Business & Management

The business degree for people who think and work creatively.

The creative industries are booming – but artistic talent alone doesn't build brands, scale businesses, or find new customers. You need strategy, financial insight, and the confidence to lead – tailored to the unique nature of sectors that revolve around media and making. This is the course that gives you both.

You won’t find much traditional business school thinking here. You’ll get all the training – in marketing, organisational behaviour, finance, operations, and strategy – but always through a creative lens. Your tutors have been the brains behind agencies, publishing houses, and fashion brands. Your assignments reward original, experimental thinking, as well as critical analysis. And your final project can be whatever you choose – an app, a podcast, a campaign, a start-up.

You'll graduate knowing how businesses work – and how creativity makes them work better. Whether you're launching something of your own or stepping into a leadership role, you'll have the commercial skills and the confidence to make it happen.

If you prefer a closer, more community feel, UCA’s creative campuses in Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, and Maidstone could be for you. Each campus is home to a vibrant community of like-minded creatives, with supportive and passionate academic staff to help you bring your ideas to life.

As a UCA student, you’ll have access to their specialist creative facilities, from VR studios and digital editing suites to traditional craft workshops and your own dedicated art space. Here you can experiment, find inspiration, and get all the support you need.

UCA know you're more than just grades – that's why they’ll look beyond your certificates to get an understanding of your passions, personality, and portfolio.

Applying through Clearing could lead to a degree you’ll love. Join UCA’s creative community this September.