| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2026-10-01 | - |
Program Overview
Introduction to the Management BSc (Hons) Degree
The Management BSc (Hons) degree is a highly flexible, broad-based course that prepares students for a career in any area of business and management. Our graduates are strong communicators, adaptable, and resilient to change, and are highly sought-after in the business world.
Course Overview
Our BSc Management degree is designed to equip students with a comprehensive range of management skills and styles, and knowledge and understanding of a variety of contexts in which business decisions are made. This course aims to produce excellent managers who generate creative, sustainable solutions to business and management issues.
Choices and Flexibility
The course provides a comprehensive core set of management modules, with a wide variety of options built into the course so students can shape the degree in line with the topics that they are most interested in. Students can explore topics like leadership, entrepreneurship, and supply chain management, delve into topical issues like digital business, sustainability, and ethics, and have choices that give them the chance to shape the direction of their future career.
Enhanced Employability through a Third Year Placement
Most importantly, students will not only be learning the theory – they will also have the opportunity to put it into practice. We offer several placement pathways, including a year-long or half-year work-based placement, building on their skills and getting valuable experience in industry. There are also options to study abroad. Many students find the experience vital in helping them secure good positions following graduation and increasing their confidence when they start their first job after graduating.
Why You Should Choose Us
- Top 200 in the world for Business and Management Studies (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025)
- Triple-accredited UK business school (AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA)
- 2nd for job prospects (Best UK Universities 2023, StudentCrowd)
- Top 10 in the UK for Business and Management (The Guardian University Guide 2026)
- Top 10 in the UK for student experience in Business, Management and Marketing (Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025)
- Top 10 in the UK for graduate prospects in Business and Management Studies (Complete University Guide 2026)
- Top 10 in the UK for career after 15 months in Business and Management (The Guardian University Guide 2026)
What You'll Study
You will explore a wide range of business and management subjects that will give you a strong multidisciplinary foundation. Flexibility is a key element of the course, allowing you to tailor the degree towards your specific areas of interest.
Year 1
- In year one: you will build your core knowledge in the fundamentals of management and international business, business in the digital age, and organisational behaviour. We will explore topics like responsible management practice, ethics, business maths, accounting, and marketing. You will have optional modules to choose from in the second semester spanning topics such as finance, law, and international business and culture in different contexts. You will develop key transferable professional skills, giving you a strong basis to build on in the rest of your degree.
Year 2
- In year two: you will build an in-depth understanding of areas like knowledge data and information systems, operations and supply chain management, the future workplace, and business sustainability. You will have a wide range of optional modules to choose from, including grassroots business, digital marketing, human resource management, and corporate social irresponsibility.
Final Year
- In final year: you will consolidate, and add to, everything you have learnt so far. Core modules include global strategic management, rethinking leadership, and entrepreneurship and innovation. There is also a huge range of optional modules to choose from, so you can tailor the topics that fit best with your future career path.
Entry Requirements
To learn more about the qualifications we typically accept, please select your country from the drop-down menu below.
General Entry Requirements
The entry requirements for each course should be read alongside the University’s general entry requirements which give further details on acceptable subjects, alternative UK and international qualifications and minimum English language requirements.
Contextual Admissions
The University’s admissions process uses contextual information to provide insights into the context in which your academic qualifications have been achieved. This may influence the typical offers listed below.
Country-Specific Requirements
- United Kingdom: Typical A level offer: AAB. No specific subject requirements but we do have a list of preferred subjects (see below).
- Australia: Typical offers for students from Australia are based on the Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR). Typically, we would require a score between 85.00 and 94.00.
- Austria: For students taking the Austrian Reifeprüfung (Matura), we typically require an average score between 2.2 and 1.2 from 6 written or spoken exams.
- Bahrain: Students who have studied the Tawjihiyah/Thanawiya amma (General Secondary Education Certificate) will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
- Bangladesh: Students taking the Higher Secondary Certificate will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
- Belgium: The Certificat d’Enseignement Secondaire Supérieur (CESS) and Diploma van Secundair Onderwijs (DSO) are both acceptable qualifications for direct entry into first year undergraduate courses.
