BSc Business Management with a Professional Placement Year
About this course
BSc in Business and Management, covering organisational strategy, operations and marketing across sectors. Core topics include Accounting, Marketing, Statistics, and Project Management. The programme includes a Professional Placement Year in which students undertake a paid role within a business organisation.
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What students say
Based on about 251 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 82%
- Learning opportunities: 83%
- Assessment and feedback: 77%
- Academic support: 90%
- Organisation and management: 87%
- Learning resources: 90%
- Student voice: 79%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 500 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 92%
- Left higher education: 4%
- Moved to a lower qualification: 4%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 410 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North West: 1%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 1%
- East Midlands: 1%
- West Midlands: 6%
- East of England: 3%
- London: 19%
- South East: 16%
- South West: 21%
- Wales: 31%
Who gets in
Based on about 555 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 90%
- A degree: 1%
- Other HE qualification: 1%
- Other qualifications: 6%
- No formal qualifications: 1%
Modules
- Society and Economy
- Operations Management
- Introduction to Accounting
- Management: Theory and Evidence
- Marketing
- People in Organisations
- Technology and the Digital Age
- Challenges in Managing and Leading Organizations
- Excellence in Managing Operations
- Performance and Financial Management
- Marketing and Strategy
- Managing People
- Purchasing and Supply Management
- Inferential Statistics, Statistical Modelling and Survey Methods
- Business, Government and Society
- Managing in Multicultural Organisations
- Employment Relations
- International Management
- Marketing Research
- Consumer Behaviour
- Shaping Futures that Matter
- Cynllunio ar gyfer Iechyd a Lles Cenedlaethau’r Dyfodol
- Logistics Networks
- Project Management
- Professional Placement
- Critical Perspectives for Contemporary Managers
- Strategic Management
- Contemporary Issues in Work and Employment
- Asian Management Systems
- Entrepreneurship and Business Start-Ups
- Responsible Strategic Supplier Management
- Logistics Strategy
- Logistics in the Digital Age
- Contemporary Trends in Supply Chain Management
- Analysing and Improving Operations
- Digital Marketing
- Understanding and Managing Reward
- People Behaving Badly
- Rheoli Busnes Bach
- Exploratory Data Analysis
- European Business Environment
- Advertising and Marketing Communications Management
- Ethics and Morality of Business
- International Business
- Services Marketing
- Cultural Marketing
- Business Design
- Stori Pwy? Cyfathrebu Cymru
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BSc Business Management with a Professional Placement Year at Cardiff University earn?
The median salary is £29,500 after 3 years, £41,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £31,000 and £56,000.
Are students happy with the teaching on BSc Business Management with a Professional Placement Year at Cardiff University?
82% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BSc Business Management with a Professional Placement Year at Cardiff University?
The typical offer is AAB at A level. The average entrant had 143 UCAS points.
How many students continue on BSc Business Management with a Professional Placement Year at Cardiff University?
92% of students continued into their second year, and 4% left higher education.