BA English with Business Studies
About this course
BA (Hons) in English with Business Studies, a Business and Management and English degree combining literature study with commercial and organisational operations. Core topics include Research Methods, Accounting, Marketing, Legal Analysis, Critical & Analytical Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Global & Comparative Perspective. The programme offers a four-year full-time route including a placement year, alongside a standard three-year full-time option. The first year covers foundations through Management and International Business Fundamentals, Writing in History, Narrative Forms, Principles of Law, Management of Human Resources, and Theory Matters, with optional choices such as Elephants and Engines: An Introduction to Creative Writing. Year two develops management and marketing concepts via Organisation Studies, Principles of Marketing, Accounting for Managers, and The Marketing Mix, complemented by options like Victorian Literature. Year three focuses on enterprise and strategy through Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Fundamentals of Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship and Small Business Planning, and Leadership & Interpersonal Skills, with further study available through options such as English Dissertation.
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Entry requirements
A level: ABB including one of the following subjects: English (Literature, Language, or both), any Language subject, Geography, History, Classical Civilisation, Law, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Religious Studies or Sociology. IB: 32 (6,5,5 HL) to include one of the following subjects at HL: English (Literature, Language or both), any Language subject, Geography, History, Philosophy, Global Politics, Psychology, World Religions, Social and Cultural Anthropology. BTEC: BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma: DDM plus an A level grade B in a required subject. BTEC Level 3 National Diploma: DD plus one A level in a required subject at Grade B. BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate: D plus two A levels at Grades BB including one required subject. Preferred BTEC: Performing Arts, Art & Design, Digital Film and Video Production, Business IT, Applied Science, Sport, Sport and Exercise Science, Health & Social Care.
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Admissions (2022 entry, home applicants)
Offer rate 76%: 29 offers from 38 applications, from the university's Freedom of Information return.
What students say
Based on about 20 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 97%
- Learning opportunities: 92%
- Assessment and feedback: 93%
- Academic support: 100%
- Organisation and management: 93%
- Learning resources: 92%
- Student voice: 93%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 15 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 95%
- Left higher education: 5%
What graduates do next
Based on about 29 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 61%
- Working and studying: 17%
- Further study: 9%
- Unemployed: 7%
Most common jobs
- Business and public service associate professionals: 30%
- Information Technology Professionals: 15%
- Finance Professionals: 15%
- Administrative occupations: 5%
- Elementary occupations: 5%
- Find their work meaningful: 100%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 80%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 65%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 135 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North West: 2%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 2%
- East Midlands: 21%
- West Midlands: 10%
- East of England: 18%
- London: 27%
- South East: 14%
- South West: 3%
- Wales: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 35 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 100%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Gold overall, Gold for student experience, Gold for student outcomes.
Modules
- Management and International Business Fundamentals
- Writing in History
- Narrative Forms
- Principles of Law
- Management of Human Resources
- Theory Matters
- Elephants and Engines: An Introduction to Creative Writing
- Introduction to Film
- Analysing Poetry: Metre, Form and Meaning
- Slavery to Black Lives Matter: African American Culture 1840 - present
- University-wide Language Programme
- Organisation Studies
- Principles of Marketing
- Accounting for Managers
- The Marketing Mix
- Victorian Literature
- Love and Life in Stuart-Era Literature (1603-1714)
- Strange Fascination: Queer Desires and Identities in Literature, 1886-1952
- Animal Tales: Non-human Animals in Fiction, Film and Philosophy
- Your Future Career: Preparing for the World of Work
- Victorian Values Reconsidered
- Modernisms
- Literature from 1990
- Screen Cultures
- Weird Fiction
- Maps and Motors
- The American Century: US Politics and Society in the 20th Century (10 credits)
- University-wide Language Programme
- Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Fundamentals of Strategic Management
- Entrepreneurship and Small Business Planning
- Leadership & Interpersonal Skills
- English Dissertation
- Radicals and Reactionaries: Writing Women in 1890s
- Cruel and Unusual: Punishment on trial in American Culture
- Love, Poetry and War: The Modern Poet from Eliot to Plath
- Maladies and Medicines
- Neo-Victorianism
- Adapting Shakespeare
- Driving On: Writing Towards Publication
- Global America
- University-wide Language Programme
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA English with Business Studies at Loughborough University earn?
The median salary is £30,000 after 15 months, £24,500 after 3 years, £33,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £25,500 and £39,500. The £33,000 median after five years is £1,000 more than the UK median for Business studies.
What do graduates of BA English with Business Studies at Loughborough University do next?
86% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA English with Business Studies at Loughborough University?
97% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA English with Business Studies at Loughborough University?
The typical offer is ABB at A level. The average entrant had 134 UCAS points.
What is the offer rate for BA English with Business Studies at Loughborough University?
76% of home applicants received an offer for 2022 entry: 29 offers from 38 applications, according to the university's Freedom of Information return.
How many students continue on BA English with Business Studies at Loughborough University?
95% of students continued into their second year, and 5% left higher education.