Business and Events Management (with Foundation Year)

Study our contemporary BA(Hons) Business and Events Management degree and benefit from embedded opportunities to gain practical experience, enhancing your employability. Engage with industry professionals and get practical events experience through placements, studying abroad and live briefs.

Why study business and events management?
Events play an important role in economic development and social wellbeing, helping to achieve business objectives like community cohesion. The event industry has seen significant growth and is now worth £42.3 billion in the UK alone. It offers diverse and exciting career opportunities around the world.

Our contemporary BA(Hons) Business and Events Management covers all the essential areas of business with a specialist focus on events management. From concept design and planning to delivery and evaluation, you'll see the events process through from start to end.

Why UWE Bristol?
Our curriculum is designed to challenge your thinking and develop your entrepreneurial mindset. You'll explore professional practice, research, sustainability, and more, all while engaging with industry professionals through pitches and guest lectures.

From day one, you'll engage in real-world learning experiences through our embedded Professional Practice Stream. This stream supports your development, enabling you to work closely with your Group Mentor and Personal Tutor and develop a portfolio of practice for potential employers.

Your final year will include real-world practice modules, such as a client project, designed to enhance your CV and prepare you for the professional world. Plus, you'll have the chance to gain industry experience through sandwich year placements, study abroad opportunities and live briefs.

Where can it take me?
You'll be able to apply your knowledge and skills to all types of events - large and small, indoor and outdoor, corporate and independent. You'll get a holistic understanding of how organisations operate, while honing the hands-on skills needed for a successful career in events management.

This course will prepare you for a career in events and beyond. You'll have access to careers in the wider business world, such as marketing and project management, in organisations from smaller agencies to large workforces. You could also apply your skills to start your own events enterprise or become a freelancer.

University is a time to try new things, meet new people and make new goals. With Clearing at UWE Bristol, you'll get the chance to take control of your future and choose an exciting path for yourself.

UWE Bristol offers over 100 professionally accredited courses, including Architecture, Accounting and Finance, Games Technology, Mathematics and Sport Rehabilitation. Whether you're studying an arts, business, healthcare or science degree, all undergraduate courses are designed with employability in mind. You can work a year in industry, study across the world, and get one-to-one careers advice on campus. It's no wonder an outstanding 89% of students find work or further study just 15 months after graduating (Graduate Outcomes Survey 2022/23, published 2025).

You'll also be studying in a top 10 most popular city in the UK (YouGov, 2026). With famous festivals, renowned galleries, lively nightclubs and independent restaurants right on your doorstep, you're guaranteed an incredible student experience in Bristol. With famous festivals, renowned galleries, lively nightclubs and independent restaurants right on your doorstep, you're guaranteed an incredible student experience in Bristol.

Your Future, Right Here. Study at UWE Bristol. Choose to do Clearing right.