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BSc (Hons) Food Business Management (with placement) at Harper Adams University

Harper Adams University, United Kingdom

Programme overview

Our Food Business Management degree is ideal for those who are seeking a career in the food sector, whether for a major retailer or producer or for a small, specialist artisan business. Our integrated approach to food business will equip you with the skills, knowledge and understanding specific to the food sector and supplement this through the development of transferrable skills that will increase your career opportunities and potential.

Department: Food Science and Innovation  |  Duration: 4 years (full-time) including a one-year work placement.  |  Study mode: full-time (sandwich, one-year work placement)  |  Intake: 2027 entry  |  Location: Newport, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1: Business Economics, Running a Business, Academic Skills, International and Domestic Perspectives, Organisations and Markets, Work and Wellbeing. Year 2: Selling, Negotiating and Networking, Food Marketing and Retail, Food Product Innovation, Managing People and Workplace Success, Food Product Processing. Year 3 is the placement year. Year 4: Sustainability and Business Ethics, Integrated Global Business, Strategic Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Adaptive Management, Dissertation.

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Application information

Entry requirements

96 UCAS Tariff Points; GCE A Levels: Grades CCD or equivalent.; Pearson BTEC National Extended Diploma: MMM in a relevant subject (1080 GLH); City & Guilds Advanced Extended Technical Diploma: MMM in a relevant subject (1080 GLH); T-Level: Pass (A* - C) (in a relevant subject); Scottish Highers: BCCC; Irish Leaving Certificate: Three H3 and one H4; GCSEs: Minimum of 4 GCSEs at grade C/4 including English Language and Maths. International applicants who need a visa: IELTS Academic 6.0 overall with no component below 5.5 (or equivalent).

Domestic applicants: GBP 10,050 a year (2027/28). Full-time UK/ROI/Isle of Man/Channel Islands fee 2027/28, subject to parliamentary approval. Sandwich placement year charged separately at £2,010. Source

International applicants: GBP 17,840 a year (2027/28). EU/EEA/Swiss and overseas full-time fee 2027/28. Sandwich placement year charged separately at £4,160. Source

Intake: 2027 entry

Duration: 4 years (full-time) including a one-year work placement.

Apply through the official page: https://www.ucas.com/

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