Introduction
Do you see yourself playing a key role in a successful brand? Are you looking for a degree to make you stand out from the crowd with the innovative skills to manage a global, national or local business?
The BSc Business Management degree at Swansea University is the most established programme within the School of Management, known for producing highly skilled and commercial thinking business managers. Graduates have gone on to work for the world’s biggest brands including Shell UK, Marks & Spencer, Bloomberg and Tata.
It delivers a range of expert teaching across marketing, operations management, finance, accounting, strategy and human resource management, as well as specialist optional modules.
If you aim to excel at the highest level global business management practice, this course is for you.
Why Business Management at Swansea?
Ranked in the UK Top 30 for Graduate Prospects (Complete University Guide 2018)
83% of our Business Management graduates are employed or in further study within six months of graduating (DLHE 2016/17)
Ranked in the UK Top 5 for Value Added (Guardian University Guide 2018)
Ranked in the UK Top 15 for overall student satisfaction (National Student Survey 2018)
Degree accreditation by nationally recognised bodies
A diverse student body from over 60 different countries
Based on the £22 million School of Management building on the brand new Bay campus
Your Business Management Experience
Business Management at Swansea is a flexible degree giving you the chance to study abroad for a year or work in the industry for a year. This can broaden your horizons when it comes to finding employment.
A wide selection of optional modules from the second and third years allows you to shape the degree towards your specific career goals.
The course itself blends theory with practical application, and through the study of key business modules combined with cutting edge, specialist modules, you will gain the essential skills needed for real-world business management.
Teaching at Swansea is partly informed by research and our staff have hands-on experience of theory and practice, meaning you can benefit from their academic expertise and real-world know-how.
We can help you start your own business, thanks to our range of support services including business mentoring alongside corporate partners with a wealth of industry experience, and we are one of the few UK business schools with an independent team of career advisors.
During your time with us, you will also have full access to our cutting edge video and digital content creation suite and state-of-the-art facilities at the School of Management, including the Fujitsu Innovation Hub and presentation rooms.
Swansea University was named University of the Year in the 2019 Whatuni Student Choice Awards for the second time in five years. As well as being crowned University of the Year, Swansea University took the top spot in the International category and placed top three in the Postgraduate, and Course and Lecturers categories. The Whatuni Student Choice Awards are voted for entirely by students, with more than 41,000 reviews and comments submitted from more than 160 UK institutions.
In the prestigious Guardian University Guide 2021, we are placed 24th in the UK and have won the Welsh University of the Year title for the second time in three years, cementing our position as Wales’ leading higher education institution.
We place our students at the heart of everything. As a result, we achieved a gold rating, the highest rating possible, in the national Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF) and are ranked 6th in the UK for student satisfaction in the National Student Survey for 2020.
Our stunning waterfront campuses make us a desirable location for students and staff from around the world, and our multicultural community provides a global perspective, enabling those who join us to develop skills and knowledge that set them on successful and enriching careers.
