Business Management and Entrepreneurship (including Foundation) BSc (Hons)

**Reasons to choose Kingston**<br/>- In just three years, you’ll graduate with a business degree and the real-life practical experience and skills that employers are looking for.<br/><br/><br/>- This course is designed and developed in collaboration with industry experts across different areas of the business world to ensure content reflects latest trends, challenges and practices.<br/><br/><br/>- Kingston Business School has been recognized for quality by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). This award is earned by just five percent of the world’s business schools.<br/><br/><br/>- Graduate employability is embedded in module activities and extracurricular events such as networking with industry professionals, hackathons and speed interviewing.<br/><br/><br/>- The School provides training and support for small businesses across the country, linking you into a wide network of people who can support you.<br/><br/><br/>- Our commitment to high quality teaching has been recognised with a Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Gold rating. The University has received an overall rating of Gold, as well as securing a Gold award in the frameworks two new student experience and student outcomes categories. <br/><br/><br/>**About this course**<br/>Do you have your own business or aspire to start your own? Do you see yourself working as an entrepreneur? If so, this course is ideal for you.<br/><br/>You’ll gain knowledge of business strategy, project management, start-up creation and growth design thinking, and finance and accounting. You’ll also learn to design and implement innovative management, technological change, develop entrepreneurship skills, and gain first-hand experience in managing and leading entrepreneurial teams.<br/><br/>With full support from the University, the course enables you to start a business. We’re proudly ranked one of the top two UK higher education institutions for graduate start-ups for the past 10 years (HESA 2020/21).<br/><br/>**This course is offered with a Foundation Year in Business**.<br/>The foundation year takes place the year before your degree. You will study at Kingston College and cover topics including professional skills, numerical concepts, business IT, marketing, customer care, and business law. Upon successful completion of this foundation year, you will progress to Year 1 of this degree.<br/><br/>**Future Skills**<br/>Embedded within every course curriculum and throughout the whole Kingston experience, Future Skills will play a role in shaping you to become a future-proof graduate, providing you with the skills most valued by employers such as problem-solving, digital competency, and adaptability.<br/><br/>As you progress through your degree, youll learn to navigate, explore and apply these graduate skills, learning to demonstrate and articulate to employers how future skills give you the edge.<br/><br/>At Kingston University, were not just keeping up with change, were creating it.<br/><br/>**Career opportunities**<br/>You’ll graduate with key skills, ready to create a business or work within one and build its market success. These crucial skills are also key for intrapreneurs inside larger organisations.

Located just outside of London, you'll benefit from excellent transport links to central London and beyond. You'll have access to great employer connections, with Kingston being on the doorstep of hundreds of prestigious businesses.<br/><br/>Kingston's commitment to high-quality teaching has been recognised with a TEF Gold rating (TEF 2023). The University has also secured a Gold award in the framework's two new student experience and outcomes categories.<br/><br/>Kingston has invested heavily in dedicated study spaces, cutting-edge sports facilities and specialist equipment. You can hone your trading skills at the Bloomberg Trading Room or create your masterpiece in the modern art facilities. Whatever your chosen course, you'll be supported with modern facilities and passionate lecturers.<br/><br/>You can also get involved in over 100 sports clubs and societies and even start their own society. You can also learn a new language through the Kingston Language Scheme - there are ten languages on offer!