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University degree

Business Management

Arden University Limited
Qualification
Degree
Length
-
UK fees / yr
£9,535
Study
part-time
Worth knowing: about 60% of students don't make it past first year here - ask the uni what support they offer.
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About this course

Business management with an accounting and finance specialism is a degree that combines the broad foundation of management education with a focused grounding in the financial principles that underpin commercial decision-making. Management education develops your understanding of strategy, operations, marketing, human resources, and organisational behaviour. Accounting and finance adds the specific technical and analytical skills needed to understand financial statements, manage costs, evaluate investments, and navigate the financial dimensions of running an organisation.

Together they equip you for a wide range of roles at the interface of business leadership and financial management.

At Arden University, this part-time degree is delivered through distance learning, giving you the flexibility to study from anywhere in the world at a pace that suits your life and work. You can enrol from any location and study entirely online, without the need to attend classes in a physical location. This makes the programme particularly well suited to those who are already working and wish to develop their qualifications alongside their professional responsibilities.

You will study the core disciplines of business management alongside accounting, financial management, taxation, and the regulatory frameworks within which financial practice operates. The typical entry tariff of 72 points reflects an accessible approach to admissions.

Business management graduates with accounting and finance expertise enter a wide range of careers. Financial analysis, management accounting, commercial management, small business finance, and general management roles across many sectors are all accessible with this background. Many graduates also pursue professional accounting qualifications with bodies such as ACCA or CIMA to achieve chartered status, which is a recognised route to senior financial roles.

The distance learning format at Arden means that many students are already in employment and are using the degree to formalise and extend their professional knowledge, which often accelerates their career progression directly.

Could you get in?
The grades students arrived with
<48 pts25%
48-63 pts20%
64-79 pts5%
80-95 pts15%
96-111 pts5%
112-127 pts10%
128-143 pts5%
144-159 pts10%
160-175 pts5%
How they qualified
85% got in with A-levels. The rest came in a mix of ways:
A-levels85%
other higher education15%
Could I get in? Try your grades
120 UCAS pts
Pay & prospects
80%
In work or further study after
40%
Continue past first year
80%
Student satisfaction
What graduates earn over time
£31,000
After 15 months
£26,000
3 years on
£29,000
5 years on
What graduates actually go on to do % of leavers
Administrative occupations20%
Managers, directors and senior officialsHighly skilled15%
Process, plant and machine operatives10%
Finance ProfessionalsHighly skilled5%
Business and public service associate professionalsHighly skilled5%
Sales occupations5%
Engineering professionalsHighly skilled5%
Legal professionalsHighly skilled5%
What students say National Student Survey
80%
of students are satisfied with the course overall
Teaching85%
Assessment & feedback85%
Academic support84%
Well organised76%
Learning resources79%
Student community80%
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Where this degree can lead
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When you're ready, the full entry requirements and application are on Arden University Limited's own site.
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Career data: role, pay and progression profiles built for Careermash's careers engine; AI-impact estimates from Anthropic's observed AI-usage telemetry and OpenAI's AI Jobs Transition Framework. Course data: HESA / Discover Uni, including Graduate Outcomes, LEO and the National Student Survey. Apprenticeships: IfATE-published standards, approved only.

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