30Oct
UndergraduateUniversity of Chester has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
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Course summary
Your marketing future starts here! This course brings marketing to life with inspiring, real-world experiences, and is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Marketing. Whilst studying on this course, you can develop into an outstanding business professional and discover a career you love. It’s a dynamic, competitive world for marketers today, so we will equip you with much more than marketing knowledge. Your future employers are seeking all the skills that we develop with you from day one, and when you graduate you will leave with valuable hands-on experience that will give you an edge at interview and in the workplace. In your first year you will gain an understanding of marketing in a real-life context along with essential digital marketing skills, and management awareness in areas such as finance, people and organisations. In year two, you will use this marketing knowledge to make key decisions, consider the different ways businesses operate around the world, and start to shape your career path by choosing placements that suit your personal interests and ambitions. In your final year you will carry out an original supervised research project into a subject of your choosing whilst completing a module designed to maximise your individual professional success. Everything you study will be anchored to today’s business world. You will be looking at small local businesses right through to the leading brands, as well as new trends in key marketing areas such customer behaviour and digital communications.
Modules
For the latest example of curriculum availability on this course, please refer to the University of Chester's Website.
Assessment method
There will be a broad range of assessment methods used throughout the programme so that students are exposed to the different types of task they might encounter in the workplace. These will include coursework in the form of reports, portfolios of work, simulation activities, presentations (such as pitches and debates, peer assessment, reflective reviews, evaluation reports. In some modules students will encounter class tests and practical assessments. We continuously review the assessment methods used in order that they adequately prepare students for graduate level employment.
Professional bodies
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
- Chartered Institute of Marketing
How to apply
29Jan
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
- Course code:
- N501
- Institution code:
- C55
- Campus name:
- Chester
- Campus code:
- -
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
- Year 2
- Year 3
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 112 points
A level - BCC - BBC
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - DMM
Access to HE Diploma
Scottish Higher - BBBB
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme - 28 points
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017) - H3, H3, H3, H3, H4
T Level - M
The University of Chester considers a wide range of Level 3 qualifications and a wide range of professional / vocational qualifications.
Student Outcomes
Operated by the Office for Students
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs)
Go onto work and study
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| EU | £9250 | Year 1 |
| England | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Channel Islands | £9250 | Year 1 |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
The University may increase these fees at the start of each subsequent year of your course in line with inflation at that time, as measured by the Retail Price Index. These fee levels and increases are subject to any necessary government, and other regulatory, approvals.
Provider information
University of Chester
Parkgate Road
Chester
CH1 4BJ