- Brazil: Students taking the Brazilian High School Certificate will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
- Brunei: Students with A Level or IB qualifications will be considered for direct entry to undergraduate degree courses.
- Bulgaria: For students taking the Diploma za Sredno Obrazovanie, we would typically ask for an overall score ranging from 5.3 to 6.0 overall with specific subject marks required for some courses.
- Canada: Typical offers for students from Canada are based on having completed Grade 12.
- China: Students taking the Senior Middle Examinations will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
- Croatia: For students taking the Croatian Matura (Svjedodžba o Maturi), we typically require an average score between 4.0 and 5.0.
- Cyprus: The Apolytirion is not accepted for direct entry to the University when studied on its own.
- Czech Republic: For students taking the Maturita (Vysvědčení o Maturitní Zkoušce), we typically require an average ranging from 2.00 to 1.00 from best 4 subjects with specific subject marks (either 1 or 2) required for some courses.
- Denmark: For students taking the Bevis for Studentereksamen (STX), typical offers range from 8.0 to 10.5 in the weighted average mark from the STX.
- Egypt: Students who have studied the Thanaweya A’ama (Certificate of General Secondary Education) will need complete a suitable Foundation Year.
- Estonia: For students taking the Gümnaasiumi lõputunnistus with the Riigieksamitunnistus, we typically require a high average grade between 4.3 and 4.8 as well as an average between 77% and 90% from best 4 state exams.
- European Baccalaureate: For students taking the European Baccalaureate, we typically require an overall average mark between 78% and 88% with specific subject marks (normally 8.0 or higher from a 4 or 5 period subject) required for some courses.
- Faroe Islands: Students taking the Studentsprógv would normally be required to achieve a score between 8.0 and 10.5 with specific subject marks (either 10 or 12) required for some courses.
- Finland: For students taking the Ylioppilastutkinto / Studentexamen, typical offer requirements would normally be based on achievement in best 4 subjects. Offers will typically be expressed as four letter grades ranging from MMMM (achieve Magna cum laude approbatur or higher in four subjects) to LEEE (achieve Eximia cum laude approbatur or higher in four subjects with at least one subject at Laudatur).
- France: For students taking the new French Baccalauréat Général (assessed from 2021 onwards), we typically require an overall result between 13.0 – 15.5 with results of 14-15 in two speciality subjects.
- Germany: Students taking the typically require an overall score ranging from 1.3 - 2.0 with specific subject marks required for some courses (normally between 12 and 15).
- Ghana: Students taking the WASSCE will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
- Greece: Students taking the Greek Apolyterion are normally required to also take the Panhellenic Exams.
- Hong Kong: Typical offers for students taking the vary by course and range from ‘5, 4, 4’ – ‘5*, 5, 5’ from best 3 subjects, of which 2 must be electives and excluding Liberal Studies and Chinese.
- Hungary: For students taking the Hungarian Matura (Érettségi Bizonyítvány), we typically require an average ranging from 70% to 83% from best 5 subjects which must include at least 2 higher level exams.
- Iceland: For students taking the Stúdentspróf, we typically require an overall grade between 8.0 and 9.3 with specific subject marks (between 8 and 10) required for some courses.
- India: Typical offers are based on the Standard XII school leaving qualifications.
- Indonesia: Students who have studied the Ijazah: Sekolah Menengah Atas/Madrasah Aliyah (SMA/MA) will need complete a suitable Foundation Year.
- Ireland: Students who have taken the Leaving Certificate under the new grading system (post 2016) would normally be required to achieve 5 higher level passes with grades ranging from H2 H2 H3 H3 H3 to H1 H1 H2 H2 H2.
- Israel: For students taking the Bagrut, we would require students to have studied at least 21 study units.
- Italy: For students taking the Diploma di Esamo di Stato, we typically require an overall score ranging from 85% - 98% overall.
