Course overview

This Business Management degree will equip you with a firm understanding of the interconnectivity of different business functions and management theories, leaving you ready to challenge conventional business and management thinking.

With a strong emphasis on practical, real-world business experience, you'll have the opportunity to enhance your career prospects and develop your global skills, connections, and credentials for your dream job.

Studying management topics such as business strategy, digital business, organisational behaviour, marketing, and innovation management, you'll emerge as a highly employable graduate, ready to take on the changing world of business with a global outlook and a culturally intelligent approach to leadership.

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COVID-19
Please rest assured we make all reasonable efforts to provide you with the courses, services and facilities described. However, it may be necessary to make changes due to significant disruption, for example in response to COVID-19.

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Your course during COVID-19

Whilst things will not be the same when you join us in September, this course page is intended to give you insight into what to expect from your course and your learning experience for the duration of your degree.

We have updated all course information where there are specific changes in the first semester.

Facilities

Most of our student services are now available online. As COVID-19 restrictions lift, we'll be opening up our on-campus facilities as soon as it is safe to do so, so that you can get the best out of your studies.

Your learning experience

Your teaching will be a mixture of online and in-person on-campus teaching. In semester one, as a result of physical distancing requirements, all lecture materials will be delivered online along with many tutorials, workshops and labs.

Our aim, if Government guidance allows us, is to deliver up to three hours of labs, seminars and tutorial teaching in-person on campus where this is possible and safe to do so. We'll review this regularly and plan to return to full in-person, on-campus teaching in semester two if restrictions allow.

Assessment

In semester one, we will not be running face-to-face, on-campus examinations. We will instead use different approaches to assessment. These will test and support your learning.

Field trips

We will be running some but not all of our planned field trips. Some of those that do run, will be run virtually. For those that do not run, we will be offering alternative learning activities. These learning activities will give you the opportunity to achieve the same learning.

Terms and conditions and student complaints

The University has terms and conditions which create a positive environment for learning and academic achievement.

Further information

Our COVID-19 Study page gives more information about your Newcastle University 2020 study experience.

Given the changing nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, the commitments outlined are subject to the guidelines that may be in place at the time.

Quality and ranking

Teaching excellence

TEF Gold

A ringing endorsement of Newcastle University’s long tradition of excellence in teaching.

Professional accreditation

This degree offers the opportunity for a graduate pathway to professional accreditation by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).

You are guaranteed associate-level membership of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), subject to module choice.

All professional accreditations are reviewed regularly by their professional body.

Modules and learning

Modules

The information below is intended to provide an example of what you will study.

Most degrees are divided into stages. Each stage lasts for one academic year, and you'll complete modules totalling 120 credits by the end of each stage. 

Our teaching is informed by research. Course content may change periodically to reflect developments in the discipline, the requirements of external bodies and partners, and student feedback.

Optional module availability
Student demand for optional modules may affect availability.

Full details of the modules on offer will be published through the Programme Regulations and Specifications ahead of each academic year. This usually happens in May.

To find out more please see our terms and conditions.

In Stage 1, you'll explore the fundamentals of business management, including modules such as Introduction to Accounting and Finance, Global Business Environment, Management and Organisation, and Introduction to Marketing.

Modules

Compulsory Modules	Credits
Introduction to Accounting and Finance (for Business School Students)	20
Global Business Environment	20
Management and Organisation	20
Academic and Professional Skill Development	20
Digital Business	20
Academic Tutoring	0
Introduction to Marketing	20

During Stage 2, you'll develop your knowledge further, studying modules such as Introduction to Innovation and Technology Management, Research Methods, and Operations Strategy and Management, Human Resource Management and the Future of Work. 

You'll choose from a range of optional modules, exploring topics such as global marketing, company accounts, managing change, business analysis, and business law. The optional Business Enterprise module will give you the opportunity to work in a team to run your own business. 

