Undergraduate Degrees

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At Birmingham Business School, we create business degree courses which, both academically and personally, prepare you for the working world. The Birmingham Business School offers a number of exciting and forward thinking undergraduate degree programmes across our departments.

Accounting and Finance (BSc) programmes

Accounting and Finance BSc

  • Undergraduate
  • Single honours
  • 3 years

Accounting and Finance are core functions in any organisation. Our BSc Accounting and Finance course has a 91% student satisfaction rating for its quality and is ranked 3rd out of the Russell Group of UK universities. It is the first and only [more...]

KPMG School Leavers' Programme

  • Undergraduate
  • Industrial professional experience
  • 4 years

The programme will enable students to combine their academic study with relevant and high quality work experience at KPMG, and the opportunity to achieve Chartered Accountant (CA) status on completion of additional elements of the CA qualification following graduation. [more...]

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Economics (BSc) programmes

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Economics and Political Science BSc

  • Undergraduate
  • Joint honours combined
  • 3 years

A Joint Honours degree programme involves the study of two subjects to Honours degree level. If you study a subject in a Joint Honours programme, you work at exactly the same level and to the same academic standard as students taking that subject in a Single Honours [more...]

BA Policy, Politics and Economics

  • Undergraduate
  • Single honours
  • 3 years

The BA Policy, Politics and Economics (PPE) is a new degree that specialises in the study of cutting edge, real-world issues in a way that crosses the boundaries of traditional disciplines as a means of better understanding the realities of our 21st century world. [more...]

Economics BSc

  • Undergraduate
  • Single honours
  • 3 years

The current financial crisis, the impact of climate change on the economy, trade agreements, income tax… leaders and policy makers the world over understand the world around us better with the insights of economics. Economists have the analytical skills to tackle [more...]

Economics with Italian BSc

  • Undergraduate
  • Major-minor combined, study abroad year
  • 4 years

The knowledge of the economist and the skill of the linguist make a powerful combination in today’s world. With growing globalisation and increasing interdependence in political and commercial life, there is a clear need for graduates equipped with both these [more...]

Economics with Portuguese BSc

  • Undergraduate
  • Study abroad year
  • 4 years

The knowledge of the economist and the skill of the linguist make a powerful combination in today’s world. With growing globalisation and increasing interdependence in political and commercial life, there is a clear need for graduates equipped with both these [more...]

Economics with Spanish BSc

  • Undergraduate
  • Study abroad year
  • 4 years

The knowledge of the economist and the skill of the linguist make a powerful combination in today’s world. With growing globalisation and increasing interdependence in political and commercial life, there is a clear need for graduates equipped with both these [more...]

Mathematical Economics and Statistics BSc

  • Undergraduate
  • Single honours
  • 3 years

The current financial crisis, the impact of climate change on the economy, trade agreements, income tax… leaders and policy makers the world over understand the world around us better with the insights of economics. Economists have the analytical skills to tackle [more...]

Money, Banking and Finance BSc

  • Undergraduate
  • Single honours
  • 3 years

This programme combines the analytical rigour of an economics degree with practical focus on banking, accounting, law and finance. It is designed to provide you with the intellectual skills to work in the financial services sector and should further enable you to gain [more...]

Money, Banking and Finance with Spanish BSc

  • Undergraduate
  • Major-minor combined, study abroad year
  • 4 years

These programmes combine the rigour of an economics degree with a practical focus on banking, accounting, law and finance, plus competence in a modern European language. They are designed to provide you with the intellectual skills to work in financial services sector, [more...]

Economics with German BSc

  • Undergraduate
  • Single honours, study abroad year
  • 4 years

The Department of Economics equips all graduates with the knowledge of an economist and the skill of a linguist to make a powerful combination in today’s world. With growing globalisation and increasing interdependence in political and commercial life, there is a [more...]

Money, Banking and Finance with Portugese BSc

  • Undergraduate
  • Major-minor combined, study abroad year
  • 4 years

These programmes combine the rigour of an economics degree with a practical focus on banking, accounting, law and finance, plus competence in a modern European language. They are designed to provide you with the intellectual skills to work in financial services sector, [more...]

Money, Banking and Finance with Italian BSc

  • Undergraduate
  • Major-minor combined, study abroad year
  • 4 years

These programmes combine the rigour of an economics degree with a practical focus on banking, accounting, law and finance, plus competence in a modern European language. They are designed to provide you with the intellectual skills to work in financial services sector, [more...]

Money, Banking and Finance with German BSc

  • Undergraduate
  • Joint honours combined, study abroad year
  • 4 years

These programmes combine the rigour of an economics degree with a practical focus on banking, accounting, law and finance, plus competence in a modern European language. They are designed to provide you with the intellectual skills to work in financial services sector, [more...]

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Business Management (BSc) programmes

Business Management BSc

  • Undergraduate
  • Single honours
  • 3 years

The BSc Business Management degree equips you with the expertise needed to understand business and management on both a national and global scale.

No matter what the sector – public and commercial organisations all require good leaders and this [more...]

Business Management with Communications BSc

  • Undergraduate
  • Single honours
  • 3 years

This undergraduate programme addresses the public relations and media requirements of today’s people-orientated business. Based on our successful BSc Business Management, the programme combines a broad-based business degree with a specialist public relations and [more...]

International Business with Communications BSc

  • Undergraduate
  • Single honours, study abroad year
  • 4 years

The 21st century has been described as a global village; we can now tap into events and news on the other side of the world as soon as they occur. If you are considering a future in global business management, public relations, marketing communications or in the media sector, [more...]

