BSc (Hons) Business Management (Retail) top-up at University of Greater Manchester

Programme overview

If you've already completed a related foundation degree or HND, our BSc (Hons) Business Management (Retail) top-up course offers you honours-level skills and specialist knowledge in business and retail. Graduates also receive a CMI Level 5 Award in Leadership and Management. This impressive dual-award course offers access to global career opportunities.

Duration: 1 year full-time | Study mode: full-time, top-up (final-year entry) | Intake: September 2027 | Location: Bolton, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Modules (a mix of compulsory and optional) include Business Project, Dissertation, Retail Management, Global Consumer Behaviour, Strategic Management, Integrated Digital Marketing Strategy, Academic Language and Skills 5.

Career pathways

Graduates with specialist retail knowledge underpinned by a broader understanding of how businesses and managers operate have a competitive advantage when entering employment or self-employment. As a graduate of this course, you'll be equipped to enter a wide range of business and management roles in the public, private and voluntary sectors.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Normally, you should possess a relevant Level HE5 qualification, such as a foundation degree or HND; for example, FdA/FdSc or HND Business Management. Alternatively, you may have a relevant professional qualification at an equivalent level. You may be required to attend an interview and/or provide a portfolio of work. If English isn’t your first language, you’ll also need IELTS 6.0 with no less than 5.5 in any band (or equivalent).

Domestic applicants: GBP 9,790 a year (2026/27). Home/EU tuition fee, first year of study Source

International applicants: GBP 17,500 a year (2026/27). International tuition fee, first year of study Source

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 1 year full-time

Apply through the official page: https://evision.bolton.ac.uk/urd/sits.urd/run/siw_ipp_lgn.login?process=siw_ipp_app&code1=N365-D&code2=0013

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