Modules

Compulsory Modules	Credits
Introduction to Innovation and Technology Management	20
Research Methods	20
Operations Strategy and Management	20
Human Resource Management and the Future of Work	20
Academic Tutoring	0

Optional Modules	Credits
Interpreting Company Accounts	20
Business Enterprise	20
Understanding Work and Organisations	20
HR to Improve Working Lives	20
Business Analysis and Analytics	20
Introduction to Business Law	20
Global Marketing	20
Career Development for second year students	20
Developing Enterprise, Entrepreneurship and Employability	20

In Stage 3, you'll study a number of compulsory and optional modules, covering topics such as corporate social responsibility and ethics, managing diversity, community engagement, corporate communications, and innovation. 

You'll also complete a cap stone project focussing on business practice, research management, or management consultancy with a corporate client. 

Modules

Compulsory Modules	Credits
Strategy, Organizations & Society	20
Academic Tutoring	0

Optional Modules	Credits
Case Studies in Finance, Accounting and Business	20
Business Information Systems	20
Advanced Business Topics	40
Managing Diversity	20
Corporate Social Responsibility and Ethics	20
International Human Resource Management	10
Critical Perspectives on Human Resource Management	10
Innovation and Creativity	20
Critical Organisation Studies	10
Contemporary Issues in International and Comparative Business	20
Management Dissertation	40
Management Consultancy Project	40
International Entrepreneurship	20
Corporate Communication and Social Media	20
New Product and Service Development	20
Career Development for final year students	20
Applied Entrepreneurship	20

Teaching and assessment

Teaching methods

You'll learn through a combination of:

• lectures
• seminars
• case studies
• group work
• projects
• business simulation

Each week you will have a variety of guided structured learning opportunities.

Assessment methods

You'll be assessed through a combination of:

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  Essays

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  Examinations – practical or online

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  Portfolio submission

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  Practical sessions

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  Presentations

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  Projects

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  Reports

Skills and experience

Practical skills

You will receive training on personal effectiveness skills such as presentation skills, leadership skills, and ways to enhance your employability.

Business skills

In your first year, you'll study a module in Digital Business, which will equip you with the digital skills you need to succeed in the modern workplace.

Through the variety of optional modules, there are also opportunities to design a business analytics system, or deliver a business pitch.

Research skills

Throughout the programme, you'll develop your research skills.

In your final year, you'll complete one of four capstone research project options where you'll use your research skills to explore a business issue.

Opportunities

Work placement

Get career ready with a work placement and leave as a confident professional in your field. You can choose to spend 12 months working in any organisation in the world, and receive University support from our dedicated team to secure your dream placement. Work placements take place between stages 2 and 3.

You'll gain first-hand experience of working in the sector, putting your learning into practice and developing your professional expertise.

Our current placement students are in roles such as:

• business support intern
• finance assistant
• trainee assistant buyer
• analyst
• continuous improvement technician

They are working on the following projects:

• mapping out business development opportunities and market alignment planning at IBM
• working within Mars' manufacturing environment to support activities to increase efficiencies
• providing relationship management to the Private Wealth Management division at Goldman Sachs

If you choose to take a work placement, it will extend your degree by a year. Placements are subject to availability.

Find out more about work placements

Study abroad

Experience life in another country by choosing to study abroad as part of your degree. You’ll be encouraged to embrace fun and challenging experiences, make connections with new communities and graduate as a globally aware professional, ready for your future.

You may choose to spend a year abroad as part of your degree in one of our partner institutions.

Find out more about study abroad

Facilities and environment

Facilities

This degree is run by our triple-accredited (AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA) Newcastle University Business School, based in the Newcastle Helix development – Newcastle's emerging business district.

You’ll benefit from a world-class business education and leave as a socially responsible graduate, ready to challenge conventional business thinking.

Find out more about Newcastle University Business School

Support

Each degree offers you a stimulating curriculum and a supportive teaching and learning environment.

Our teaching and learning is supported by Canvas, a virtual learning environment that allows you to access your courses, groups, receive notifications and messages, and submit your assignments.

