Business Studies

**Kick start your career by exploring business and all its key functions to become an expert in your field.**<br/><br/>Cultivate your business expertise and equip yourself with the practical skills employers are seeking.<br/><br/>As part of this course, you’ll:<br/><br/><br/>- Develop a rounded business skill set and you’ll learn about key business functions<br/><br/><br/>- Refine your expertise in a number of these key areas to match your interests and career aspirations through option modules<br/><br/><br/>- Have the option of a placement to give you valuable professional experience of industry and a head start in the competitive world of business<br/><br/><br/>**Find out more** <br/><br/>**Placements**<br/>If you take a paid work placement in your third year, you’ll develop and enhance your employability skills. Our students have taken advantage of placements with employers such as Redmayne-Bentley, De Puy and Morrisons.<br/><br/>Taking part in business competitions such as the Aviva Challenge and the IBM Universities Business Challenge, a national business simulation game in competition against other universities, will enhance your learning and develop your teamworking skills.<br/><br/>**Guest lectures**<br/>Our guest lecture series will help support your development. Past speakers include the CEO of the London Stock Exchange, the Chief Executive of the British Bankers Association and the Chief Economist of Yorkshire Bank.<br/><br/>**Why study Business Studies at Leeds Beckett University...**<br/><br/><br/>- 94.1% of BA (Hons) Business Studies graduates in work or further study 15 months after graduation (HESA Graduate Outcomes, 2020-21)<br/><br/><br/>- 93% of students on BA (Hons) Business Studies were positive about the way teaching staff explain things (National Student Survey, 2023)<br/><br/><br/>- Develop a holistic view and rounded business skill set<br/><br/><br/>- Placement option<br/><br/><br/>- Equip yourself with the practical skills employers are seeking <br/>