Business Management and Finance

Prepare for a rewarding management role in business finance. Leading to a CMI Diploma as well as a degree, this highly practical course will give real momentum to your career ambitions.

• Gaining a respected Chartered Management Institute (CMI) qualification alongside your degree will boost your professional credibility and future prospects
• You can achieve exemptions from Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) professional qualifications too
• Our professional mentoring scheme will inspire and motivate you - you'll have the opportunity to be supported by a CMI mentor at every stage of your degree
• You'll build specialist skills in financial analysis and projections so that you can hit the ground running from day one in a job
• Work-related learning, live projects, case studies and business simulations enable you to apply the theory to practice
• Global perspectives enrich your learning: our students have broadened their horizons with study exchanges in Barcelona and fieldtrips to Copenhagen
• You can choose to take a placement year between years two and three of your degree.
• If you're interested in studying Business Management, you may also be interested in the following courses: 
  • BA (Hons) Business Management
  • BA (Hons) Business Management and Entrepreneurship
  • BA (Hons) Business Management, Supply Chain and Logistics
  • BA (Hons) Business Management Human Resource Management
  • BA (Hons) Business Management and Marketing                                         
     

• Shahadat Al-Thanawaya Al-Aama
• Students with an overall score of 60% would usually be eligible for the International Foundation Year
• UKVI IELTS 4.5 with a minimum of 4.0 in all components (CEFR B1) is also required

• If you are studying and completing any internationally recognised qualification such as A-levels; International Baccalaureate (IB) or the American Curricula from the International Schools within Jordan, then you can begin from the first year of a Bachelors degree. Please see individual course pages for specific entry requirements
• If you have completed a recognised international foundation programme with good grades
• Advanced entry to year 2 or 3 may be possible. You will need to supply detailed information including courses taken, grades achieved, syllabus and a grading guide

Your qualifications will equip you for a rewarding leadership career in any area of business and management, but especially in the field of finance. They will also mark you out as having the potential for rapid promotion to senior positions, someone who can work competently and ethically in global and cross-cultural environments.

Our former students now work in a wide range of companies, including banks such as HSBC and Barclays and chartered accountancy firms such as Shapcotts. Some use the skills and entrepreneurial spirit they develop during their degree to set up their own businesses.

Our Careers and Employment Service will provide you with support from day one of your course to ensure you leave Derby as a 'work-ready' graduate - industry aware, motivated and enterprising. Throughout your studies, you'll also benefit from our Personal Development Planning (PDP) scheme which enables you to reflect on your learning and develop your career ambitions.

The support continues once you've completed your course too: you are entitled to further help and guidance from the Careers and Employment Service for up to three years after leaving the University.

Further study

You can choose to continue your studies at Derby with one of our far-reaching masters programmes, including the MSc Accounting and Finance and the MBA Global Finance. You may be entitled to an alumni discount on your fees if you decide to extend your time with us by progressing from undergraduate to postgraduate study.