation to help you make a success of your business start-up.
• Management mentors: You will have the opportunity to be mentored by a senior manager from the region through our Institute of Directors mentoring scheme or alumni.

A Supportive Professional Study Environment

Your learning experience at the Business School will be enhanced by:

• Tutors who know about business: The tutors on this programme have experience as practicing managers, worked with business in an advisory capacity or will be researching business and management in order that what you learn is current, leading edge thinking which has real relevance to the world of business.
• A friendly and supportive environment: We are known for the support we provide to our students. Whether pastoral or study advice your personal tutor and course leader are there to give you the support you need, when you need it.
• Blended learning: The School has developed a blended learning approach where lecture and tutorial activities are supported by online learning to become a seamless learning experience both in and outside of the classroom.
• Flexibility: The programme offered gives you flexibility over your study options as you progress and develop, whether this is choosing to study abroad or take an internship or being able to move between the courses we offer.
• Professional body informed programmes: The school has strong professional body links and these are used to inform the curriculum to ensure they reflect the latest professional thinking and standards and to maximise the exemptions and accreditation you will gain alongside studying your programme.
• Internationalisation: Our international student and staff body and a curriculum underpinned by internationalisation will enable you to learn how to operate in a global business environment.

What Skills Will You Gain?

Studying this course will allow you to:

• Develop and apply research, writing, numerical, digital and personal skills within a business context
• Critically appraise relevant knowledge and understanding of organisations, the external environment in which they operate and management theory when assessing and solving problems in different business scenarios
• Apply relevant transferable skills to a career in business and management (for example, managing projects, communication, working in teams, research and appropriate technologies and critically reflect on the effectiveness of your own skills and knowledge in such application
• Examine contemporary and strategic issues through the application of relevant analytical concepts, models and theories
• Evaluate and demonstrate an informed understanding of ethical responsibilities contributing to professional values and their role in organisations and society in the 21st century
• Develop skills of independent learning, analysis, synthesis and critical thinking through the application of business and management concepts and principles and the related underpinning theories appropriate to a wide range of business organisations and situations.

Course Fees and Finance

Location	Mode	Fee	Year
Home	Sandwich	£9250 per year
Home	Sandwich	£9535 per year
International	Sandwich	£14950 per year
International	Sandwich	£15995 per year

The University is committed to a transparent fee structure, with no hidden costs, to help you make an informed decision. This includes information on what is included in the fee and how fees are calculated and reviewed.

Entry Requirements

Typical entry requirement: 96 UCAS points

• A Levels - grades CCC / BCD
• BTEC L3 Extended Diploma or OCR Cambridge L3 Technical Extended Diploma - grades MMM
• BTEC L3 Diploma - grades DD
• Access to HE Diploma (60 credits) of which a minimum of 45 must be at Level 3 (96 UCAS point equivalence, minimum 45 credits at merit)

Use the UCAS Tariff calculator to check your qualifications and points.

• If you've got other qualifications or relevant experience, please contact The Gateway for further advice before applying.
• International entry requirements and application guidance can be found at
• Successful completion of the International Foundation Year in Social Sciences guarantees entry on to this course.

Other Requirements

Students must usually have studied for a minimum of two years post GCSE level. However, we will consider applications from mature students who do not have two years of post-16 study, where they have relevant work experience. Please see for further information.

Funding

Tuition Fees Loan (Home Fee Status):

Most students will be able to apply for a loans to pay for these subject to eligibility. To find out more information please refer to the government Student Finance website.

Changes for EU students:

The UK government has confirmed that EU students starting courses from 1 August 2021 will normally be classified as having Overseas Fee status. More information about the change is available at UKCISA:

EU citizens living in the UK with 'settled' status, and Irish nationals living in the UK or Ireland, will still be classified as Home students, providing they meet the usual residency requirements, for more information about EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS)

Self-funding:

If you don’t want to take out a loan to pay your fees or if you aren’t eligible to receive a loan, you might want to take advantage of the University’s scheme to pay by instalments: See How to pay.

For more information please contact the Gateway.

Your employer, embassy or organisation can pay for your Tuition fees:

If your employer, embassy or organisation agrees to pay all or part of your tuition fees; the University will refer to them as your sponsor and will invoice them for the appropriate amount.

We must receive notification of sponsorship in writing as soon as possible, and before enrolment, confirming that the sponsor will pay your tuition fees.

Financial Hardship:

Students can apply to the Dennis Turner Opportunity Fund. for help with course related costs however this cannot be used for fees or to cover general living costs.

Bursaries and Scholarships:

In addition the University also offers a range of Bursaries and Scholarships packages

You can find more information on the University’s Funding, cost, fee and support pages.

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Lord Swraj Paul Building

Named after our Chancellor, the Lord Swraj Paul Building offers six floors of purpose-built student space, and is our Business School’s impressive multi-million pound home.

Study Spaces

You can access the computers and dedicated study spaces located on each level of the Lord Swraj Paul building from 8am to 9pm, Monday to Friday.

Specialist Software

In the Lord Swraj Paul building, you’ll find our computer labs with specialist business simulation and management tools software.

Study Spaces

We’re got plenty of study spaces around campus – so you can find the ideal place to suit your style, wherever – and whenever – you get your best ideas.

Libraries

Our libraries offer helpful support and resources to aid your studies including: social learning and quiet study areas, bookable spaces, and 24/7 opening at key times in the year.

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87%of students say teaching staff have supported their learning well.

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70%in work or doing further study 15 months after the course.

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