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Entrepreneurship and Business at University of Portsmouth - UCAS

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Course summary

This is a Connected Degree Portsmouth is the only University in the UK with the flexibility to choose when to do an optional paid placement or self-employed year. Either take a placement in your third year, or finish your studies first and complete a placement in your fourth year. You can decide if and when to take a placement after you've started your course. Overview Explore business and entrepreneurship in one of the UK’s most entrepreneurial cities as you discover core business topics and access University startup support. If you already have a new business idea, we’ll help you develop it with practical business modules and direct support from our dedicated start-up team. If not, this course will give you the skills you need to support and grow the businesses you work for. Organisations of all sizes need passionate people with an entrepreneurial mindset to foster creativity and manage innovation every day. That’s why many of our graduates go on to apply their skills in managing innovation, new products and business growth for existing organisations. You’ll develop a strong foundation of knowledge in key areas of business such as marketing, managing people, and operations management. You’ll learn to spot opportunities, develop your entrepreneurial skills, and explore how to create value by developing new products, as well as learning the processes you need to bring them to market. If you choose to do an industry placement after your second or third year, you could complete a paid placement with an existing organisation or undertake a self employed placement year and develop your own business with support from our Placement Club and startup support. Whether you want to run your own company or to develop your business and management skills to excel in an existing organisation, this course gives you the knowledge, skills and experience you need to succeed. Course highlights

  • Experience a practical course, where you'll apply your knowledge to real-life projects, such as helping local businesses in our Business Consultancy Project, developing your own venture, or setting up a social enterprise
  • Be mentored by one of our successful Entrepreneurs in Residence
  • Gain an understanding of how different business models work and how these generate value in a variety of contexts
  • Use your placement year to develop your own business, either independently or by working with other students to combine your strengths and knowledge, or to work in another innovative business
  • Learn in one of the UK's most entrepreneurial cities – between 2019 and 2020, the number of new businesses launched in Portsmouth grew by 33% (InstantOffices survey 2020)
  • Gain an understanding of how all the parts of a business work together and rely on each other
Careers and opportunities 100% of graduates from this course are in work or further study 15 months after graduation according to the latest HESA Graduate Outcome Study. Several of our students set up their own business during the course, or go on to run their own business after graduation. Many others, however, go on to apply their skills in existing businesses, particularly in the areas of product development and marketing. Previous graduates of this course have secured jobs at companies such as:
  • Origin Kitchen
  • Cera Data
  • Buckinghamshire Council
  • Magnolia
  • Worldwide Business Research
  • The Future Factory
Graduates of this course have secured jobs within 15 months of graduation as:
  • director of sales
  • data consultant
  • business consultant
  • business intelligence and insight officer
  • business development representative
  • sales executive
(Data sourced from HESA Graduate Outcomes Survey) You could also choose to continue your studies at postgraduate level. After you leave the University, you can get help, advice and support for up to 5 years from our Careers and Employability service as you advance in your career.

Modules

Year 1 Core modules in this year include:

  • Business Accounting (20 credits)
  • Business and Professional Skills (20 credits)
  • Introduction to Business Analytics (20 credits)
  • Introduction to Entrepreneurship (20 credits)
  • Managing People in Organisations (20 credits)
  • Marketing Principles and Practice (20 credits)
There are no optional modules in this year. Year 2 Core modules in this year include:
  • Business Analysis and Decision Making (20 credits)
  • Business Venturing (20 credits)
  • Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship (20 credits)
  • Innovation Management (20 credits)
  • Managing Product Portfolios (20 credits)
Optional modules in this year currently include:
  • Business & Employment Law (20 credits)
  • Electronic and Mobile Commerce (20 credits)
  • Event Planning and Marketing (20 credits)
Year 3 Core modules in this year include:
  • Business Consultancy Project (20 credits)
  • Contemporary Issues in Product and Service Development (20 credits)
  • Critical Entrepreneurship Study (20 credits)
  • Entrepreneurial Development (20 credits)
  • Strategic Management (20 credits)
Optional modules in this year include:
  • Business Improvement & Creativity (20 credits)
  • Negotiation for Entrepreneurs (20 credits)
  • Project Management for Enterprise (20 credits)
  • Responsible and Sustainable Business (20 credits)
  • Work Based Learning (40 credits)
We use the best and most current research and professional practice alongside feedback from our students to make sure course content is relevant to your future career or further studies. Therefore, some course content may change over time to reflect changes in the discipline or industry and some optional modules may not run every year. If a module doesn’t run, we’ll let you know as soon as possible and help you choose an alternative module. Placement year After your second or third year, you can do a paid placement year. Previous students have worked at big names like Rolls Royce and Fujitsu or set up their own businesses on their own of with others on their course. Interested in running your own business on your placement year instead? You can start up and run your own company for a year as an alternative to a work-based placement. You'll work alone or with fellow students to build and launch a successful venture.

Assessment method

You’ll be assessed through: examinations analysis of topical case studies written reports and essays presentations practical artefacts such as small websites or systems You’ll be able to test your skills and knowledge informally before you do assessments that count towards your final mark. You can get feedback on all practice and formal assessments so you can improve in the future. The way you’re assessed may depend on the modules you select. As a guide, students on this course last year were typically assessed as follows: Year 1 students: 55% by written exams and 45% by coursework Year 2 students: 25% by written exams, 7% by practical exams and 68% by coursework Year 3 students: 27% by written exams, 7% by practical exams and 66% by coursework

Professional bodies

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

  • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

How to apply

Application codes

Course code:
N150
Institution code:
P80
Campus name:
Main Site
Campus code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1
  • Year 2

Entry requirements for advanced entry (i.e. into Year 2 and beyond)

We welcome applications for advanced entry. If you’d like to apply for advanced entry, you need to select the required year when you complete your UCAS application.

This course may be available at alternative locations, please check if other course options are available

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements


English language requirements

TestGradeAdditional details
IELTS (Academic)6English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.0 with no component score below 5.5.
PTE Academic54An overall score of 54 with a minimum of 51 in each skill.
TOEFL (iBT)7979 with a minimum of 18 in Reading, 17 in Listening, 20 in Speaking and 17 in Writing.
Cambridge English AdvancedCambridge English: Advanced (CAE) taken after January 2015. An overall score of 169 with no component score less than 162.
Cambridge English ProficiencyCambridge English: Proficiency (CPE) taken after January 2015. An overall score of 169 with no component score less than 162.
Trinity ISEPassTrinity College Integrated Skills in English (ISE) Level III with a Pass in all 4 components

Student Outcomes

Operated by the Office for Students
74%
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs)
90%
Go onto work and study

The number of student respondents and response rates can be important in interpreting the data – it is important to note your experience may be different from theirs. This data will be based on the subject area rather than the specific course. Read more about this data on the Discover Uni website.

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

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

**Undergraduate fees for 2025 entry will be available shortly.** For more information about fees, go to https://www.port.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/undergraduate-fees-and-student-finance/tuition-fees-living-costs-and-other-study-costs
Entrepreneurship and Business at University of Portsmouth - UCAS