BSc Business and Marketing

Bachelor of Science (BSc)

Summary
Study level
Level 6
Award
BSc
Full time
3 Years or 4 Years (with Foundation Year)
Part time
N/A
Location
Birmingham, London, Manchester
What makes Uniupp special?
Education for everyone, everywhere

UniUpp helps you access higher study, with flexible options wherever you live, work and study today, with ease.

You decide how and where to study

Choose a study route that fits your schedule, location and goals, with flexible options built around your life.

Full support both online and on-site

Get support online and onsite from choosing your course to preparing applications and taking a clear next step.

Strong focus on employability

Build skills through study tied to real roles, better applications and career growth from day one with support.

Course overview

Build useful business confidence and marketing insight with BSc Business and Marketing, a three year degree, or four years with foundation, made for adults, parents, carers, and career changers who want a calm route into study and a steady true step up towards a better future with real confidence today.

This BSc Business and Marketing course shows business and marketing ideas in clear simple words, so you can study with hope after time away from learning. It builds work ready habits employers really value, and applying via UniUpp can feel simpler, calmer, and more guided from your first step with support.

What you’ll learn

Across this course you will build a good grasp of how brands attract, engage, and keep buyers, from market research and content to campaigns, ads and SEO, strategy, and clear business choices. You will also grow practical skills in writing, planning, fair judgement and analysis, plus belief to research, study, and share ideas well.

Just as vital, you build self belief, habits, and study routines that support your progress through the degree and into marketing focused work, helping you feel ready and prepared for what comes next.

Learn by doing

You learn by doing here, using useful marketing case studies, campaign tasks, group talks, and work related examples that link theory to everyday life. These applied tasks help you practise creative thinking, check your choices, and build real belief to apply what you learn in work settings each day well.

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Course details and modules

This BSc Business and Marketing course is built to grow your understanding piece by piece, starting with the foundations and moving steadily toward applied marketing thinking that you can apply in workplaces well and grow.

Each module connects to the next, so your abilities, confidence, and knowledge build in a sensible order. You are never thrown in at the deep end; instead you progress at a comfortable pace that suits learners returning to learning.

Marketing Fundamentals

This first module builds your grasp of marketing basics, looking at customers, firms, value, and how firms reach people through ads online and SEO today.

Strategic Marketing

This module helps you study smart marketing, with aims, research, planning, choices, and how strong ads support business growth day by day with care now.

Brand Management

This module covers how brands are shaped, shared, and managed, from identity and trust to messages, value, and user feeling. You will learn simple, useful ideas you can spot in real campaigns, helping you understand how brand management supports loyalty, recall, and better choices day by day and sales ads.

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I left education years ago, and never thought I could study again, but this BSc Business and Marketing course welcomed me exactly where I once stood. The earliest lessons seemed approachable, the guidance felt reassuring, and slowly, my confidence started to grow. I now understand how brands engage customers, and I feel truly prepared to take a confident step forwards.

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Balancing employment and family meant I needed something genuinely flexible, and this programme gave me exactly that. I could study around my busy shifts and my younger children without ever feeling left behind. The tutors were so understanding and thoughtful, and the gentle approach kept me progressing too. It quietly changed how I see my future and aims in marketing.

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Modules

The three modules fit together so the course feels clear, and manageable. From marketing foundations, to strategy and brand management, each one builds the knowledge and steady self-belief you need to keep going well and grow on.

Do I need business experience to begin?

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No marketing background is needed to start this BSc. It is genuinely designed for beginners, including people returning to learning after several years away. The early modules start with business, and marketing basics, and build gently, so you are not left behind. If you can give it time, you can progress.

How will I be taught and supported?

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You are taught through clear explanations, useful tasks, and friendly, patient tutor support. Help is available when you feel confused, and you can ask questions without worry. The aim is to make business and marketing ideas simple and usable, so you steadily grow in confidence at a pace that matches life.

