BA (Hons) Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship at Nottingham Trent University

Programme overview

A Level 6 degree apprenticeship leading to a BA (Hons) Management and Leadership degree, a Level 5 Chartered Management Award from the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and Chartered Manager status (CMgrM CMI). Apprentices work while studying part-time through block-release study days at City Campus, with the final year used for the portfolio and End Point Assessment.

Faculty: Nottingham Business School | Duration: Four years (typically 3.5-4 years) | Intake: January 2026; August 2026 | Study mode: full-time / degree apprenticeship | Location: Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year One introduces management as an academic discipline and organisational practice through Contemporary Organisation Design (20 credits), Organisation Systems and Processes (20), People in Organisations (20), Developing the Professional Manager - The Individual (40) and Digital Business and New Technologies (20). Study blocks run about two days per calendar month, assessed through work-based projects, written assignments, case studies and reflective portfolio evidence.

Career pathways

Apprentices develop as managers able to take responsibility for people, projects, operations and services, aiming for Chartered Manager status through the CMI and progression within their employing organisation.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants must be UK resident or have the right to work in the UK, hold a job or job offer from an employer who will support the apprenticeship, and spend at least 50% of the working week in England for the duration (including remote and hybrid workers). International applicants must have been ordinarily resident in the UK and Islands for the previous three years (not wholly or mainly for full-time education), hold UK permission to live in the UK not for education only, and be able to complete the apprenticeship within the time their visa and employment contract allow. Typical offer 104 UCAS tariff points.

Intake: January 2026; August 2026

Duration: Four years (typically 3.5-4 years)

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