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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Your course during COVID-19
Please rest assured we make all reasonable efforts to provide you with the programmes, services and facilities described. However, it may be necessary to make changes due to significant disruption.

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

View our COVID-19 Study page, which gives information about your Newcastle University study experience for the academic year 2021-22.

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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.

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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
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

Optional Modules	Credits
Interpreting Company Accounts	20
Business Enterprise	20
Understanding Work and Organisations	20
Managing Change	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
Corporate Social Responsibility and Ethics	20
Strategy, Organizations & Society	20

Optional Modules	Credits
Case Studies in Finance, Accounting and Business	20
Business Information Systems	20
Advanced Business Topics	40
Managing Diversity	20
Community Engagement	20
The Representation of Management and Organisation in Popular Culture	10
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

Information about these graphs

We base these figures and graphs on the most up-to-date information available to us. They combine data on the planned delivery and assessments of our courses in 2021-22 with data on the modules chosen by our students in 2020-21.

Teaching time is made up of:

• scheduled learning and teaching activities. These are timetabled activities with a member of staff present
• structured guided learning. These are activities developed by staff to support engagement with module learning. Students or groups of students undertake these activities without direct staff participation or supervision

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 learning opportunities to supplement your independent study.

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 go on client field trips, 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 our state-of-the-art building within 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 and our facilities

Support

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

You will have an academic member of staff as a 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

You'll have access to a wealth of resources and support to enhance your employability, including:

• a careers conference called Future Focus tailored to the stage of your degree
• interwoven employability provision
• access to a dedicated placement officer within the Business School who can help you find a work placement in your area of interest
• specialist careers and business start-up support from the University's award-winning Careers Service and the Business School's careers consultants
• career management sessions with a careers consultant
• work experience opportunities while studying with us
• Business School summer internship scheme

We're also one of 140 business schools worldwide to be accredited by the EQUIS scheme for our managerial and entrepreneurial skills development.

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

Recognition of professional qualifications outside of the UK

From 1 January 2021 there is an update to the way professional qualifications are recognised by countries outside of the UK.

Read our detailed explanation

Tuition fees and scholarships

Tuition fees for 2021 entry (per year)

Home Fee Students

£9250

International Fee Students

£18600

The maximum fee that we are permitted to charge for home fee-paying 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.

For courses commencing from September 2021 and beyond, EU, other EEA and Swiss nationals will no longer be eligible for home fees or Student Finance England support.

If you are from the EU you will pay international tuition fees.

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
• 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