BA (Hons) Business Management with Finance at Queen Margaret University

Programme overview

The BA (Hons) Business Management with Finance is a CMI-accredited route giving the theory and practice needed for a career in business finance and management.

What you will study

Years One and Two are shared across the business management routes: Introduction to Management and Leadership, Development of Professional Skills, Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Introduction to Finance and Accounting, Digital Business and Innovation, Data Management; then Human Resource Management, Operations Management, Economics, Financial Institutions and Markets, Digital Marketing and E-Commerce Management, Business Law, Ethics, Social Justice and Sustainability. Year Three: Project Management, Information Systems and Business Analytics, Financial Management, Research Methods (Online), with open-source programming and an experience semester. Year Four: Strategy, Corporate Finance, Organisational Behaviour, Analytics in a Big Data World, and a Dissertation or Consultancy Project.

Career pathways

Graduates move into business finance and management roles; recent QMU business management graduate employers include BlackRock, Enterprise Rent A Car, Turner and Townsend and Grant Thornton. Postgraduate options include MSc Accounting and Finance with CIMA at QMU.

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Entry requirements

Scottish Higher: standard BBBC, minimum BCCC. A-level: BCC. Irish Leaving Certificate: H2 H2 H3 H3. T-Level: Management and Administration, passing grade A*-C or above. Required subjects: English required and Maths preferred at National 5/GCSE grade C/4 or above (National 5 Application of Maths or Lifeskills accepted). International applicants: IELTS 6.0 overall with no element lower than 5.5. Direct entry to Year Two: HNC in a related subject with B in the graded unit, or Advanced Higher BC in relevant subjects plus Higher BB, or A-level BBB in relevant subjects. Direct entry to Year Three: HND in a related subject with CB in the graded units. Mature applicants with relevant qualifications or experience are welcome; minimum entry criteria apply to applicants meeting contextual factors.

Domestic applicants: GBP 1,820 a year (2027/28). Scottish-domiciled students (tuition fee normally paid by SAAS). Full-time tuition per year (fee table lists Business Management BA (Hons) all routes) Source

International applicants: GBP 13,500 a year (2027/28). Full-time tuition per year (fee table lists Business Management BA (Hons) all routes) Source

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 4 years full time

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