Could this course help my career?

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This BSc can support your move into marketing, digital coordinator, and brand assistant roles, depending on your goals. It builds practical skills and confidence employers often look for. While no course can promise a role, the knowledge and habits you build can help you compete well for the work you want.

Can I fit study around my life?

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Yes, this programme is designed with busy adults firmly in mind, so you can study calmly around work, family, and other commitments. Flexible learning lets you fit your study into the week at times that suit you. Many learners balance demanding jobs and caring roles while steadily making real progress now.

Taking that first step can feel overwhelming, but you are never truly alone. Check your eligibility today, and let UniUpp help guide your important move.

Pathways that align with your career ambitions

This BSc Business and Marketing course can support many creative and growth routes, based on your own goals, skills, and interests. Whether you want campaigns, digital work, or brands, it builds a strong footing and insight today.

Marketing Executive

This pathway suits those drawn to campaigns, writing, and user insight, moving to marketing exec work, helping firms reach people well with ads each day.

Digital Marketing Coordinator, Brand or Communications Assistant

This pathway fits those who enjoy digital duties and brand content, moving to co-ord or comms roles supporting campaigns and messages every day well now.

Free vendor courses

You may have a chance to build extra practical skills through optional short courses, helping you stand out, and feel more workplace ready and confident.

How do we assess you?
Assessments are designed to test your grasp through practical, relevant tasks, so you can show what you have learned in clear and genuinely helpful ways.
  • Good assignments asking you to apply brand ideas in realistic work based situations and daily challenges you may meet.
  • Clear written tasks and reflective work that help you show your grasp, your steady progress, and your real confidence.

Study options

UniUpp is here to make studying feel achievable, whatever your starting point or prior experience. This BSc Business and Marketing course is designed to fit around everyday real life, so you can study at a steady, comfortable pace.

You are supported, with professionalism from your earliest enquiry through to enrolment and beyond, with friendly reassurance at every stage. Our team can help you know your options and choose the pathway that suits you right.

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I was apprehensive about going back into study after many years, but UniUpp made the entire experience feel calm and reassuring. Somebody explained my options clearly, answered my questions, and never once made me feel pressured. The flexible study pathway fitted comfortably around my job, and I genuinely felt supported. I am so grateful I finally took that first step.

Jude Olatunde,
BSc Business and Law student
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Flexible Study Around Your Life

How does it work?

This study option is built around the realities of adult life, so you can continue learning even when your days already feel busy. You do not have to put your career, your family, or responsibilities on hold to study for this BSc Business and Marketing course. Instead, the learning is designed to slot into the time you have, at a consistent pace that feels achievable rather than rushed. You work through carefully, organised materials that explain every concept within simple, accessible language, with plenty of relatable professional examples to help everything make complete sense. Nothing is left unexplained, and you can revisit anything difficult. Learn at times that fit comfortably around your employment, family, and everyday routine. Move at a reasonable, manageable pace, without any pressure to rush onward. Reach out for friendly, patient encouragement whenever you feel uncertain or hesitant. Many of our learners are returning to study following years away, so this option is designed with precisely those people in mind. It quietly provides you the space you require to develop your confidence, build helpful study routines, and make genuine progression and focus, one small, manageable and reassuring step at a time, for just as long as you might need.

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From First Contact to Beyond

How does it work?

From your very first conversation with UniUpp, you are treated as a genuine person, not just another application form. Our friendly team takes the time to understand where you are right now, what you quietly hope to achieve, and any worries you might have about returning to study. There is never any pressure, and no question is ever treated as too minor or simple to raise. As you move towards commencing this important BSc Business and Marketing programme, someone is there to support you through every stage clearly and considerately. You are shown what to expect, supported through the practical stages, and reassured whenever things feel unfamiliar or fresh. You have a friendly point of contact who understands your personal circumstances, careful guidance through every single stage of this process, and patient, reassuring answers to your questions whenever you need them. Once you commence studying, that support does not simply disappear overnight. You can keep reaching out for support, advice, and reassurance throughout your course, so you never feel as though you are facing things completely alone. The goal is to help you stay motivated and focus, keep believing in yourself, and continue making consistent progress towards a brighter, more secure future.

