About Business Management With Marketing | BA (hons) in Leeds Beckett University
Course Details
What makes a person choose an iPhone or Android smartphone, and what makes Coca-Cola dominate the soft drinks industry? Develop the marketing expertise to make strategic business decisions, manage digital campaigns and understand buyer behaviour. You will gain specific knowledge of marketing ethics, corporate social responsibility and of the ethical and cultural differences between national markets, maximising your employability both in the UK and overseas. This course will give you the acumen for business management so you can oversee finance, economics, accounting and people - you'll also gain the marketing expertise to make strategic decisions, manage digital campaigns, and understand thought processes behind every consumer purchase.
This course offers the opportunity to take a ‘sandwich’ year – a year of paid employment in industry which will build your skills and experience. This is usually taken between the second and third year of your degree, typically making your course four years in total. Students who choose the sandwich route find it helps with both their studies and getting a job after graduation. It can build your confidence, contacts, and of course your CV. Leeds Beckett advertise lots of placement opportunities and provide support in helping you find the right placement for you.
Course Benefits
This course takes you beyond the classroom, giving you the chance to gain real-life business and marketing expertise through hands-on work in simulations, workshops and networking evenings.
You'll test your marketing skills against simulated challenges in our business simulation suite, for example, what would you do if a rival company launches a cheaper product to compete with yours, or the demand for your product shrinks in one part of the world? If you relish the challenges of Wall Street, you'll have access to our trading suite, where you can carry out online stock trading.
Our Guest Lecture Series allow you to glean the secrets of business leaders' successes - past visitors have included the president of the Academy of Marketing, the chief executive of Yorkshire Bank and the editor of Cosmopolitan.
Our Study Abroad team can also arrange for you to study in America, Europe or New Zealand, giving you a truly global insight to business practices abroad.
Our expert teaching staff come highly-acclaimed by our students. Several of our lecturers have experience in business research, published books and journals, while all of them have years of professional experience, with close working links with the business community.
Academic qualification equivalents
Standard 12th qualifications (CBSE/ICSE or State Boards of equivalent)
Grade: Minimum aggregate of 60% and above
English language requirements (one of the below):
- IELTS 6.0 with no skill below 5.5
- All India Senior School Certificate (CBSE) – English Grade 70%
- Indian School Certificate (Class-XII) (CISCE) – English Grade 70%
Leeds Beckett University Highlights
| College Type |
Public University |
| Campus Setting |
Urban |
| Establishment Year |
1824 |
| Annual Endowment |
216 million Pound |
| Student Retention Rate |
98% |
| Work-study program |
Yes |
| Mode of Program |
Full time, part-time and classroom |
| Graduation Job rate |
97.7% |
| Intake Months |
February and October |
Leeds Beckett University Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses
| Course |
Annual Tuition Fees
(Non-EU) |
Annual Tuition Fees
(EU) |
| Pre-sessional five weeks |
£1,150 |
£1,150 |
| Pre-sessional 10 weeks |
£2,300 |
£2,300 |
| Foundation |
£11,000 |
£9,250 |
| Undergraduate (most courses) |
£12,000 |
£9,250 |
| Postgraduate (most courses) |
£13,000 to £14,000 |
£5,950 to £7,500 |
| Research |
£14,000 |
£4,260 |
Living Costs - Per month example*
| Accommodation |
£750 |
| Food |
£120 |
| Other living costs (phone, clothes, socialising) |
£145 |
| One month |
£1,015 |