- Japan: Students taking the Kotogakko Sotsugyo Shomeisho (Upper Secondary School Leaving Certificate) will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
- Jordan: Students taking the Tawjihi (General Secondary Education Certificate) will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
- Kazakhstan: Typical offers for students from Kazakhstan are based on the Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools (NIS) Grade 12 Certificate.
- Kenya: Students taking the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
- Kuwait: Students who have studied the Tawjihiyah/Thanawiya amma (General Secondary Education Certificate) will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
- Latvia: For students taking the Atestāts par Vispārējo Vidējo Izglītību, we typically require a high average grade between 9.2 and 10.0 as well as an average between 87% and 95% from best 4 state exams.
- Lebanon: Students taking the Baccalauréat Général will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
- Lithuania: For students taking the Brandos Atestatas, typical offers generally range from 9.0 – 10.0 overall.
- Malaysia: For students taking either the Matrikulasi (Matriculation Certificate) or the Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM), we would typically require grades ranging from AAA-BBB from best 3 (core) subjects excluding general studies.
- Malta: For students taking the Advanced Matriculation Exam, typical offers would normally be based on achievement in 2 advanced level subjects (typically between BB and AA) and 3 intermediate level subjects excluding Systems of Knowledge (typically between BCC and AAA).
- Netherlands: For students taking the Voorbereidend Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs (VWO), typical offers range from 6.6 to 7.4 average from the VWO with specific subject marks (between 7 and 9) required for some courses.
- New Zealand: For students taking the National Certificate in Educational Achievement (NCEA) Level 3, typical offers will be based on overall achievement in the NCEA plus a required number of credits achieved at the next level up.
- Nigeria: Students taking the WASSCE will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
- Norway: For students taking the Vitnemål for Videregående Opplæring, typical offers range from 4.00 to 5.25 average of all Final Assessment Grades.
- Oman: Students who have studied the Tawjihiyah/Thanawiya amma (General Secondary Education Certificate) will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
- Pakistan: Students taking the Intermediate/Higher Secondary School Certificate will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
- Poland: For students taking the new Matura, typical offers are based on average achievement from 3 extended level exams and offers normally range from 75% - 85% overall.
- Portugal: Students taking the Diploma de Ensino Secundário would normally be required to achieve a score between 16 and 18 with specific subject marks (between 17 and 19) required for some courses.
- Qatar: Students taking the Shahadat Al-Thanawaya Al-Aama (Senior School Certificate) will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
- Romania: For students taking the Diploma de Bacalaureat, typical offers range from 8.6 – 9.4 overall.
- Russia: Students taking the Certificate of Unified State Examination will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
- Saudi Arabia: Students who have studied the Tawjihiyah (General Secondary Education Certificate) will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
- Singapore: For students with Singapore A Levels, typical offers normally range from BBC to AAA from three H2 Level subjects and offers are typically one grade lower than the typical A Level requirement as stated in the undergraduate prospectus due to the comparative difficulty.
- Slovakia: For students taking the Slovakian Matura (Vysvedčenie o maturitnej skúške), typical offers range from 2.00 to 1.00 average from best 4 subjects with specific subject marks (either 1 or 2) required for some courses.
- Slovenia: For students taking the Maturitetno Spričevalo, we typically require an overall total score of between 22 and 30 out of 34.
- South Africa: For students taking the National Senior Certificate (NSC), typical offers range from 6,6,6,6,6 to 7,7,7,7,7 from the best 5 subjects, excluding Life Orientation.
- South Korea: Students taking the High School Diploma will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
- Spain: For students taking the Titulo de Bachillerato, we typically require an overall score of 7.50 – 9.50.
- Sri Lanka: Students with A Level or IB qualifications will be considered for direct entry to undergraduate degree courses.
- Sweden: For students tasking the Avgångsbetyg / Slutbetyg från Gymnasieskola, typical offers are normally based on an average score from 2500 credits with an ‘A’ counting as 20 points, a ‘B’ counting as 17.5 points, a ‘C’ counting as 15 points etc.
