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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're aiming for a career in business or finance, the BA (Hons) Business and Financial Management degree will give you the practical knowledge and experience to succeed in today’s fast paced business world. You’ll explore how financial management underpins long-term business success, focusing on key areas like accounting, cash flow, sustainability, and decision making.

From day one, you'll apply what you learn to real business scenarios through case studies, simulations, and industry linked modules. You’ll develop critical thinking and gain hands-on experience with digital tools, including optional specialist financial courses with Sage Group PLC, preparing you for the digital-first workplace.

Our curriculum is shaped with input from employers such as Nissan, the NHS, Network Rail, and Enterprise Rent-A-Car, so everything you study is relevant, practical, and designed to boost your employability. Every module connects directly to industry, covering topics like sustainability, leadership, and the role of digital technology in modern business.

You’ll also be part of a vibrant community. Join the Business Society(opens in new tab) to attend events, company tours, and guest lectures from inspiring leaders such as the CEOs of Castrol, Global Blackswan, and ONYX. These experiences give you direct insight into the roles you could be stepping into after graduation and help you start building your professional network.

You can choose to take an optional paid placement year, giving you valuable workplace experience between your second and final year. Most students earn around £14,000–£18,000 during their placement, and many go on to secure graduate roles with their placement employer.

Whether you're looking to start your own business, work in finance, or move into leadership, this course is designed to help you graduate with the skills, confidence, and experience employers are looking for.

Integrated Foundation Year

This course is also available with an Integrated Foundation Year. The Integrated Foundation Year is an extra year before starting your three-year undergraduate degree, designed to build your study skills and subject knowledge so you feel ready to succeed.

If you've narrowly missed the entry requirements for the standard three-year route, or have relevant work experience and want to broaden your subject knowledge and study skills before starting your degree, completing an Integrated Foundation Year could be for you. Please note, this route isn't available to international students.

Accreditations and approvals

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What you'll study

Many of our courses include a range of modules you can choose from. Some of these options may only be available if you’ve already studied specific required 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 alongside core modules on your course, you should choose an amount that totals 120 credits.

How you'll learn

With an innovative mix of experiential learning and knowledge development in terms of the role, function, and influence of managers and leaders in a changing business world, this course provides you with opportunities for creative, reflexive, innovative, and entrepreneurial skills development in live work environments.

Examples of experiential learning methods include live projects, placement opportunities, workplace shadowing, and panel presentations.

The course features innovative teaching methods and learning by doing and reflecting. This includes problem-based learning, where you’ll work within a small team to explore issues or decide how to manage a situation. This helps you to dissect, challenge, and debate issues.

Other learning techniques include company visits, guest speakers, and cutting-edge e-learning technologies. These are in addition to a combination of lectures, seminars, debates, tutorials and workshops.

Assessment methods include narrative reports, e-portfolios, consultancy projects, negotiated assessments, case studies, reflective statements, audio journals, posters, digital storyboards, blogs, podcasts, and 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. The fee for your first year of study for 2026/27 will be £9,535. 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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If you're studying at a study centre, please contact the centre directly for information on fees.

If you're a full-time UK/Irish/EU settled/EU pre-settled student on the Integrated Foundation Year route, you may be eligible to receive financial support to 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 are not 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 been offered a place, we’ll contact you in writing if anything important changes.

View our programme specifications(opens in new tab) for further information about what the course covers, learning outcomes and the skills you'll gain when you graduate.