INTRODUCTION

IN A NUTSHELL

Are you looking to start up your own company? Want to learn how to be an entrepreneur? Thinking of building a social enterprise? Or do you look to develop the creative mindset and business innovation skills that employers look for? Our BSc Business Management with Entrepreneurship degree is taught at our University of Salford campus close to the heart of Manchester, one of the most exciting centres in the UK for new businesses.

On this course, you will develop a range of skills vital for setting up your business. As well as the theories and practices of managing a business, you will learn how to identify opportunities, develop your ideas and raise start-up funds. Even if self-employment is not for you, these skills are welcomed by employers looking for creative and innovative thinkers who can look ahead to develop future business.

As a business management student, you will develop a good knowledge of management theory and learn how to apply it to a variety of business scenarios. With modules such as Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Digital & Business Skills, the focus is very much on developing you as a rounded business professional. You’ll not only graduate with an advanced knowledge of management theory, but with the experience, professional skills and industry insights to start up your own business or build a career across multiple sectors.

You'll also have access to a wide range of opportunities that help you develop your real-world skills, such as live projects, a year's paid work placement and study abroad.

You will:

• Gain the knowledge and skills you need whether you want to work for a successful business or run your own
• Study the fundamental principles of entrepreneurship and business management
• Learn to understand and use data and how it informs your business decisions
• Explore key challenges facing business in the future
• Use business models to help you develop your business ideas

THIS IS FOR YOU IF...

ALL ABOUT THE COURSE

Right from the start, the Business Management with Entrepreneurship programme is about supporting you to develop the practical skills and entrepreneurial mindset employers look for. By working on live projects and business simulations, you will learn the fundamental basis of entrepreneurship management as well as core skills such as problem-solving, leadership, communication and data analysis. In this way, you will learn to find creative, innovative and sustainable solutions to business problems. Throughout your time with us, you will build your own portfolio of professional evidence which you will be able to use to help you get a rewarding job when you graduate, and access to the Business School incubation centre Launch@ Salford which supports business start-ups.

In your first year, you will start to develop an understanding of how organisations run, looking at key business concepts and the core skills you need for any management career. You will be learning by doing through working on exciting and innovative business simulations or real-world projects. You will also have the opportunity to try out subjects you haven’t studied before and perhaps find out that you want to specialise in them.

The second year is all about exploring more specialised theories and learning skills that will be transferable across multiple business functions.  With core and optional modules, you can start to shape your own learning. The Professional Development module is designed for you to practise the skills you need – CV writing, being interviewed, assessment centres - to apply for and get a placement year and, ultimately, your dream job upon graduation.

By your final year, you are becoming a professional and equipped to start up a business.  Core modules continue your career development and the optional modules allow you to specialise in your areas of interest.

BUILD YOUR CV

When you study a business programme at Salford Business School, you will have access to opportunities that will help increase your practical experience, employability and entrepreneurial skills.

• Take a placement year, where you will learn on the job whilst being paid for your time
• Internship opportunities
• Mock assessment centres
• Professional presentations
• Business challenges
• Business simulations
• Launch@Salford
• Mock interviews and practice networking

WORK PLACEMENTS / STUDY ABROAD

We strongly encourage you to develop your personal skills and your confidence by taking a year-long work placement in your third year and/or studying abroad for a term or a year.

1. A work placement really enhances your CV and shows future employers that you can apply the skills, knowledge and understanding you have learned. You will not pay fees to the University and will earn a salary for the work that you do. Read about Jill Arkoh Otabil's placement experience with Happski & Company.
2. Find out more about the range of International Opportunities such as Erasmus, Turing Scheme and International study exchanges.

* Scholarships available for international students.