Business and Management (with Foundation Year)

Study our broad, interdisciplinary Business and Management degree and benefit from embedded opportunities to gain practical experience, enhancing your employability. Engage with industry professionals and get business and management experience through placements, studying abroad and live briefs.

Why study business and management?
Businesses must constantly challenge and re-invent themselves to adapt to the fast-paced, increasingly competitive global market. Employers need graduates who can integrate theory with real-world business experiences, and the practical skills needed by today's business managers.

Our BA(Hons) Business and Management offers an interdisciplinary education guided by supportive tutors and research-active experts and practitioners. Through combining theory and practice you'll explore key business functions like marketing, operations, strategy, and human resource management.

Why UWE Bristol?
The curriculum challenges your thinking and supports your professional development with entrepreneurial perspectives, academic research, and social sustainability. You'll also engage with industry professionals through fieldwork, 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 to develop a portfolio of practice to present to potential employers.

Your final year will include real-world practice modules, such as a final professional development module, designed to bring together you're learning for the professional world. Plus, you'll have the chance to gain further experience through sandwich year placements, study abroad opportunities and live briefs.

Where can it take me?
This course is ideal if you're seeking a business career and want a course that grows with you as you discover different specialisms. You'll have the flexibility to follow your interests through specialist optional modules, offering you access to broad career pathways.

Graduates often secure management roles in various business functions and industries, including retail, marketing, HR, and recruitment. Whichever specialism you choose, you'll gain the practical skills, ability for life-long learning, and real-world experience you need to thrive in a competitive global market.

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.