International Business with Language BSc

  • Undergraduate
  • Joint honours combined, major-minor combined, study abroad year
  • 4 years

The BSc International Business with Language course combines a broad-based business degree with the opportunity to develop a good working knowledge of a foreign language.

Whether in Europe or further afield, there are enormous advantages in possessing [more...]

Business Management (Year in Industry) BSc

  • Undergraduate
  • Industrial professional experience, single honours
  • 4 years

The BSc Business Management (Year in Industry) degree at Birmingham offers you the opportunity to gain an in-depth knowledge of a range of business topics combined with a year in industry.

The BSc Business Management (Year in Industry) degree provides [more...]

International Business BSc

  • Undergraduate
  • Industrial professional experience, single honours, study abroad year
  • 4 years

Today’s business is increasingly international in scope and there are obvious advantages in combining knowledge of modern business with the experience of another culture.

The BSc International Business course will appeal to students who are [more...]

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Money Banking Finance (BSc) programmes

Money, Banking and Finance BSc

  • Undergraduate
  • Single honours
  • 3 years

This programme combines the analytical rigour of an economics degree with practical focus on banking, accounting, law and finance. It is designed to provide you with the intellectual skills to work in the financial services sector and should further enable you to gain [more...]

Money, Banking and Finance with Spanish BSc

  • Undergraduate
  • Major-minor combined, study abroad year
  • 4 years

These programmes combine the rigour of an economics degree with a practical focus on banking, accounting, law and finance, plus competence in a modern European language. They are designed to provide you with the intellectual skills to work in financial services sector, [more...]

Money, Banking and Finance with Portugese BSc

  • Undergraduate
  • Major-minor combined, study abroad year
  • 4 years

These programmes combine the rigour of an economics degree with a practical focus on banking, accounting, law and finance, plus competence in a modern European language. They are designed to provide you with the intellectual skills to work in financial services sector, [more...]

Money, Banking and Finance with Italian BSc

  • Undergraduate
  • Major-minor combined, study abroad year
  • 4 years

These programmes combine the rigour of an economics degree with a practical focus on banking, accounting, law and finance, plus competence in a modern European language. They are designed to provide you with the intellectual skills to work in financial services sector, [more...]

Money, Banking and Finance with German BSc

  • Undergraduate
  • Joint honours combined, study abroad year
  • 4 years

These programmes combine the rigour of an economics degree with a practical focus on banking, accounting, law and finance, plus competence in a modern European language. They are designed to provide you with the intellectual skills to work in financial services sector, [more...]

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Mathematical Economics and Statistics (BSc) programmes

Mathematical Economics and Statistics BSc

  • Undergraduate
  • Single honours
  • 3 years

The current financial crisis, the impact of climate change on the economy, trade agreements, income tax… leaders and policy makers the world over understand the world around us better with the insights of economics. Economists have the analytical skills to tackle [more...]

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Study in Singapore

Undergraduates degrees at the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM)

We also offer some of our undergraduate degrees in Singapore in partnership with SIM

This option is ideal for students from the region who wish to avoid the expense of studying in the UK. The BSc International Business/ International Business with Mandarin include a compulsory period of study overseas.

Birmingham Business School is now offering a number of Undergraduate Business programmes in Singapore. Faculty who already teach modules in Birmingham have flown to Singapore to teach the same modules in block format.

The programmes are proving attractive to Singaporean students and the first cohort of 70 students will graduate next summer. The second cohort has 100 students. 8 students on the International Business variant spent March – May 2010 in Birmingham. This was so popular that 6 of them chose to stay in the UK to finish their degree. We are now preparing for the second cohort of students to arrive. They will study a short programme including modules on British culture and team building. In order to complete their degree, last years’ students will take up internship positions in China and in Vietnam.

Morris Lin, one of the first students to enroll on the course said; “I recently completed a Diploma in Business Management from SIM University and all along I wanted to study for a degree course. I am interested in pursuing a career in the business sector and I chose Business Management as my path towards fulfilling my goal. University of Birmingham is a prestigious university with a remarkable reputation in the world and all the while was my ideal choice. I am grateful to both SIM and University of Birmingham for the opportunity given to students and also largely thankful to my parents who sacrificed much to give me the opportunity. It is a great privilege and tremendous learning experience for me, interacting with a group of selfless and dedicated students who care so much about their beneficiaries and believe in what they do. I am enjoying the course especially with the delicateness and the willingness of the helpful professors who have flown half way round the world to share their knowledge with us”. 

Foundation programmes (Study Business in the UK)

For international students from 12-year education systems, all the above programmes are available with a foundation year through the Birmingham Foundation Academy.

Find out more about The Birmingham Foundation Academy.   


A degree of relevance

Our undergraduate business degree programmes develop in response to the changing economic, commercial and financial environment, to ensure that they are directly relevant to the needs of industry as well as students.

Working with industry

Our strong links with industry mean that rigorous undergraduate academic study is combined with a real practical focus – and they also lead to excellent job opportunities for our students.

An international approach

We offer undergraduate modules on the international aspects of business – from international accounting through to understanding the impacts of globalisation – and we currently have students from over 35 countries on our undergraduate programmes. We also welcome students who want to come to Birmingham on the

Professional exemptions

We consult with many of the professional bodies and, depending on the modules you choose, exemptions from professional exams such as the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and the Chartered Institute of Marketing are available.