Business and Management (Hons)

Overview

Business and Management (Hons) degree at  University of Portsmouth takes an entrepreneurial approach to big business ideas. You'll learn by engaging with local small businesses and creating and testing ideas and theories in group work. If you take a placement year you can then apply these skills in the sector you're most interested in, whether that's a start-up, or a large, global business such as Rolls Royce or IBM.

Don't worry if you're not sure which industry you'd like to work in. This degree keeps your options open. You'll get a strong foundation in all the key business areas of management, marketing, accounting, operations and leadership. If you want, you'll have the chance to specialise as you progress through the course.

Course highlights

• Explore lots of different areas of business and management to find the specialisms that interest you
• Work in creative, small teams that replicate the working world
• Get hands-on experience as part of our Business Consultancy Project, offering advice to local small businesses
• Take an optional placement year or summer internship with a business such as L'Oreal or BAE Systems
• Get support for setting up your own business from our Entrepreneurs in Residence
• Gain an understanding of ethical and sustainable business practices

• Finish the course with skills that are in demand in the modern workplace, such as creative thinking, business innovation and decision making

Careers and opportunities

This degree will open doors to a wide variety of careers in the business world.

Previous graduates of this course have secured jobs as:

• HR manager
• business transformation consultant
• marketing manager
• project manager
• army officer - squadron operations
• business development executive
• product marketing executive
• account manager
• personal banker
• compliance analyst
• supply chain manager

Graduates of this course have gone on to work for companies such as:

• Tesco
• British Telecom
• Deloitte
• HM Government
• IBM
• Disney
• BAE Systems
• NHS
• John Lewis Partnership
• Estée Lauder
• Volkswagen Group UK 
• Microsoft

(Data taken from HESA Graduate Outcome surveys)

This degree also offers options to improve your business research skills. You could go on to do a postgraduate qualification in a business-related area such as project management, digital marketing or human resource management.

You could also choose to set up your own business with the help and support of the University.