Program Overview
Business Management BA (Hons)
Year of Entry
- 2025 (for 2026 entry see [link removed])
UCAS Code
- N202
Duration of Study
- 3 years or 4 years with international, placement, or entrepreneurship year
Course Summary
The business world is fast-paced and challenging. Explore the field of business management to prepare you for a career in today’s global business world. Gain essential management expertise and skills through real-world experiences and professional development opportunities, setting the stage for your business career.
Why Study Business Management at Keele University?
- Study at Britain's best university, as ranked by students (Student Crowd University Awards, 2022)
- Gain a competitive edge with our Professional and Academic Development Programme
- Option to spend a year working in industry, or undertake an entrepreneurship year
- Opportunities to study abroad
- Study alongside innovative companies based in Keele Business School
Course Overview
Whether you’ve got a clear career goal or want to explore where the world of business could take you, Business Management at Keele is the perfect starting point. It provides the right balance of a cutting-edge business education with practical, real-world skills to support you to make the transition into the world of work.
Our contemporary curriculum allows you to build your core business knowledge and develop your understanding of organisations and how they function in a complex business environment. You will focus on areas such as leadership, strategy, business operations, marketing, and human resource management. Economics, politics, and society are also explored, and you will learn to analyse data and how it can inform business decision-making.
Practical, career-focused teaching and learning ensures that you can apply the theory you’re learning to real-world scenarios that will build your expertise and confidence. We will also get you thinking about sustainability and business ethics so when you begin work or start your own business you can be a force for good in the world.
Our built-in Professional and Academic Development Programme spans your entire degree. Designed to fully prepare you for securing a great job or starting a business, you will develop your professional skills, creativity, confidence, critical thinking, and problem-solving abilities. Our aim? To ensure you graduate with clear goals and impressive experiences to show future employers or investors. You’ll benefit from Keele Business School’s strong industry connections, placement or entrepreneurship opportunities, hands-on practical experiences, and invaluable real-world insights such as through our Global Challenge Pathways.
Academic Expertise
Our staff in Keele Business School are active researchers in core areas such as accounting, finance, economics, human resource management, marketing, and management. Their academic work will inform your learning, incorporating recent theories and current themes to open discussion in your subject area.
Co-Located with Businesses
As a Keele Business School student, you will study alongside innovative companies that are based in the business school building, a hub for fostering networks and linking with industry.
Internships, Enterprise, and Knowledge Exchange Opportunities
Keele Business School is located at the heart of the Keele University Science & Innovation Park, one of the leading developments of its kind in the UK. The Park offers companies a business environment that provides an innovative research culture, combined with academic expertise and the University’s specialist resources, with a variety of opportunities for students to get involved, from internships, knowledge exchange partnerships, and student enterprise initiatives.
Fees and Funding
Tuition Fees for 2025/26 Academic Year
- UK: £9,535 for the 2025/6 academic year (subject to Parliamentary approval)
- International: Band 1, £17,700 for the 2025/26 academic year
Entry Requirements
These are the typical entry requirements for this course for a range of UK and international qualifications. If your qualifications aren't listed, please contact us to check if we can accept them. If you don't think you'll meet the stated requirements, you may be able to access this course via a Foundation Year.
Typical Offer
- A Level: BBC
- BTEC: DMM
- T Level: Merit
- International Baccalaureate Diploma: 554 in three Higher Levels or 29 points
Alternative and Contextual Offers
We're committed to ensuring equality of opportunity for applicants with the potential and motivation to succeed, regardless of background. We offer alternative offer schemes with clear eligibility criteria, including contextual offers, offers for those studying in the Keele region, and recognition of a range of additional qualifications.
Teaching, Learning, and Assessment
We use a variety of teaching and learning methods throughout this Business Management BA, tailored to the module theme and level. These methods may include interactive lectures, independent study, group tutorials, reflective practice, and engaging in web-based learning via Keele’s virtual learning environment (KLE).
You will be assessed via different methods that reflect the breadth of the skills and knowledge you will gain on this programme. The types of assessments may include simulations and group assessments where you will collaborate with other students and replicate typical workplace interactions. Portfolios and project reports will allow you to compile your achievements and reflections in a valuable way for academic evaluation and to showcase your skills to potential employers.
Foundation Year
Our Foundation Year provides an excellent alternative route to Keele, offering preparation for your chosen degree with guaranteed entry onto your undergraduate course once you successfully complete.
Career Opportunities
This programme offers numerous opportunities to broaden your knowledge and develop a range of transferable skills that are highly valued by employers, enhancing your future career potential. Your critical thinking skills will be sharper, your communication abilities will have improved, you will have gained knowledge about the fundamentals of business and established an entrepreneurial mindset.
Jobs that a graduate of this course could go on to do:
- Business Adviser
- Business Analyst
- Business Development Manager
- Chartered Management Accountant
- Data Analyst
- Investment Analyst
- Investment Banker
- Logistics/Supply Chain Manager
- Management Consultant
- Project Manager
Previous Keele Business School graduates have gone on to work for:
- B&Q
- Barclays Bank
- Bet365
- Corona
- Enterprise Rent a Car
- Ford
- HMRC
- Jaguar Land Rover
- Lloyds Bank
- Mercedes Benz
- Morrisons
- NHS
- Nationwide Building Society
- PwC
- Santander
Supporting You
During your studies, you’ll receive support from within Keele Business School and across the University. Your assigned Academic Mentor will provide individual support, and you'll also have access to our dedicated Student Experience and Support Team, based within our Faculty, who can provide additional support, and work closely with teams across Keele.
Social Life, Societies, and Sports
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