Business Studies with Entrepreneurship

University of West London

United Kingdom, London

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Duration3 year(s)

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GBP 13,250 / Year

Next IntakeSeptember 1, 2022

Business Studies with Entrepreneurship

About

If you want to launch your own start-up or help a new venture to grow, this business entrepreneurship course will give you the skills and knowledge to do it. Leading employers in the UK have placed a greater emphasis on enterprising and entrepreneurial skills in their employees, so we have created this course to fulfil real business needs. The course is designed to give you specialist insight into the world of entrepreneurship. You will gain practical knowledge of the contemporary business landscape and develop the skills you will need to operate within it. We maintain links with major professional institutes to ensure the course remains current and to establish potential opportunities for students.

Developed in partnership with local business organisations in both the public and private sectors, this entrepreneurship course will help you meet the challenges of building your own business. We will give you the information, tools, techniques and experience you need to devise creative solutions to the full range of business problems. The knowledge you will gain during this course can help you to start a rewarding career. You will learn from staff who have worked in a wide range of sectors, all of whom have business or industry experience. This diversity of expertise will help you develop your breadth of knowledge We use a range of teaching methods so that you can get the most from your learning experience. During lectures, you will be introduced to new concepts, models and theories, while practical sessions will help you understand how the theory works in reality. You will learn through a mix of: task-based learning to develop problem-solving skills group work to encourage communication and experience sharing discussion and reflection to encourage inquiry, application and analysis, and experimentation group and individual tutorials by appointment, to support your learning in seminar online platforms Our longstanding significant experience in Business Studies has also helped us to build links with professional bodies including the: Chartered Institute of Marketing Institute of Direct Marketing Chartered Institute of Personnel These links can open up opportunities for further learning and skills development for ambitious business people. Whether you aspire to work within a successful business or to start your own, this course will provide you with the knowledge and skills you need to succeed.

Requirements

Entry Requirements

Applicants with the following qualiﬁcations will be considered for entry on an undergraduate degree:

International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma (from a minimum 25 points depending on course)
Diploma from community college, Intermediate Diploma or Associate Degree (Pass with 60%).
British/International A Levels (from a minimum 112 UCAS tariff points depending on course)
Second and final year entry of a bachelor's degree may be available for those with a Higher National Diploma (HND) from the UK with a merit profile

English Requirements

IELTSMin 6

English Program Requirements

You need to meet our English language requirement - a minimum of IELTS 5.5 for each of the 4 individual components (Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening). We also accept other English language examination equivalents. Contact our International Office to find out more. You also need academic qualifications at the same level as UK applicants. In some countries where teaching is in English, we may accept local qualifications. Check for local equivalents. We offer pre-sessional English language courses if you do not meet these requirements. Find out more about our English Language courses.

Career

This degree focuses strongly on entrepreneurship, which is ideal if you want to start your own business.

It is also useful for anyone who plans to work in a small-to-medium enterprise (SME). A Business Studies degree can open the door to careers in a number of interesting areas, both in the UK and abroad, including:

personnel management
marketing
business research
finance
sales
sales promotion
retail management.

Alternatively, you could develop a related specialism or explore a new area on one of our postgraduate courses.

Fee Information

How to Apply

You can apply online at any time by following the link below. Our application form will ask you for some information about your previous qualifications or experience, references, and how we can contact you. In addition, you are required to submit a start-up idea pitch. This 500-word (max) document should clearly outline the following three aspects: a brief description of your business idea that you want to further develop during your MA studies in what capacity you have worked on the business idea so far (eg has this developed from your final year project during your undergraduate degree? Are you running the business already out of your living room? etc) where you expect the business to go by the end of the MA programme (specific objectives for the 12 month period). Please upload this document along with your online application. Based on your application form and the start-up idea pitch, you will be invited to attend a telephone interview.

Business Studies with Entrepreneurship

University of West London

United Kingdom, London

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