Business Management

Business management is one of the most broadly applicable degrees in higher education, preparing you for a very wide range of careers by developing the knowledge, skills, and commercial awareness that effective management requires across all types of organisation. It encompasses strategy and decision-making, financial management, marketing, operations, people management, and the analytical and leadership skills that underpin professional effectiveness in any sector. The combination of conceptual foundations and practical orientation makes business management graduates genuinely versatile and competitive in the graduate job market.

At the University of Chichester, this three-year full-time programme includes a sandwich year in industry with work placement, which is one of the most important features of the programme for graduate employability. The sandwich year places you within a real business or organisation, giving you extended professional experience that directly strengthens your profile and gives you the practical understanding, professional networks, and commercial confidence that many three-year programmes without placements cannot provide. The programme develops your skills and entrepreneurial thinking across the full range of management disciplines, empowering you with the confidence and abilities you need to turn your interests into a career in any area of business or organisation.

The University of Chichester is a smaller university with a strong focus on teaching quality and student experience, and its location in West Sussex gives students access to a range of business employers in the South East, with easy connection to London's commercial centre.

A typical entry tariff of 104 points reflects a broadly accessible entry standard within a programme focused on developing professional business competence.

Graduates work in management, marketing, operations, finance, human resources, entrepreneurship, and across the full range of commercial and public sector roles. The sandwich year often leads directly to employment with placement organisations, and many graduates also pursue professional management qualifications or postgraduate study in business or specialist management disciplines.