Course summary
Create, connect, and lead. Build creative, analytical, and hands-on skills to stand out in a technology-driven world with our digital marketing degree. Learn to be bold and create impact Digital marketing shapes everything we see, share, and buy. From viral social campaigns and influencer strategies to data-driven advertising and global brand storytelling, you’ll learn how brands communicate, influence, and grow. On this course, you’ll explore how digital marketing really works – and how you can use it to create impact. You’ll take a bold, critical, and creative approach to marketing in the digital age, gaining the confidence and expertise to thrive in a rapidly evolving industry. Designed with industry at its heart, this degree blends strategy, creativity, and real-world experience, so you graduate ready to hit the ground running. As part of this course, you’ll:
- Develop in-demand specialist digital marketing skills across communications and marketing management
- Understand how organisations operate, adapt, and thrive within changing social, global, and ethical environments
- Respond to emerging technologies and trends, from data and AI to new platforms and changing consumer behaviours
- Tackle real-world business and societal challenges with creativity and critical thinking
- Apply your learning through hands-on projects that reflect current industry practice and expectations
- Be mentored by marketing practitioners
- Hear from guest speakers working at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising
- Gain international experience through overseas study
- Take an optional placement year - previous students have worked with major brands such as Universal, L’Oréal, Elle, and Apple
- Secure a paid work placement through our strong local and national industry links and gain experience to boost your CV
- Join the Marketing Society, who organise guest lectures, live projects, and national and international events focused on all things marketing
- Work with real clients on industry briefs and engage directly with industry experts through Leeds Business School's guest lecture series
- Showcase your work by publishing on the Marketing Leeds site to demonstrate the breadth of your marketing abilities
- Study a professionally accredited marketing course that employers recognise and trust
Modules
Year 1 Core Modules:
- Marketing Essentials
- Applied Marketing, PR & Communication Practice
- The Communications’ Toolkit
- AI & Marketing
- Web & Social Media Analysis
- Campaign Planning
- Integrated Brand Communications
- Content Marketing
- Marketing & Digital Strategy
- Digital Marketing Optimisation
- Individual Research Project
- Mastering Digital Metrics
How to apply
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
Please select a course option – you will then see the application code you need to use to apply for the course.
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 112 points
GCSE/National 4/National 5
Student Outcomes
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| England | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £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
Provider information
Leeds Beckett University
City Campus
Leeds
LS1 3HE
