Business Studies with Entrepreneurship with Foundation Year

If you want to launch your own start-up or help a new venture to grow, this BA (Hons) Business Studies with Entrepreneurship course will give you the skills and knowledge to do it. Leading employers in the UK have placed a greater emphasis on enterprising and entrepreneurial skills in their employees, so we have created this course to fulfil real business needs.

The course is designed to give you specialist insight into the world of entrepreneurship. You will gain practical knowledge of the contemporary business landscape and develop the skills you will need to operate within it. We maintain links with major professional institutes to ensure the course remains current and to establish potential opportunities for students.

What you'll study

Developed in partnership with local business organisations in both the public and private sectors, this entrepreneurship course will help you meet the challenges of building your own business.

We will give you the information, tools, techniques and experience you need to devise creative solutions to the full range of business problems. The knowledge you will gain during this course can help you to start a rewarding career.

You will learn from staff who have worked in a wide range of sectors, all of whom have business or industry experience. This diversity of expertise will help you develop your breadth of knowledge.

We use a range of teaching methods so that you can get the most from your learning experience. During lectures, you will be introduced to new concepts, models and theories, while practical sessions will help you understand how the theory works in reality. You will learn through a mix of:

• task-based learning to develop problem-solving skills
• group work to encourage communication and experience sharing
• discussion and reflection to encourage inquiry, application, analysis, and experimentation
• group and individual tutorials by appointment, to support your learning in seminar
• online platforms.

Our longstanding significant experience in Business Studies has also helped us to build links with professional bodies, including the:

• Chartered Institute of Marketing
• Institute of Direct Marketing
• Chartered Institute of Personnel.

These links can open up opportunities for further learning and skills development for ambitious business people. Whether you aspire to work within a successful business or to start your own, this course will provide you with the knowledge and skills you need to succeed.

Foundation year

The foundation year course is designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge you need to continue onto your Honours degree. You will study a range of subjects that will underpin your future study and also gain valuable experience of university life, with full access to campus facilities. Successful completion of the year allows you to progress straight onto Level 4 of this course.

It's not too late to study at London’s 2nd highest-rated university for student satisfaction (National Student Survey 2026).

UWL's world-class facilities and outstanding teaching will give you all the tools you need to succeed. Musicians can rehearse in performance rooms, audio recording spaces and a 200 seat black box studio. Pilots can brave the storm in the Boeing 737 flight simulator. Lawyers can perfect their argument in the mock courtrooms, and chefs can whip up delicious creations in industry-standard kitchens and serve real customers at Pillars, the student-run fine-dining restaurant located on campus.

You'll also be learning in one of the world's best student cities (2026 QS Best Student Cities) - think Saturday afternoons in Covent Garden, study sessions in the British Library and live concerts in the O2 arena. With scholarships and bursaries reserved for Clearing applicants, no ambition is out of reach!