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BA (Hons) Business and Financial Management with Integrated Foundation Year

Gain a solid business education and develop essential skills in financial management. Focus on the opportunities and challenges confronting businesses with specific focus on cash accounting, longevity, and the relationship between good financial management and business success.

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UCAS codeB103
Duration4 years
Fee (UK)£5,760
LocationOn campus

Course summary

If you want a career in business or finance, the BA (Hons) Business and Financial Management degree will give you the knowledge and experience to succeed. You'll learn how financial management supports long-term business success, focusing on key areas such as accounting, cash flow management, sustainability, and informed decision-making.

From the start, you will apply your learning to real business situations through case studies, simulations, and industry-linked modules. You will build critical thinking skills and get hands-on experience with digital tools, including optional specialist courses with Sage Group PLC.

The course is shaped with advice from employers such as Nissan, the NHS, Network Rail, and Enterprise Rent-A-Car, so what you study is practical and boosts your employability. Modules cover topics like sustainability, leadership, and digital technology in business.

You can join the Business Society to attend events, company visits, and guest lectures from leaders like the CEOs of Castrol, Global Blackswan, and ONYX. These experiences give you insight into real careers and help you start building your professional network.

You can also take an optional paid placement year between your second and final year. Most students earn around £14,000–£18,000 and many secure graduate jobs with their placement employer.

Whether you want to start your own business, work in finance, or move into leadership, this course will give you the skills, confidence, and experience employers are looking for.

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Integrated Foundation Year

This course is available with an Integrated Foundation Year, an extra year of your degree. This route offers a supportive way of transitioning into university study. It may be suitable for you if you:

  • Have valuable work or life experience but no formal qualifications
  • Are returning to education after a break
  • Want to change direction or explore a new career path
  • Have just missed the entry requirements for the three-year course.

We’re enhancing our Integrated Foundation Year to give you an even stronger start to your degree. The updated modules will align more with your chosen subject area. This will help you build the knowledge, confidence, and skills you need for your studies. We'll share full details soon and can't wait to tell you more.

Please note, this route isn’t available to international students.

Accreditations and approvals

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Cailean Carvalho

Thanks to the University, I was able to secure a Knowledge Transfer Partnership as a graduate that lit up my entire career. I've spent the past 12 years in education, making a difference to the nation.

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What you'll study

Many of our courses include a range of modules you can choose from. Some options may only be available if you’ve already studied specific modules. If you’re not sure what you need before picking a module, your course leader can help.

Undergraduate module credits should total 120 credits per academic year. If optional modules are available, choose an amount that totals 120 credits.

How you'll learn

This course combines hands-on learning with knowledge about the role and impact of managers and leaders in today’s changing business world. You'll develop creative, innovative, and entrepreneurial skills through real work experiences.

Experiential learning includes live projects, placements, workplace shadowing, and panel presentations. You'll also learn by doing and reflecting, including problem-based learning where small teams explore issues and decide how to handle situations. This helps you analyse, question, and debate business challenges.

Other learning methods include company visits, guest speakers, and modern e-learning tools, alongside lectures, seminars, debates, tutorials, and workshops.

Assessments are varied and practical. You'll complete narrative reports, e-portfolios, consultancy projects, case studies, reflective statements, audio journals, posters, digital storyboards, blogs, podcasts, and even YouTube videos.

Entry requirements

Fees and finance support

UK£5,760

Undergraduate fees are set according to rules from Government in line with forecast inflation. If you're a Home fee-paying student, the fee for your first year of study for 2026/27 will be £9,790. You'll pay tuition fees for every year of study. Fees may increase every year based on the Retail Price Index.

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Study Centre fees

If you're studying at a study centre, please contact the centre directly for information on fees.

Full-time UK/Irish/EU settled/EU pre-settled students may be eligible for financial support. This would cover your fees for the full four years. UK and EU settled students may also be eligible to receive a maintenance loan.

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UK students

Please note, our Integrated Foundation Year courses aren't available to international students.

Disclaimer

We want to make sure you have clear and accurate information about our courses. Our website always shows the latest updates. If you’ve applied and you're offered a place, we’ll contact you in writing if anything important changes.

For more information, view our programme specifications. These include course content, learning outcomes, and the skills you'll gain.