BA (Hons) Risk Management Pathway at Glasgow Caledonian University

A GCU Pathway programme: students study an HND in Business or Legal Services at City of Glasgow College for the first two years, then enter Year 3 of the BA (Hons) Risk Management at GCU and graduate with an honours degree. It is described as the only undergraduate course in the UK dedicated to risk management, accredited by the Institute of Risk Management and the Chartered Insurance Institute, and includes work in the student-led Risk Clinic simulated business environment.

Duration: 4 years full time (Years 1-2 HND at City of Glasgow College, Years 3-4 at GCU)  |  Intake: August 2027  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

What you will study

Years 1 and 2 are an HND in Business or Legal Services at City of Glasgow College. The degree focuses on job-specific skills including business continuity, crisis management, project risk management and international risk management, building core business skills to identify, assess and reduce risk and to develop strategies that respond to uncertainty.

Career pathways

Graduates have taken roles at organisations including Turner & Townsend, Mott MacDonald, Barclays, Morgan Stanley, Lloyd's of London, Aviva Insurance, Marsh Insurance, Faithful+Gould, Stantec and PwC. Students gain professional qualifications while studying, and the course has connections with financial institutions and consultancy firms.

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