- Switzerland: Students taking the following qualifications would be considered for direct entry to undergraduate courses: Certificat de Maturité, Attestato di Maturità. Typical offer requirements are based on average achievement from best 12 subjects and offers typically range from 4.8 – 5.5.
- Taiwan: Students taking the Senior High School Diploma will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
- Tanzania: The Advanced Certificate of Secondary Education Examination (ACSEE) is acceptable for entry into the first year of undergraduate courses.
- Thailand: Students taking the Certificate of Secondary Education/Maw 6 will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
- The Caribbean: For students taking the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE), we typically require a range from ‘2, 2, 2’ - ‘1, 1, 1’ achieved from three 2-unit exams with specific subject marks of ‘1’ or ‘2’ required by some courses.
- The Gulf: Students who have studied the Tawjihiyah/Thanawiya amma (General Secondary Education Certificate) will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
- Turkey: For students taking the Anadolu Lisesi (Anatolian High School Diploma) or Fen Lisesi (Science High School Diploma), will typically require a pass mark of higher than 80%.
- Uganda: Students with A Level or IB qualifications will be considered for direct entry to undergraduate degree courses.
- Ukraine: Students taking the Atestat pro Povnu Zagal'nu Sersdniu Osvitu/Certificate of Complete General Secondary Education will need to complete an appropriate Foundation Year.
- United Arab Emirates: Students who have studied the Tawjihiyah/Thanawiya amma (General Secondary Education Certificate) will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
- United States of America: For students studying in the USA, typical offers for entry onto undergraduate level courses are based on obtaining 3.2/4.0 GPA in the High School Graduation Diploma, in addition to a combination of any three of the following: Advanced Placement (AP) Exam, IB Higher Levels, College level class credit, Honors classes.
- Vietnam: Students who have studied the Bằng Tốt Nghiệp Phổ Thông Trung Học will need to complete an appropriate Foundation Year.
- Zambia: Students who have studied the General Certificate of Education will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
- Zimbabwe: Students with A Level or IB qualifications will be considered for direct entry to undergraduate degree courses.
Tuition Fees for 2026 Entry
UK Fees
- Full-time course per annum: £9,535
- Placement year: Approx. 20% of the full-time fee
International Fees
- Full-time course per annum: £25,950
- Placement year: Approx. 20% of the full-time fee
Your Future Career
As a broad scope business course, our BSc Management degree will prepare you for employment in a wide range of careers, from general management trainee positions in the private or public sector, to specialist roles including consultancy, financial analysis, or as a functional specialist in areas such as branding, marketing, procurement, sales or human resources.
Skills for Your Future
Your placement, study abroad or year in enterprise third year pathway will give you transferable skills that are valued across the industrial landscape, whether you end up working in retail, manufacturing or service organisations, or in the private, public or charity sectors.
Career Support Services
Your time at Loughborough University will form a launchpad from which you can build an exciting career. With so many opportunities available, you’ll never be short of ways to improve your employability.
Companies Students Have Worked for After Graduating
Recent examples of roles that our graduates have gone on to include:
- Analyst
- Account Executive
- Recruitment Consultant
- Area Manager
- Audit Associate
- Business Analyst
- Project Management Graduate
- Senior Allocation Analyst
- Assistant Buyer
- Assistant Brand Manager
- Associate Account Strategist
- Associate Consultant
- Associate Communications Manager
- Brand Specialist
Some of the employers they are now working for include:
- BT
- PwC
- Aldi
- Amazon
- Deloitte
- EY
- Grant Thornton
- IBM
- Next
- TK Maxx
- Accenture
- Admiralty
- AlphaSights
- Amey
- Argos/Sainsbury's
- Atos
- AxiomSL
(Graduate Outcomes Survey, graduates, 15 months post-graduation for previous version of this degree ‘BSc Management Sciences’)
