Fees and key information

Course type
Undergraduate
UCAS code
N210
Entry requirements
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Why study this course?

Our Business Management (including foundation year) BA is designed to improve your academic skills before you embark on the undergraduate program. The foundation year is perfect for those who don’t have the standard entry requirements for direct entry and focuses on developing key academic skills, such as presentations, research, and writing.

On successful completion of the foundation year, you'll join students starting on the three-year degree and study the same content. You'll also gain a Level 5 Chartered Managment Institute (CMI) certification. As a member of the CMI you can access their facilities, attend events and access over 200,000 live management jobs and its mentoring scheme. 

The foundation year has been designed to help you build confidence in your academic ability through the study of themes in social sciences. Throughout the year you’ll work on tasks that will focus on improving your writing, study, and research skills. Teaching will take place in lectures, small interactive groups, and tutorials. 

Our teaching is rooted in our Education for Social Justice Framework. This ensures our commitment to inclusivity, diversity, giving back to the community, and relating to students’ real experiences in our teaching. 

Based on our data, we have discovered that students who complete the foundation year go on to achieve higher degree classification than those who entered into the undergraduate programme directly. You’ll be equipped to have the best possible start to your university life and thrive academically. 

You’ll share your foundation year with students from other degree specialisms allowing you to share ideas, explore different subject areas and insights. You’ll also take part in a series of lecture or seminar sessions hosted by tutors from your chosen degree, allowing you to prepare you for the following years. To learn more about the content in the following three years, visit our Business Management BA (Hons) course page.

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Learn the skills you need to reach your full potential

This four-year degree course includes an intensive foundation year (Year 0), which will provide you with the skills required for your subsequent three years of study

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Course details

In addition to the University's standard entry requirements, you should have:

  • at least one A level (or a minimum of 32 UCAS points from an equivalent Level 3 qualification, eg BTEC Subsidiary/National/BTEC Extended Diploma)
  • English Language GCSE at grade C/4 or above (or equivalent)

Accreditation of Prior Learning

Any university-level qualifications or relevant experience you gain prior to starting university could count towards your course at London Met. Find out more about applying for Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL).

English language requirements

To study a degree at London Met, you must be able to demonstrate proficiency in the English language. If you require a Student visa (previously Tier 4) you may need to provide the results of a Secure English Language Test (SELT) such as Academic IELTS. This course requires you to meet our standard requirements.

If you need (or wish) to improve your English before starting your degree, the University offers a Pre-sessional Academic English course to help you build your confidence and reach the level of English you require.

Qualification requirements for students applying from outside the UK

For international entry requirements, please visit your country-specific page for detailed information on accepted qualifications and grade requirements.

You’ll be assessed through group work, coursework, presentations and portfolios as well as reports, business plans and seen/unseen exams. Some modules will require you to produce an e-portfolio including real-life investigations and tasks. In your final year you will also write a dissertation.

Our business and management graduates have gone on to careers as area managers, assistant management accountants, business, merger and acquisition analysts and directors at organisations such as Amazon, Office Holdings, E Movement and WizzAir.

Continuing your studies with us

The Guildhall School of Business and Law has a range of industry-linked postgraduate courses available on a full-time and part-time basis in business management, tourism and events, marketing and fashion, law, human resources and finance. These courses would be ideal for postgraduate progression:

If you've already studied your undergraduate degree with us, as a graduate of London Met, you'll be entitled to a 20% discount on any further study with us.

If you study your undergraduate degree with us, as a graduate of London Met, you'll be entitled to a 20% discount on a postgraduate course if you continue your studies with us.
* exclusions apply

This is a four-year degree course with a built-in foundation year (Year 0). It's the perfect route into university if you don't meet the necessary entry requirements for the standard undergraduate degree. You'll graduate with a full undergraduate degree with the same title and award as those who studied the three-year course.

Please note, in addition to the tuition fee there may be additional costs for things like equipment, materials, printing, textbooks, trips or professional body fees.

Additionally, there may be other activities that are not formally part of your course and not required to complete your course, but which you may find helpful (for example, optional field trips). The costs of these are additional to your tuition fee and the fees set out above and will be notified when the activity is being arranged.

Discover Uni – key statistics about this course

Discover Uni is an official source of information about university and college courses across the UK. The widget below draws data from the corresponding course on the Discover Uni website, which is compiled from national surveys and data collected from universities and colleges. If a course is taught both full-time and part-time, information for each mode of study will be displayed here.

How to apply

If you're a UK applicant wanting to study full-time starting in September, you must apply via UCAS unless otherwise specified. If you're an international applicant wanting to study full-time, you can choose to apply via UCAS or directly to the University.

If you're applying for part-time study, you should apply directly to the University. If you require a Student visa, please be aware that you will not be able to study as a part-time student at undergraduate level.

If you're applying for a degree starting in January/February, you can apply directly to the University.

When to apply

The University and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) accepts applications for full-time courses starting in September from one year before the start of the course. Our UCAS institution code is L68.

If you will be applying direct to the University you are advised to apply as early as possible as we will only be able to consider your application if there are places available on the course.

To find out when teaching for this degree will begin, as well as welcome week and any induction activities, view our academic term dates.

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