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Nottingham Trent University

UCAS Code: N105 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

Entry requirements

72 UCAS Tariff points from three A-Levels or equivalent qualifications

Pass your Access course with 60 credits overall with a minimum of 45 credits at level 3

GCSE/National 4/National 5

GCSE English grade C/4 GCSE Maths grade C/4

72 UCAS Tariff points from your BTEC Level 3 National Diploma and one A-Level or equivalent qualification

72 UCAS Tariff points from your BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate and two A-Levels or equivalent qualifications

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

MMP

MMP from a BTEC Extended Diploma

We will consider T Levels for entry to this course, either as stand-alone qualifications or in conjunction with other Level 3 qualifications, in accordance with the specified course tariff points.

UCAS Tariff

72

72 UCAS Tariff points from three A-Levels or equivalent qualifications

About this course

Course option

4years

Full-time | 2025

Subject

Business studies

BA (Hons) Business (with foundation year) is accredited by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI).
The course is delivered over either five years, with a placement year in the fourth year (sandwich degree), or as a full-time course over four years.
The course will provide students with a broad range of business and management modules building their knowledge, understanding and skills in critical business areas such as marketing, accounting and finance, business strategy and human resource management. Based on the typical destinations of past graduates students could go on to pursue a career in a variety of fields, as diverse as supply chain management, finance roles, teaching or policy work.
The course has been developed with the overall aims of: supporting their transition onto Level 4 through the integrated foundation year, developing students' knowledge and understanding of a wide range of business and management topics, combined with the associated skills and capabilities, that will enable business graduates to add value to a variety of organisations.
Specifically, the course aims to:
• Develop academic knowledge and a critical understanding of the conceptual frameworks upon which the study of business is based
• Provide students with a comprehensive profile of skills to enable them to gain relevant employment or pursue postgraduate study
• Equip students with an array of personal and professional skills to enable them to operate effectively in a variety of work contexts
• Give students opportunities to hone their employability skills through work and work-like experiences embedded within the course
• Develop students' self-confidence and ability to take responsibility for their own personal development and the skills they need to develop to support their personal and career aspirations
• Encourage students to adopt an independent and reflective approach to learning
• Prepare students for interacting professionally in a multi-cultural context
• Develop students transferable skills (including, but not limited to, verbal and written communication, presenting, working with others, researching, problem identification, analysis, creative thinking and business IT skills)
• To develop analytical and research skills relevant to a range of careers and professions
• To enrich students' commitment to lifelong learning.

The Uni

Course location:

City Campus

Department:

Nottingham Business School

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What students say

We've crunched the numbers to see if overall student satisfaction here is high, medium or low compared to students studying this subject(s) at other universities.

85%
Business studies

How do students rate their degree experience?

The stats below relate to the general subject area/s at this university, not this specific course. We show this where there isn’t enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.

Business studies

Teaching and learning

75%
Staff make the subject interesting
87%
Staff are good at explaining things
81%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
79%
Opportunities to apply what I've learned

Assessment and feedback

Feedback on work has been timely
Feedback on work has been helpful
Staff are contactable when needed
Good advice available when making study choices

Resources and organisation

85%
Library resources
87%
IT resources
87%
Course specific equipment and facilities
79%
Course is well organised and has run smoothly

Student voice

Staff value students' opinions
Feel part of a community on my course

Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

85%
UK students
15%
International students
67%
Male students
33%
Female students
75%
2:1 or above
7%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

B
B
C

After graduation

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Business studies

What are graduates doing after six months?

This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.

£22,000
med
Average annual salary
98%
med
Employed or in further education
65%
med
Employed in a role where degree was essential or beneficial

Top job areas of graduates

26%
Sales, marketing and related associate professionals
19%
Business, finance and related associate professionals
11%
Public services and other associate professionals

The number of business studies graduates fell significantly last year after a long period of increase. But there were still more than 14,000 degrees awarded and this is the third most popular subject for new graduates. Because so many graduates get business studies degrees, you can find them everywhere in the economy, and very few jobs are completely out of reach for a good business studies graduate. Around 40% go into jobs in finance, sales, recruitment, management (particularly retail) or marketing. There is also a small (but well paid) group who take their technical skills into computing and IT. Thousands of graduates from this subject go into professional jobs every year, and average starting salaries are above the average for all subjects and particularly healthy in London where they top £25k. Graduates with good degree grades in business studies are much more likely to get good jobs, so don’t be complacent, and keep a close eye on your grades.

What about your long term prospects?

Looking further ahead, below is a rough guide for what graduates went on to earn.

Business studies

The graph shows median earnings of graduates who achieved a degree in this subject area one, three and five years after graduating from here.

£22k

£22k

£29k

£29k

£35k

£35k

Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree.

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Post-six month graduation stats:

This is from the Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education Survey, based on responses from graduates who studied the same subject area here.

It offers a snapshot of what grads went on to do six months later, what they were earning on average, and whether they felt their degree helped them obtain a 'graduate role'. We calculate a mean rating to indicate if this is high, medium or low compared to other universities.

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The Longitudinal Educational Outcomes dataset combines HRMC earnings data with student records from the Higher Education Statistics Agency.

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