About Bsc (honours) Food Marketing And Product Development in Sheffield Hallam University

• Learn the ins and outs of the food industry — studying both manufacturing and retail perspectives.
• Gain the practical experience and theoretical knowledge that food marketing requires.
• Benefit from excellent graduate career opportunities — whether in management, buying, marketing or development.

This course allows you to delve deeper into an exciting industry. You'll tackle food marketing and product development from a range of angles and perspectives — preparing for a rewarding career.

Live projects

There are numerous real-world studies and projects that are undertaken throughout the course. These give you useful real-world experiences, and an opportunity to make industry contacts.

Work placements

You will have the opportunity to arrange a year-long work placement in between your third and fourth years. This gives you a real-world experience to prepare you for your future career. Due to our strong relationships with regional, national and international employers, we can help you to secure a great placement opportunity and support you while you are there. Previous students have gained placements at organisations such as Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's, Morrisons, Bakkavor, Greencore, Unilever, GSK and Samworth Brothers.

Networking opportunities

Industry professionals from a variety of disciplines present guest lectures and lead workshops giving you subject knowledge across a variety of modules throughout the course. You will have the opportunity to meet employers as part of the placement process, at employment fairs, and during practical work based projects. You also work on a live consultancy challenge during the final year, where you are given a brief from an industry partner, which requires you to design, plan and deliver solutions to real food marketing problems.

Future careers

This course prepares you for a career in

• food marketing
• food buying
• food product development
• food retail management
• brand management
• advertising and marketing communications
• account management
• category management

We actively engage with food retailers and food manufacturers and design our course around industry needs to ensure that you enjoy excellent career opportunities.

Previous graduates of this course have gone on to work for

• Unilever
• Marks & Spencer
• Samworth Brothers
• Sainsbury's
• Tesco
• Asda
• Northern Foods
• Aldi

Undergraduate programmes

Applicants with the following qualifications from India will be considered for entry on to undergraduate programmes

• Standard XII with an average score of 65 per cent
• A levels
• International Baccalaureate
• HND qualifications will be considered for entry to the second or third year of a relevant undergraduate degree

• Applicants who have completed the first year of an undergraduate degree at an Indian university may be considered for direct entry to Sheffield Hallam University undergraduate programmes.

  For details of standard UCAS tariff points for undergraduate entry, please see the UG entry webpage.

  Sheffield Hallam welcomes applications from international school students taking the International Baccalaureate Diploma and those achieving 28 points or more will usually be successful in obtaining an offer of a place on our undergraduate programmes. For information about IB points equivalencies against the UCAS tariff please visit the UCAS website.

English Language entry requirements are listed in the entry requirements section of the online prospectus. The information provided below is intended to help you understand the different English Language qualifications we will accept.

Courses at NQF Level 6 and above (includes BA, BSc, MA, MSc, MPhil, PhD)

We consider the following English language qualifications for courses at degree level (NQF Level 6) or above requiring

an IELTS for UKVI* 6.0 or equivalent entry requirement (*IELTS may be accepted if you do not require a Tier 4 student visa)

IELTS for UKVI*      

• IELTS for UKVI* 6.0
• Listening: minimum level 5.5
• Speaking: minimum level 5.5
• Reading: minimum level 5.5
• Writing: minimum level 5.5

TOEFL 

• Internet based    79
• Listening: minimum level 17
• Speaking: minimum level 20
• Reading: minimum level 18
• Writing: minimum level 17

Pearson    

• PTE 52
• Listening: minimum level 51
• Speaking: minimum level 51
• Reading: minimum level 51
• Writing: minimum level 51

Cambridge IGCSE English as a First Language (Syllabus 0500 and 0522)    

• Grade C
• Listening: minimum Grade D (0522) or 2 (0500)
• Speaking: minimum Grade D (0522) or 2 (0500)
• Reading: minimum Grade E 
• Writing: minimum Grade E

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