Throughout your studies, you’ll also have access to support from peers, academics and our University Student Services Team:

• An academic member of staff will be your personal tutor throughout your degree. They can help with academic and personal issues.
• Peer mentors will help you in your first year. They are fellow students who can help you settle in and answer any questions you have.

Your future

Benefit from excellent links

We have excellent links with national and international organisations, allowing you to benefit from work placements, guest speakers, and networking opportunities.

Through these links, you'll have the chance to gain commercial experience through an optional paid work placement or a summer internship.

You'll also have plenty of opportunities to develop personal, employability, and enterprise skills that will make you highly employable amongst a diverse range of companies when you graduate. 

Join a network of successful graduates

According to the most recent data, 91% of our graduates were in work or study within six months*. 

Recent graduates have secured roles such as recruitment consultant, project analyst, leaders for business graduate, logistics freight coordinator, tactical buyer, civil servant, and Client Relationship Executive at companies including EY, British Airways, Ministry of Defence, Santander, and Cummins Limited. 

Other students have gone on to start their own companies or pursue further studies. 

*Destinations of (undergraduate, UK and EU) Leavers from Higher Education Survey 2016/17

Employability at Newcastle

96% of Newcastle University graduates progressed to employment or further study within six months of graduating, with 85.5% in graduate-level employment or further study.

Take a look at the most recent data available for our graduates. See what they have gone on to achieve and be inspired to follow in their footsteps.

Statistics are based on what graduates were doing on a specific date, approximately six months after graduation (Destinations of (undergraduate and postgraduate UK domiciled) Leavers from Higher Education Survey 2016/17).

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Careers support

Our Careers Consultants are available to offer one-to-one support via our Employability Hub located in the Business School foyer as well as online. Whether you're preparing for your graduate career, going on to further study, or starting your own business, you can access guidance on a range of topics including:

• CV and application advice
• support for placements, internships and international experiences
• further study queries
• how to plan your career
• how to balance work and study
• entrepreneurial advice on a new business venture from the University START UP team

You can also take part in:

• our Future Focus Careers Conference
• LinkedIn Learning with access to over 15,000 courses
• a variety of workshops relating to the Future of Work and Leading on Leadership

Our award-winning Careers Service is one of the largest and best in the country, and we have strong links with employers. We provide an extensive range of opportunities to all students through our ncl+ initiative.

Visit our Careers Service website

Tuition fees and scholarships

Tuition fees for 2020 entry (per year)

Home Fee Students

£9250

International Fee Students

£18000

The maximum fee that we are permitted to charge for UK students is set by the UK government.

As a general principle, you should expect the tuition fee to increase in each subsequent academic year of your course, subject to government regulations on fee increases and in line with inflation.

Read more about fees and funding

You will be charged tuition fees for each year of your degree programme (unless you are on a shorter exchange programme).

The tuition fee amount you will pay may increase slightly year on year as a result of inflation.

Read more about fees and funding

Year abroad and additional costs

For programmes where you can spend a year on a work placement or studying abroad, you will receive a significant fee reduction for that year. 

Some of our degrees involve additional costs which are not covered by your tuition fees.

Find out more about:

• different tuition fees
• additional costs

Scholarships

Find out more about:

• scholarships for UK, EU and international students
• scholarships for students applying to study at our London campus
• Student Loans and Government financial support for UK and EU students

How to apply

Apply through UCAS

To apply for undergraduate study at Newcastle University, you must use the online application system managed by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS). All UK schools and colleges, and a small number of EU and international establishments, are registered with UCAS. You will need:

• the UCAS name and institution codes for Newcastle University (NEWC/N21)
• the UCAS code for the course you want to apply for
• the UCAS 'buzzword' for your school or college

If you are applying independently, or are applying from a school or college which is not registered to manage applications, you will still use the Apply system. You will not need a buzzword.

Apply through UCAS

Apply through an agent

International students often apply to us through an agent. Have a look at our recommended agents and get in touch with them.

Visit our International pages