ABOUT THE COURSE
Designed by experienced academics who have worked across key roles in a wide variety of industries, our business management degree is designed to make you highly employable in a competitive global market – giving you the skills you need to secure your first management job or set up your own business.
Whether you are interested in the private, public, charity, social enterprise or entrepreneurial industries, the course team understand what you need to thrive as a business professional.
From core subjects such as operations management, marketing, project management and strategic thinking, through to future-proof skills in enterprise, innovation and digital futures, you will do more than learn the theory – you will learn to apply it through a wide range of ‘real-world’ live briefs and events like international marketing week, where you can spend a week abroad getting hands on experience of international business challenges.
Networking events and guest talks from industry professionals will be your chance to build professional connections, while short- and longer-term work placements offer both academic credit and opportunities to apply your knowledge and skills in a work-based environment – proving to prospective employers that you are work-ready.
And we also offer extra qualifications and memberships on top of your honours degree, including:
- The Chartered Management Institute’s L5 Diploma in Leadership and Management.
- Project Management Qualification
- Student membership of professional bodies
- Potential for Foundation Chartered Manager and Student Membership status of the Chartered Management Institute
Our curriculum not only studies the contemporary business challenges, but helps identify future trends which you will be managing and leading on within your organisations. And it’s flexible, too – you can tailor your studies towards the areas that interest you.
At Solent you will become part of an active business community, encompassing students, staff and business alumni who inspire and support current students. Our graduates work across the globe, in a wide and fascinating range of industries. As well as visits, talks and guest lectures, we offer a great peer mentoring scheme – providing an academic mentor who will be there to support you throughout your degree journey.
YOUR FUTURE
The business management degree enables you full flexibility of career options including:
- Management consultancy
- Social enterprise
- Public sector
- Teaching/training
- Marketing
- Trading
- Chartered accountancy
- Marketing
- Advertising
- PR
- Retail buying/Retail careers
- HR
- Investment banking
- Recruitment consultancy
- Bank management
- Sales
- Distribution and logistics
- Project management
- Operations management
- Starting your own business
- Digital tech
- Insurance
- Business analysis
- Consumer products
- Financial analysis
- NGOs
- Further master’s study
INDUSTRY LINKS
PLACEMENTS
Work experience is an essential part of the degree, and a key part of what employers are wanting from graduates. There are options to undertake a short-term placement in the second year, or for a full year between the second and third years.
While students are expected to source their own work placements, support is provided as tailored to your aspirations. You can undertake work placement anywhere in the UK or even study abroad, in any business-related role. Previous work placements include roles in France, Cyprus, Australia, South Africa and the USA. Many of our students receive graduate job offers or further part time work as a result.
My name is Kavisha Prince Anthony, and I always had a dream of studying abroad. Thankfully, that dream came to life since I applied to the Study Advisor. I was able to receive my visa within four days. I also had some visa refusals in the past; I had about six UK visa refusals in the past, but thankfully, it was not an issue since the Study Advisor was able to make things work this time. I highly recommend Study Advisor for your dreams of going abroad, whether it be the UK or any other European country there is.