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Entry requirements

We know that worrying about entry requirements stops many capable people from applying. At UniUpp, we look at your potential, not just your history. This BSc Business and Marketing route is designed to welcome learners from several different backgrounds, including those returning to study after time off, so please do not rule yourself out too soon today.

What you need to study with us

Entry requirements can differ, and the simplest way to discover whether you qualify is to ask us directly. Our experienced team will talk through your own personal situation, look at any qualifications or experience you already have, and explain your available options in clear, simple language. There is no harm whatsoever in enquiring, and absolutely no pressure to commit. Many individuals are happily surprised to learn they are eligible, even when they assumed higher education was no longer open to them. We are here to help you.

Eligibility

Uncertain whether you could qualify? Our friendly team can support you.

Confirming your eligibility is quick, straightforward, and completely free, with absolutely no obligation at all to take matters much further. In just a few minutes, you can take a confident opening step towards finding out whether this BSc course could be the right choice for you. Our friendly team will guide you through everything clearly, patiently answer any questions you may have, and treat you with genuine kindness and respect at every single stage.

English proficiency

Worried about your English? You may receive more support than expected.

Confident, effective communication truly matters in the professional world of business, and human resources, so a reasonable everyday level of English will help you get the most out of this programme. If English is not your first language, please try not to worry, because friendly encouragement may be available to help you steadily strengthen your abilities and confidence along the way. The finest thing you can do is talk everything through with our team.

Course fees and funding

For many people, worrying about how to pay is the main barrier to studying. Happily, eligible students may be able to fund this course through Student Finance, instead of paying upfront, making higher education feel more possible.

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If you are eligible, Student Finance England may cover your tuition expenses, which you repay gradually, only once you start earning above a certain threshold. Our friendly team can explain it.

Course fee breakdown

Study in a UK Campus Fee
Fees for New and Existing Students from August 2026 £9,535 (per year)

This course is eligible for funding through the Student Loans Company (SLC), which can help towards your tuition fees and other study-related costs. Submit an enquiry to learn more about the funding options available.

Please note: The fees shown are based on the intake you join (your course start date), not the date you submit your application.

Career prospects

This BSc Business and Marketing path is made to open doors, helping you grow practical marketing and business skills that many employers value today now.

  • Marketing jobs help firms reach buyers now too
  • Digital jobs help manage ads and content daily
  • Brand roles guide key messages and buyer trust
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What will I gain from this course?

This BSc Business and Marketing course provides more than a qualification, building valuable marketing awareness plus steady confidence, that matters in careers today.

  • Practical business and marketing knowledge plus skills that you can apply with confidence across a range of roles now.
  • Greater self belief, strong communication skills, and the good habits that help you to succeed in any working setting.

By the time you complete this BSc Business and Marketing course, you will have gained more than just a qualification. You will have developed business understanding, marketing awareness, stronger communication skills, and the kind of steady confidence that helps you step into a workplace and contribute meaningfully. Just as vital, you will have proved to yourself that you can make a clear goal, work at it steadily, and achieve something you feel proud of.

What can I do after UniUpp?

Completing this BSc can open up several routes, depending on your own aims and situation. Some people choose to step into marketing, digital support, brand support, or communications assistant roles, using good new useful skills. Others decide to keep studying, building towards more qualifications in time. And whatever you choose, UniUpp can help you see your options and feel well guided now as you take your next steps towards a brighter future with care.

Move into marketing or brand support roles

  • Digital Marketing Coordinator
  • Market Research Assistant

Go on to study towards a further qualification

  • Progress into postgraduate business or marketing programmes

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